Information for Authors and Presenters

Information for authors, chairs, and committees: instructions, deadlines, and tips

Prepare for your presentation

On this page you will find links to instructions, important dates, and other information to successfully prepare for presenting at meeting as well as guidelines for oral and poster presenters.

View abstract guidelines

Ready to upload your presentation and beat the rush?

THE PORTAL IS OPEN

Advance upload deadline: 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Friday, 10 April 2026

Prepare to share your work

Submit an abstract

First step of being part of the program: write an abstract for your work.

Prepare to present

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters, a to-do list, and due dates.

Author reviewing manuscript submission guidelines for SPIE at SPIE Optical Systems Design

Prepare your manuscript

Details and templates for preparing your paper for the SPIE Digital Library.

Chairs and committee members organize the conferences and present awards to authors at SPIE Optical Systems Design

Chairs and committees

Timelines and overview of your duties before and during the event.

Important dates

Abstracts due extended	11 December 2025
Registration	Open
Authors notified and programme posts online	26 January 2026
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	9 February 2026
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	18 March 2026
Manuscripts due	25 March 2026

*Registration is required for attendance and publication

Benefits of presenting and publishing your work with SPIE

Here's why publishing with Optical Systems Design puts a spotlight on your work:

the event will bring you international visibility
your research becomes a part of the world's permanent scientific record
your work will be indexed in all relevant scientific databases*

Make sure that your research gets timely publication in the SPIE Digital Library.

*SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to ensure visibility for your research, including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.