Information for authors and presenters

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

Prepare to present

On this page find links to instructions, important dates, and other information for a successful abstract submission and then preparation for presenting at SPIE Photonex.

A speaker presenting research to a room full of colleagues at an SPIE conference

Abstracts due (date extended)	24 July 2023
Registration opens	July 2023
Authors notified and program posts online	18 August 2023
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	22 August 2023
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	19 Sept. 2023
Manuscripts due	4 October 2023
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	17 October 2023

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite

Prepare to share your work

Presenter prepare an abstract for submission

Submit an abstract

First step of being part of the program: write an abstract for your work.

Prepare to present

View guidelines for oral and poster presenters, a to-do list, and due dates.

Prepare your manuscript

Find details and templates for preparing your paper for the SPIE Digital Library.

Chairs and committees

Timelines and overview of your duties before and during the event.

Benefits of presenting and publishing your work with SPIE

Here's why publishing with SPIE puts a spotlight on your work:

the event will bring you international visibility
your research becomes a part of the world's permanent scientific record
your work will be indexed in all relevant scientific databases*

Make sure that your research gets timely publication in the SPIE Digital Library.

*SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to ensure visibility for your research, including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.