SPIE Optics and Photonics, an interdisciplinary technical event, will be take place on August 12-16 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The event will focus on research and technologies in solar, nano, optics, photonics and space optics, and is expected to draw scientists, researchers and engineers from around the world.
The event includes 76 technical conferences, nearly 40 courses, an exhibition of approximately 240 companies displaying the latest in optical components, devices and materials for important technologies such as biomedical optics, organic photonics, nanotechnology and solar energy, and numerous networking opportunities.
Representatives of the US National Academies committee who have worked on the soon-to-be-released update of the 1998 "Harnessing Light" survey of the optics and photonics industry will be in the exhibition hall during the week with summary results of the report. Committee members will present an overview of the grand challenges and opportunities identified in the report, along with economic impact data. The report is expected to be released to the public in mid-August.
Conferences comprise more than 2,800 technical presentations on topics related to optics and photonics R&D, and are organised into four symposia i.e. NanoScience and Engineering, Solar Energy and Technology, Organic Photonics and Electronics and Optical Engineering and Applications.
The free-admission exhibition will host the SPIE Job Fair on August 14 and 15 along with new product announcements and demonstrations from Iridian Spectral Technologies, TRIOPTICS, Micro Laser Systems and Precision Glass & Optics. Companies and not-for-profit organizations will demonstrate how photonics technologies benefit the world economy and quality of life in the Photonics for a Better World area of the exhibition hall.
Conference proceedings will be published individually in the SPIE Digital Library as soon as approved after the meeting, and also in collected print and digital volumes and collections.
