3 - 7 August 2025
San Diego, California, US

SPIE Optics + Photonics professional development events

Enhance your career and hone your skills through these development events

Check out these professional development events

Includes sessions on right career choices, grant writing, how to write a good science paper, effective resume writing, salary negotiations, and honing presentation skills.

Looking for a career change, or to get it started? Match your skills with the companies that are seeking employees in the Job Fair.

Attendees at SPIE Optics + Photonics professional development event
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4 August 2025 • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Conv. Ctr. Room 31 
Join us to explore the potential of GenAI to accelerate research, catalyze substantive changes in knowledge creation, and transform scholarly publishing (for better or worse).
4 August 2025 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 31 
Students and Early Career attendees! Looking to get advice on critical career choices, life in academia, government, industry, and more? Join us for this fun and casual speed-mentoring session. Snacks and drinks provided!
5 August 2025 • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT 
Meet us on the expo floor for quick tips on advancing your career, featuring rapid-fire talks by academia and industry professionals.
6 August 2025 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT 
Join us for a lunchtime education session.
6 August 2025 • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT 
Meet us on the expo floor for quick tips on advancing your career, featuring rapid-fire talks by academia and industry professionals.