Thank you for your interest in participating in SPIE Defense + Security. We recommend reviewing the information below to become familiar with how to prepare your presentation.
| Abstracts due | 15 October 2025 |
| Registration opens | December 2025 |
| Authors notified and program posted online | 5 January 2026 |
| Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* | 23 February 2026 |
| Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication | 1 April 2026 |
| Manuscripts due | 8 April 2026 |
| Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** | 24 April 2026 |
*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in
