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24 - 26 October 2026
24 - 26 October 2026
Nantong, Jiangsu, China

SPIE/COS Photonics Asia Technical Conferences

Conferences on advanced optics and photonics technologies
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Technical conferences at SPIE/COS Photonics Asia

SPIE/COS Photonics Asia is an international showcase for the latest advances in optics and photonics research - where academics and scientists gather to share their latest breakthroughs across 17 conference topics.

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Where advances in optics and photonics technologies are shared


SPIE/COS Photonics Asia is an international event that showcases the latest research in biomedical optics, advanced optical imaging, quantum and nonlinear optics, laser processing, plasmonics, holography, and more.
 

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The program includes conferences focused on latest advances in optics and photonics applications and technologies.

  • Advanced Lasers, High-Power Lasers, and Applications
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Applications
  • Advanced Laser Processing and Manufacturing
  • Photonics for Energy
  • Optoelectronic Devices and Integration
  • Optical Design and Testing
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Optoelectronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology
  • Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications
  • Optical Metrology and Inspection for Industrial Applications
  • Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics
  • Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications
  • Nano-optoelectronics and Micro/Nano-photonics
  • Plasmonics
  • Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
  • Infrared, Millimeter-Wave, and Terahertz Technologies
  • Artificial Intelligence in Photonics

2026 Symposium Chairs


Julie Bentley

SPIE President,
The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester
(United States)

Qihuang Gong

COS Former President,
Peking University (China)

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GENERAL CHAIRS
Julie Bentley, SPIE 2026 President, The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester (United States)
Qihuang Gong, COS Former President, Peking University (China)

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Ying Gu, COS President, PLA General Hospital (China)
Wenqing Liu, COS Vice President, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS (China)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS
Zejin Liu, COS Vice President, National University of Defense Technology (China)
Xiangang Luo, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Xingde Li, Johns Hopkins University (USA)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Wei Huang, Northwestern Polytechnical University (China)
Guobin Fan, China Academy of Engineering Physics (China)
Qingming Luo, Hainan University (China)
Ninghua Zhu, Nankai University (China)
Fengyi Jiang, Nanjing University (China)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Suotang Jia, COS Vice President, Shanxi University (China)
Xiaomin Ren, COS Vice President, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (China)
Wenjie Wang, COS Vice President, Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. (China)
Jianda Shao, COS Vice President, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS (China)
Hong Jin, COS Vice President, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS (China)
Yunquan Liu, COS Vice President, Peking University (China)
Xinliang Zhang, Xidian University (China)
Yanqing Lu, Nanjing University (China)
Chuanfeng Li, University of Science and Technology of China (China)
Wei Hao, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, CAS (China)
Qun Hao, Changchun University of Science and Technology (China)
Yidong Huang, Tsinghua University (China)
Yongtian Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology (China)
Xiaocong Yuan, Shenzhen University (China)
Limin Tong, Zhejiang University (China)
Xiaoying Li, Tianjin University (China)
Yan Li, Peking University (China)
Jianxin Chen, Fujian Normal University (China)
Weiwei Liu, Nankai University (China)
Jian Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)

SECRETARIES-GENERAL
Xu Liu, COS Secretary General, Zhejiang University (China)
Bo Gu, COS Deputy Secretary General, The Chinese Optical Society (China)
Hong Yang, COS Deputy Secretary General, Peking University (China)
Tianrui Zhai, COS Deputy Secretary General, Beijing University Of Technology (China)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Xu Liu, COS Secretary General, Zhejiang University (China)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

Hong Yang, COS Deputy Secretary General, Peking University (China)
Yuhong Wan, Beijing University of Technology (China)
Liquan Dong, Beijing Institute of Technology (China)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Wei Xiong, The Chinese Optical Society (China)
Feng Zhang, Beijing University Of Technology (China)
Hongqiang Zhou,Beijing University Of Technology (China)
Tianlong Man,Beijing University Of Technology (China)
Nan Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology (China)
Guocui Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology (China)
Ruiqing Jia, The Chinese Optical Society (China)
Jianxin Sun, The Chinese Optical Society (China)
Zizhen Liu, The Chinese Optical Society (China)

TECHNICAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Partha Banerjee, Univ. of Dayton (United States)
Liangcai Cao, Tsinghua Univ. (China)
P. Scott Carney, The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester (United States)
Benyong Chen, Zhejiang Sci-Tech Univ. (China)
Chunhua Dong, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (China)
Gerd Ehret, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany)
Xinyu Fan, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Bo Gu, Bos Photonics (United States)
Ying Gu, Chinese PLA General Hospital (China)
Sen Han, Univ. of Shanghai for Science and Technology (China) and Suzhou H&L Instruments LLC (China)
Qiongyi He, Peking Univ. (China)
Werner Hofmann, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (Germany)
Minghui Hong, Xiamen Univ. (China)
Ting Huang, Beijing Univ. of Technology (China)
Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics, Inc. (United States)
Tina Kidger, Kidger Optics Associates (United Kingdom)
Chang-Seok Kim, Pusan National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
Baojun Li, Jinan Univ. (China)
Wei Li, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Xingde Li, Johns Hopkins Univ. (United States)
Zhaoyang Li, Zhangjiang Lab. (China) and Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (China)
Qingming Luo, Hainan Univ. (China)
Ting-Chung Poon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (United States)
Yuji Sano, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (Japan) and SANKEN, Osaka Univ. (Japan)
Samuel Stranks, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
He Sun, Peking Univ. (China)
Jinli Suo, Tsinghua Univ. (China)
Takuo Tanaka, RIKEN (Japan)
Masahiko Tani, Univ. of Fukui (Japan)
Kazumi Wada, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
Jianpu Wang, Nanjing Univ. of Technology (China)
Nana Wang, Nanjing Tech Univ. (China)
Ting Wang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Yongtian Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology (China)
Hong Wei, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Rengmao Wu, Zhejiang Univ. (China)
Minghong Yang, Wuhan Univ. of Technology (China)
Jianhua Yao, Zhejiang Univ. of Technology (China)
Lilin Yi, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Nihon Univ. (Japan)
Changyuan Yu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (Hong Kong, China)
Shaoliang Yu, Zhejiang Lab. (China)
Cunlin Zhang, Capital Normal Univ. (China)
Jianzhong Zhang, Harbin Engineering Univ. (China)
Shian Zhang, East (China) Normal Univ. (China)
Xi-Cheng Zhang, The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester (United States)
Xinliang Zhang, Wuhan National Research Ctr. for Optoelectronics (China)
Xuping Zhang, Nanjing Univ. (China)
Min Zheng, Beijing Univ. of Technology (China)
Zhenrong Zheng, Zhejiang Univ. (China)
Changhe Zhou, Jinan Univ. (China)
Zhiping Zhou, Aijie Optoelectronic Technology (China)
Dan Zhu, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology (China)
Rui Zhu, Peking Univ. (China)
Sha Zhu, Nankai Univ. (China)

COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
Tsinghua University
Peking University
University of Science and Technology of China
Zhejiang University
Tianjin University
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Nankai University
Changchun University of Science and Technology
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Capital Normal University
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Beijing Jiaotong University
China Jiliang University
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, CAS
Institute of Semiconductors, CAS
Institute of Optics and Electronics, CAS
Institute of Physics, CAS
Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS
China Instrument and Control Society
Optical Society of Japan
Optical Society of Korea
Australian and New Zealand Optical Society
Optics and Photonics Society of Singapore
European Optical Society

SUPPORTED BY
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
Department of Information of National Nature Science Foundation, China (NSFC)


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