26 - 30 April 2026
National Harbor, Maryland, US

Technical events

Dive into focused meetings on topics related to the conference program

Technical events

Colleagues gather to explore topics in depth. Attend workshops, poster sessions, panel discussions, and training opportunities.

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27 April 2026 • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM EDT | National Harbor 2 

Join Richard Espinola from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for his keynote presentation on Novel detector technology research in the ONR EO/IR S&T portfolio.

27 April 2026 • 9:20 AM - 10:10 AM EDT | Potomac 3 

Join Michael Wardlaw from the Office of Naval Research for his keynote presentation on Value-driven machine learning for challenging sensing environments.

27 April 2026 • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT | Chesapeake 5 

Join Hong Hua from Wyant College of Optical Sciences for her keynote presentation on Perception-driven statically foveated head-mounted displays.

27 April 2026 • 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | National Harbor 2 

Join Joshua Borneman from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane for his keynote presentation on Image sensing in a Naval environment.

27 April 2026 • 3:40 PM - 5:30 PM EDT | Potomac 4 
Please join us for this exciting panel dicussion on human machine integration.
27 April 2026 • 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT | National Harbor 4 
This panel will consist of short presentations by panelists of pioneers of fiber optic gyro development who have passed or for other reasons are not able to attend the FOG 50th Anniversary Conference.
28 April 2026 • 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM EDT | Chesapeake 7 

Join Stefan Preble from Rochester Institute of Technology for his keynote presentation on Quantum photonic integrated circuits.

28 April 2026 • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT | National Harbor 11 
Presenters from the day will gather in the conference room to present a poster for the Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXIII conference.
28 April 2026 • 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT | Potomac 1 
Join the Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping XI conference for this exciting panel discussion.
28 April 2026 • 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM EDT | National Harbor 11 
Discuss topics from the days oral and poster presentations for Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXIII conference.
28 April 2026 • 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT | National Harbor 4 
This panel explores issues and approaches to fiber optic gyro and spin off development directed toward viable products and applications. A series of short introductions by panelists will be followed by question-and-answer periods.
28 April 2026 • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT | Ballroom Level, Potomac C 
Conference attendees are invited to attend the symposium-wide poster session on Tuesday evening. Come view the SPIE Defense + Security posters, enjoy light refreshments, ask questions, and network with colleagues in your field.
29 April 2026 • 8:10 AM - 11:10 AM EDT | National Harbor 5 
Join the Automatic Target Recognition XXXVI conference for an innovative panel discussion led by experts from government, industry, and academia.
29 April 2026 • 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM EDT | Chesapeake 7 

Join Galan Moody from University of California Santa Barbara for his keynote presentation on Integrated quantum photonics: challenges, opportunities, and emerging applications.

29 April 2026 • 1:10 PM - 2:10 PM EDT | National Harbor 10 
Thermal imaging technology is poised to become widespread in advanced driver assistance systems for pedestrian detection and as part of the sensor stack, along with visible cameras, lidar, radar and other sensors, for future autonomous vehicles.
29 April 2026 • 2:50 PM - 4:20 PM EDT | National Harbor 11 
Presenters from the day will gather in the conference room to present a poster for Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXIII conference.
29 April 2026 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT | National Harbor 4 
Fiber optic gyros have been widely used to support a range of aerospace applications including launch vehicles, satellites, Mars rovers, and a series of missions to the moon and Mars.
29 April 2026 • 4:20 PM - 5:00 PM EDT | National Harbor 11 
Discuss topics from the days oral and poster presentations for Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXIII conference.
30 April 2026 • 8:25 AM - 9:10 AM EDT | Potomac 5 

Join Fumio Koyama from Institute of Science Tokyo for his keynote presentation on VCSELs photonics: fifty years of innovation toward energy-efficient photonic systems for AI datacenters.

30 April 2026 • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT | National Harbor 4 
The improvement in fiber optic gyro performance over the last fifty years has exceeded eight orders of magnitude. Panelists who have contributed will introduce themselves with short presentations to be followed by a moderated Q&A period.
30 April 2026 • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT | National Harbor 4 
Subjects that will be addressed include technical and educational skill sets for career success, what companies and government labs are looking for, and ups and downs over careers that span fifty years influenced by fiber-optic gyro development.
30 April 2026 • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM EDT | Potomac 5 
Join the Reconfigurable Photonic Computing and Heterogeneous Architectures for AI and RF Defense Systems conference for a panel discussion on prototype to fielded capability: accelerating photonics from lab to mission platforms.