Information for authors and presenters

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 Photonics West 2022.

Photonics West author preparing his reasearch and presentation

Present and publish your work as part of Photonics West

Here's why publishing with Photonics West 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.

Important dates

Registration	Opens soon
Abstract submission deadline	11 August 2021
Author notification	11 October 2021
Submission system opens for presentations and manuscripts*	29 November 2021
Post-deadline abstracts due: Submit via conference listings	6 December 2021
SPIE sends author notification to contact author for post-deadline abstracts	20 December 2021
Manuscript deadline	29 December 2021
Oral presentation video deadline	29 December 2021
Poster PDF and preview video deadline	29 December 2021
Oral slide presentation advance upload deadline	20 January 2022