SPIE Optics + Photonics technical events

Focused meetings on topics related to the conference program

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Connect with your colleagues and explore topics in depth. Events include daily technical networking sessions and poster sessions.

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21 August 2023 • 3:40 PM - 5:30 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 11B 
Gain insight into market developments, technological challenges, and achievements in heliostat technologies with leaders of heliostat and power tower CSP developers, followed by a networking session. Refreshments will be served.
21 August 2023 • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr., Upper Level 
Come view posters spanning the topics of Nanoscience + Engineering, Organic Photonics + Electronics, and Optical Engineering + Applications. Enjoy light refreshments, ask questions, and network with colleagues in your field.
21 August 2023 • 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Marina Ballroom E 
Join us as we share key optical lessons learned from leaders in the fields of optics and optical systems engineering. This year's speaker, Conrad Wells, will discuss lessons learned from the 20-year JWST program.
22 August 2023 • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 6C 
22 August 2023 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Catalina 
Join us for a fascinating discussion, including perspectives from key stakeholders and leaders in additive manufacturing, materials, and lighting industries, as we explore opportunities to shape the future of lighting.
22 August 2023 • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Marina Ballroom E 
Lens designers! Join us for our annual gathering to meet and discuss…lens design! This year's speaker will be Breann Sitarski who works on the Habitable Worlds Observatory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.
22 August 2023 • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Balboa 
The X-Ray Optics Working Group provides an informal setting for the interested engineers and scientists to meet and discuss issues related to the design, analysis, cooling, fabrication, and metrology of x-ray optics.
23 August 2023 • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 6C 
Join us for live demonstrations of the latest advancements in deep learning for microscopy and brain connectivity.
23 August 2023 • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr., Upper Level 
Come view posters spanning the topics of Optical Engineering + Applications. Enjoy light refreshments, ask questions, and network with colleagues in your field.