University of Glasglow, UK
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
CEOStratTHNK Associates, USA
NASA, USA
Texas A&M University, USA
EDGE Consortium and Dartmouth, USA
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
University of Houston, USA
Boston University, USA
Edmund Optics, USA
ICFO – The Institute of Photonics Sciences, Spain
The 2026 election opens on 1 July and closes on 14 August. The election results will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Society on 25 August.
You are voting for one vice president, one secretary/treasurer, and four directors. The newly elected vice president will serve as president-elect in 2028 and president in 2029. The newly elected directors will join the leadership group of 15 current Members, comprised of seven women and eight men, of which there is one in government, nine in academia, and five in industry.
SPIE has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems to administer the 2026 election. You must have been a Member of the Society as of 15 June 2026 to vote in this year’s election. If you do not receive your election email by 2 July, please contact support@directvote.net.