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SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, the most prestigious event for developers of ground- and space-based telescopes, the supporting technologies, and the latest instrumentation.

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2016 Programs and Posters
Final Programme (PDF 11 MB)
Abstracts (PDF 8 MB)
Poster Previews (via the SPIE Digital Library)
Presentation topics
Telescopes and Systems
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation:
Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation:
Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes and Instrumentation
Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging
Adaptive Optics Systems
Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems
Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy
Technology Advancements
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies
for Telescopes and Instrumentation
Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy
High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy

SPIE conference papers are published in the Proceedings of SPIE and available via the SPIE Digital Library, the world’s largest collection of optics and photonics research.  

The Proceedings are indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, Ei Compendex, Inspec, Google Scholar, Astrophysical Data System (ADS), DeepDyve, ReadCube, CrossRef, and other scholarly indexes, and are widely accessible to leading research organizations, conference attendees, and individual researchers.