Japan is set to host Optics and Photonics International Exhibition 2017 (OPIE2017) — including the Optics and Photonics International Congress 2017 (OPIC2017) — bringing together academia and industry to discuss light and light-based technologies as global solutions for sustainable development across the world. The most influential exhibition in Japan, OPIE2017 will be held in Yokohama, which is 30 minutes from Tokyo, April 19-21. More than 400 exhibitors from Japan and other countries around the world will attend. OPIE2017 will consist of exhibitions including: Laser Expo, Lens Expo, IR & UV Expo, Positioning Expo, Medical & Imaging Expo, Space & Astronomical Optics Expo, and also a new expo, Machine Vision. OPIC2017 will be held in conjunction with OPIE2017, and has 11 international specialized conferences including: The 6th Advance Lasers and Photon Sources (ALPS’17), sponsored by The Laser Society of Japan. The 3rd Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Conference/The 4th Optical Manipulation Conference (BISC/OMC'17), sponsored and organized by SPIE. Conference on Laser Energy Science/Laser and Accelerator Neutron Sources and Applications 2017 (CLES/LANSA’17), sponsored by IFE Forum, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University and The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries. International Conference on High Energy Density Science 2017 (HEDS2017), sponsored by The Laser Society of Japan. International Conference on Nano-photonics and Nano-optoelectronics (ICNN 2017), sponsored by the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo. Information Photonics 2017 (IP'17), sponsored by The Optical Society of Japan. Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2017 (LDC’17), sponsored by The Optical Society of Japan. The 5th International Conference on Light-Emitting Devices and Their Industrial Application’17 (LEDIA’17), sponsored by Akasaki research Center (ARC), Nagoya University. Light driven Nuclear-Particle physics and Cosmology (LNPC’17), sponsored by Hiroshima University. Laser Solution for Space and the Earth (LSSE2017), sponsored by the executive committee of Laser Solution for Space and the Earth. International Conference on X-ray Optics and Applications 2017 (XOPT'17), sponsored by RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Research Center for Ultra-Precision Science & Technology Osaka Univ. For more information, visit www.opie.jp/en/index.php and www.opicon.jp.