SPIE Photonics West 2026 was an impactful and vibrant experience at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, with more than 23,000 registered optics and photonics professionals, including the co-located Global Business Forum. SPIE hosted approximately 1,600 exhibitors at five exhibitions: BiOS Expo, the Photonics West Exhibition, the Quantum West Expo, the new Vision Tech Expo, and the AR | VR | MR Expo. Photonics West featured more than 4,200 technical presentations across six focused tracks — AR | VR | MR, BiOS, LASE, OPTO, Quantum West, and Vision Tech.
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