| Abstracts due | 6 August 2025 |
| Registration opens | October 2025 |
| Authors notified and program posts online | 27 October 2025 |
| Applications open for RFW and conference awards | 27 October 2025 |
| Applications close for RFW and conference awards | 28 November 2025 |
| Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* | 15 December 2025 |
| Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication | 21 January 2026 |
| Manuscripts due | 28 January 2026 |
| Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** | 13 February 2026 |
*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in
