SPIE Photonics West LASE

The most important event for industrial laser, laser source, and laser applications

Featuring 16 conferences on:

LASE is the most comprehensive laser technologies event in the field. Topics include laser manufacturing, laser materials processing, micro-nano packaging, fiber, diode, solid state lasers, laser resonators, ultrafast, semiconductor lasers and LEDs, and 3D fabrication technologies.

LASE symposium chairs


Stefan Kaierle

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany)

John Ballato

Clemson Univ. (United States)

LASE symposium co-chairs


Vassilia Zorba

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (United States)

Kaoru Minoshima

Univ. of Electro-Communications (Japan)

LASE program track chairs


Laser Sources
Akihiko Kasukawa, Furukawa Electric Co. (Japan)
Stuart D. Jackson, Macquarie Univ. (Australia)


Nonlinear Optics and Beam Guiding
Vladimir Ilchenko, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
Paul O. Leisher, Freedom Photonics, LLC (United States)


Micro/Nano Applications
Henry Helvajian, The Aerospace Corp. (United States)
Guido Hennig, Daetwyler Graphics AG (Switzerland)


Macro Applications
Bo Gu, Bos Photonics (United States)
Constantin L. Häfner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT (Germany)