SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has launched a new suite of tools on its website, SPIE.org. With this initiative, SPIE seeks to simplify submitting abstracts, reviewing manuscripts and organising conferences.
The new system announced by the society includes the latest tools for conference chairs, review committees, authors and staff, including major advances in usability, integration, and efficiency. The new system launched seamlessly this week, with authors, chairs, and reviewers involved with next week's SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation and other upcoming conferences making the transition.
The new system features improved accessibility for authors and chairs via the SPIE.org; My Account Dashboard; redesigned and streamlined submission tools for abstract and manuscript submission; and easier-to-use tools for submitting co-author and reference information.
Approximately 17,000 new, original conference proceedings manuscripts are managed via SPIE.org each year and published in the SPIE Digital Library. The Society serves nearly 225,000 constituents from about 150 countries, offering conferences, continuing education, books, journals, and a digital library in support of interdisciplinary information exchange, professional growth, and patent precedent. SPIE provided over $2.7 million in support of education and outreach programmes in 2011.
