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24,000 registered attendees filled the SPIE Photonics West halls
11.02.2025 • News

24,000 registered attendees filled the SPIE Photonics West halls

The largest annual optics and photonics event of the year highlighted exciting new research, networking, and the latest in photonics products and industry trends.

Prism Awards presented for new products in the photonics industry
31.01.2025 • News

Prism Awards presented for new products in the photonics industry

The industry-focused awards recognized innovations in lasers, biomedical, quantum tech, sensors, and cameras and imaging.

SPIE Photonics West 2025: A preview
15.01.2025 • Contributions • Machine Vision

SPIE Photonics West 2025: A preview

Networking, new products, and Nobel laureates complement the broad technical program and four exhibitions at the exciting week in optics and photonics.

SPIE names its 2025 Fellows
08.01.2025 • News

SPIE names its 2025 Fellows

The society is welcomes 47 new fellow members from across the globe, among them eight from industry.

Orbis Diagnostics CEO elected into SPIE presidential chain
12.09.2024 • News

Orbis Diagnostics CEO elected into SPIE presidential chain

Cather Simpson, the society’s next vice president, is a longtime participant in the society’s conference, publications, and outreach activities.

SPIE welcomes 107 new Senior Members
10.09.2024 • News

SPIE welcomes 107 new Senior Members

The recognition honors scientific excellence and technical achievements, as well as active participation in the optics community.

Showcasing a robust and expanding industry
09.02.2024 • News

Showcasing a robust and expanding industry

The largest annual optics and photonics event of the year, which includes the rapidly growing Quantum West conference and the co-located SPIE AR|VR|MR, encompassed more than 1,500 exhibitors and over 5,000 technical presentations.

Winning products, companies, and startup challenge contestants
02.02.2024 • News

Winning products, companies, and startup challenge contestants

The photonics industry-focused Prism Awards honor innovations in technology areas such as lasers, biomedical, quantum, AR/VR/MR, sensors, and imaging.

The Magnificent Six
19.01.2024 • News

The Magnificent Six

Contenders nominated for the annual pitch competition final, held at SPIE Photonics West.

20 researchers and developers honored with SPIE awards
11.01.2024 • News

20 researchers and developers honored with SPIE awards

Recipients represent a broad range of outstanding achievements across light-based sciences and technologies.

SPIE honors new fellows for 2024
09.01.2024 • News

SPIE honors new fellows for 2024

The international society for optics and photonics is welcoming 47 new fellow members from across the globe.

75,000 dollars for non-invasive brain monitoring
13.12.2023 • News

75,000 dollars for non-invasive brain monitoring

Caltech’s Simon Mahler receives the 2024 SPIE Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship to achieve progress on real-time blood-flow monitoring in the human brain.

Second photonics industry summit in Washington, DC
15.09.2023 • News

Second photonics industry summit in Washington, DC

The day-long SPIE event focuses on optics and photonics as a key enabler of emerging technologies.

SPIE welcomes 89 new Senior Members
04.08.2023 • News

SPIE welcomes 89 new Senior Members

The society honor recognizes scientific excellence and technical achievements, as well as active participation in the optics community.

“It’s great to be back and meeting people face-to-face again”
09.02.2023 • News

“It’s great to be back and meeting people face-to-face again”

Photonics West, co-located with SPIE AR|VR|MR and an expanded Quantum West conference, logged more than 22,000 attendees, over 1,400 exhibitors, and 4,500-plus presentations.

Photonics West for the win
03.02.2023 • News

Photonics West for the win

Companies receive Prism Awards and Startup Challenge prizes at Photonics West, San Francisco.

SPIE announces its 2023 Fellows from across the globe
25.01.2023 • News

SPIE announces its 2023 Fellows from across the globe

This year, the international society for optics and photonics welcomes 83 members as new ‘Fellows of the Society’.

SPIE election results announced at annual general meeting
14.09.2022 • News

SPIE election results announced at annual general meeting

Alongside Peter de Groot as vice president, Bernard Kress, director of XR hardware at Google, will serve as the 2023 SPIE president while the University of Arizona’s Jennifer Barton will serve as president-elect.

Photonics West’s in-person return to San Francisco
08.02.2022 • News

Photonics West’s in-person return to San Francisco

The largest annual photonics conference and exhibition, including its Bios, Lase, and Opto symposia and the AR|VR|MR conference, garnered more than 10,000 registered attendees, hosted more than 950 exhibitors, and included 2,100 technical presentations from 22 to 27 January.

Prism Awards celebrate innovative photonics technologies
01.02.2022 • News

Prism Awards celebrate innovative photonics technologies

The 14th annual ceremony showcased a dynamic range of companies – from Luxexcel, PlenOptika, and Lumotive, to SWIR, LightPath Technologies, and ColdQuanta — applying innovative and creative solutions to critical problems in areas such as augmented and virtual reality, biomedical devices, autonomous vehicles, quantum, and industrial lasers.

Jennifer Barton elected into SPIE presidential chain
04.08.2021 • News

Jennifer Barton elected into SPIE presidential chain

Society’s next vice president is also co-chair of SPIE Photonics West BiOS conference