SPIE Photonics West 2025 was an impactful and vibrant experience at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, with 24,000 registered optics and photonics professionals from more than 75 countries. SPIE hosted 1,588 exhibitors at four exhibitions: BiOS Expo, the Photonics West Exhibition, the Quantum West Expo, and the AR | VR | MR Expo. Photonics West featured more than 5,000 technical presentations across four focused tracks — BiOS, LASE, OPTO, Quantum West — four exhibitions, and the co-located AR | VR | MR conference.
Glance through the photo galleries, take a deeper dive into the articles from optics.org below, relive the memories made, and plan to come in 2026.
Read the official announcement: SPIE celebrates triumphant 2025 Photonics West
SPIE Photonics West Best Paper and Best Presentation Awards recognize the hard work and success of your technical community. Thank you to the committee and chairs for reviewing and selecting the conference award recipients.
