3 - 7 August 2025
San Diego, California, US

Information for authors and presenters

Information for authors, chairs, and committees: instructions, deadlines, and tips

Share your research — in sunny San Diego

Reconnect with your colleagues and discuss advancements in optical engineering and applications, nanotechnology, quantum science, organic photonics, and astronomical instrumentation. SPIE Optics + Photonics is the perfect opportunity to engage with old friends and make new ones. Join your peers in San Diego and together create the future of optics and photonics.

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Important dates


Abstracts due 5 February 2025
Authors notified and program posts online 14 April 2025
Registration opens April 2025
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 2 June 2025
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 9 July 2025
Manuscripts due 16 July 2025
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 1 August 2025

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-In

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