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Jul 2025San Diego, July 23, 2025 — Returning to the San Diego Convention Center, the SPIE Optics + Photonics trade show will run Aug. 3-7, with the exhibition portion of the conference set for Aug. 5-7. Attendees can expect more than 2300 presentations in a multitude of photonics-related fields. Optics + Photonics 2025 will comprise sessions in over 50 conference topics, with plenary talks, technical presentations, and industry courses offered with professional development opportunities, and an onsite job fair.

Astronomy, nanoscience engineering, optical engineering, and organic photonics will feature as the four symposia in this year’s program. Fifty-two technical conferences will welcome guests in technology areas spanning x-ray nanoimaging, photonic fiber/crystal devices,  organic/hybrid light-emitting materials, and more.

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The annual SPIE Optics + Photonics trade show and exhibition will be hosted at the San Diego Convention Center Aug. 3-7. Courtesy of SPIE.

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Additionally, six plenaries will feature at this year’s conference commencing Sunday evening, Aug. 3, with a lineup chaired by principal scientist of TNO Defense, Security, and Safety, Alexander M.J. van Eijk, and Allison Barto, a director at BAE Systems, Inc. Scheduled speakers are Romain Quidant of ETH Zürich and Sara Karami of Ansys, Inc.  Other plenaries will run through Aug. 6 and end with a session on optical nonlinearity in integrated circuits led by Harish Bhaskaran, a director at Apple Inc. and professor at Oxford University.

In the lead-up to the exhibition, companies are sharing product and preview announcements on the show’s webpage, accessible via www.spie.org. New product offerings can be found, with additional exhibition information.

SPIE members will be eligible to attend the Annual General Meeting of the SPIE Corp. on Tuesday evening, Aug. 5. The meeting will include a report from the president as well as a Q&A with SPIE officers. The meeting will also yield election results from the society. In addition, the SPIE Awards Banquet and Celebration will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Aug. 6. Tickets are required for this event.

Special and debut events run through the entirety of the conference, for industry members in all disciplines. These will include a LGBTQ+ meetup for LGBTQ+ and allies in the photonics community on Aug. 5 and a women in optics meetup on Aug. 6. Additionally, an author meet ‘n’  greet will be held on Aug. 6 with Edmund Optics’ Cory Boone, author of SPIE's newest children's book "Larry Laser vs. the Prism Pirates."

SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025 begins Aug. 3 in San Diego. Registration remains open for SPIE members and nonmembers.

Registration and additional event information is available at https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/optics-and-photonics.More news & features