Abstracts due 9 July
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17 - 22 January 2026
San Francisco, California, US

Presentation Guidelines

Prepare your presentation for Photonics West
Presenter at the podium at Photonics West
Poster presentation at Photonics West

Important dates


Abstracts due 9 July 2025
Registration opens October 2025
Authors notified and program posts online 29 September 2025
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 17 November 2025
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 22 December 2025
Manuscripts due 29 December 2025
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 15 January 2026

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date, slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in

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