3 - 7 August 2025
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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4 August 2025 • 1:10 PM - 2:10 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 32B 
Join the Optical Design Automation conference for a panel on advancements in optics and photonics process development.
4 August 2025 • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 8 
Join young researchers from the conference on Applications of Machine Learning as they share their research in this poster pops session.
4 August 2025 • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 4 
4 August 2025 • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Hall A 
Come view posters spanning the topics of Nanoscience + Engineering, Organic Photonics + Electronics, Optical Engineering + Applications, and Astronomical Applications.
4 August 2025 • 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, 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.
5 August 2025 • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 7A 
Join the Space Systems Contamination: Prediction, Control, and Performance conference for a panel on lunar dust.
5 August 2025 • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Marriott Marquis, Coronado (Level 4, South Tower) 
Join us for our annual gathering to meet and discuss…lens design! Dave Hasenauer will present on “The Mount Wilson Observatory great reflectors: then and now.”
5 August 2025 • 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Marriott Marquis, Catalina (Level 4, South Tower) 
Join other optomechanical engineers to discuss ideas on how to solve current-day design challenges and hear from featured speaker Dan Vukobratovich, Raytheon (United States).
5 August 2025 • 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Marriott Marquis, La Costa (Level 4, South Tower) 
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.
6 August 2025 • 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 32B 
Join the Advances in Solar Energy: Heliostat Systems Design, Implementation, and Operation for a panel to discuss lessons learned throughout the globe on heliostat power plants.
6 August 2025 • 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 4 
6 August 2025 • 4:10 PM - 5:10 PM PDT | Conv. Ctr. Room 7A 
Join the Space Systems Contamination: Prediction, Control, and Performance conference for a panel on organic footprint.