SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics

Engineering the future: emerging science and extreme photonics

Share your work, insights, and breakthroughs in Prague in 2027. Call for papers will open in July.

Join other leading researchers in sharing the latest advancements for the technology, integration, and application of optics and optoelectronic devices—the meeting for emerging photonics fields including the extreme light technologies that drive Europe’s largest infrastructure projects. Meet face-to-face with top companies at the free 2-day exhibition. Discuss your product needs with suppliers who will be there to help solve problems, cut costs, and increase capabilities.

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What the week includes

Plenary talks
Technical presentations
Networking sessions
Industry events
Free exhibition

Computer displaying SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics online programme

2025 Plenary presenters

Philip Walther

Univ. of Vienna
(Austria)

Sylvain Gigan

Sorbonne Univ. (France)
and Lab. Kastler-Brossel, ENS (France)

Emma Hume

ILIL, National Institute of Optics-CNR
(Italy)

Francesca Calegari

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
(Germany)

Justin S. Wark

Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford and
Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science
(United Kingdom)

Francesco Poletti

Optoelectronics Research Ctr., Univ. of Southampton
(United Kingdom)

View event highlights from past meetings

See what transpired in Prague as advances in laser technology were shared and the optics and optoelectronic community gathered to network.

2023 Chair Bedrich Rus introducing the next presenter

Proceedings for Optics + Optoelectronics

Access Optics + Optoelectronics research

The Optics + Optoelectronics conference proceedings papers and presentations are published in the SPIE Digital Library. All paid conference registrations include 50 downloads for ongoing access.

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