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Presentation guidelines

Preparing your presentation for SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation
Presenting from the podium at SPIE Smart Structures
Prepare poster PDF and video for SPIE Smart Structures

Important dates


Abstracts due 13 September 2023
Registration opens Early December 2023
Author notified and program posts online 4 December 2023
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 22 January 2024
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 28 February 2024
Manuscripts due 6 March 2024
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 22 March 2024

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in

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