Presentation guidelines

Preparing your presentation for Optics + Photonics
Presenting from the podium at Optics + Photonics
Prepare poster PDF and video for Optics + Photonics

Important dates


Abstracts due 8 March 2023
Registration is open 8 May 2023
Authors notified and program posts online 15 May 2023
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 20 June 2023
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 26 July 2023
Manuscripts due 2 August 2023
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 18 August 2023

*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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