23 - 27 August 2026
San Diego, California, US

SPIE Optics + Photonics Technical Events

Focused meetings on topics related to the conference program

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Connect with your colleagues and explore topics in depth. Events include daily technical networking sessions and poster sessions.

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24 August 2026 • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Hall A 
Come view posters spanning the topics of Nanoscience + Engineering, Organic Photonics + Electronics, and Optical Engineering + Applications.
24 August 2026 • 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Catalina (Level 4, South Tower) 
Join us as we share key optical lessons learned from leaders in the fields of optics and optical systems engineering. Our featured speaker will be James Hawley.
25 August 2026 • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Coronado (Level 4, South Tower) 
Join us for our annual gathering to meet and discuss…lens design! Nick Cirucci will present on Where AI Fits in Lens Design Today and Where it’s Headed Next.
25 August 2026 • 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT 
The X-Ray Optics Working Group provides an informal setting for the interested engineers and scientists to meet and discuss issues related to the design, analysis, cooling, fabrication, and metrology of x-ray optics.
26 August 2026 • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT 
This group who’s focused on creating an electronic data exchange standards to allow the industry to easily transfer optical lens information between various design and manufacturing software.
26 August 2026 • 12:20 PM - 1:35 PM PDT | Room 10 
Join the Advances in Solar Energy: Heliostat Systems Design, Implementation, and Operation conference for a panel to discuss the challenges and next steps for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems.
26 August 2026 • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT 
The technical and business meetings of the Optics and Electro-Optics Standards Council (OEOSC) are open to anyone with an interest in standards for the optics industry.