3 - 7 August 2025
San Diego, California, US

Join your colleagues in beautiful San Diego.
Make plans to attend and learn about latest insights, and breakthroughs.

New this year - a symposium on Astronomical Applications.

We are excited to announce the addition of a fourth symposium sharing advances in space and ground telescopes, UV/x-ray/gamma-ray astronomy, exoplanet detection, and more. Join leading researchers and scientists as they contribute to advancements in optical engineering, nanotechnology, quantum science, organic photonics, and astronomical applications.

Discuss your product needs with top optics and photonics suppliers at the free 3-day exhibition.
Industry partners will be there to help solve problems, cut costs, and increase capabilities. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego.

Learn more about the: Conferences | Courses | Exhibition

#SPIEOpticsPhotonics LinkedIn icon Bluesky icon Instagram icon Facebook icon YouTube icon

Visa and Invitation Letter Information

Make your event attendance smoother by submitting your paperwork early.
Get the details now.

View the conference topics within these four symposia


Application tracks and the event experience

Attendees can now access a group of presentation topics across conferences by application track. Categories may include sustainability, AI/ML, brain function, translational research, 3D printing, or photonic chips.

Presentations can be filtered within the online program so that they display together in a single view. This enables attendees to explore presentations more easily around their topic of interest.

Featured Plenary Presenters for Sustainability


Shanhui Fan

Shanhui Fan

Stanford Univ. (United States)

Harry Atwater

Harry Atwater

Caltech (United States)

Baohua Jia

Baohua Jia

RMIT Univ. (Australia)

Featured Plenary Presenter for AI / Artificial Intelligence


Harish Bhaskaran

Harish Bhaskaran

Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)

Featured Plenary Presenters for Astronomical Applications


Buell Jannuzi

Buell Jannuzi

Univ. of Arizona (United States)

Sug-Whan Kim

Sug-Whan Kim

Yonsei Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Featured Plenary Presenters for Nanoscience + Engineering


Laura Waller

Laura Waller

Univ. of California, Berkeley
(United States)

Romain Quidant

Romain Quidant

ETH Zurich - Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory (Switzerland)

Featured Plenary Presenters for Optical Engineering + Applications


Tsung-Han Tsai,

Tsung-Han Tsai

Gemological Institute of America
(United States)

Sara Karami

Sara Karami

Ansys, Inc. (Canada)

Jörn Helbert

Jörn Helbert

European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Featured Plenary Presenters for Organic Photonics + Electronics


Chihaya Adachi

Chihaya Adachi

Kyushu Univ. (Japan)

Ruth Shinar

Ruth Shinar

Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology (United States)

Emil J.W. List-Kratochvil

Emil J.W. List-Kratochvil

Humboldt Univ. of Berlin (Germany)

Look forward to five days of connecting with your community

  • Plenary talks
  • Technical presentations
  • Networking sessions
  • Course offerings
  • Professional development
  • Free three-day exhibition

SPIE Optics + Photonics with 5 days of exciting content

Stay connected.


Sign up for emails about this event Sign up for event emails Sign up for event emails ...
Download the SPIE Conference app Download the SPIE app Download the SPIE app ...
Watch the SPIE app tutorial Watch the SPIE app tutorial Watch the SPIE app tutorial ...