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17 - 22 January 2026
San Francisco, California, US

Plan to attend OPTO 2026 in San Francisco


OPTO is the most important optoelectronics conference in the field and addresses the latest developments in a broad range of optoelectronic technologies and their integration for a variety of commercial applications. Topics include silicon photonics, photonic integration, optoelectronic materials and devices, semiconductor lasers, nanophotonics, LEDs, displays, holography, and more.

The 2026 call for papers is open. Explore the conferences to see where your research fits best.  

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Featuring 31 conferences on:

  • Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
  • Photonic Integration
  • Nanotechnologies in Photonics
  • MOEMS-MEMS in Photonics
  • Semiconductor Lasers, LEDs, and Applications
  • Displays and Holography
  • Optical Sensing and Precision Metrology

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20–22 January 2026

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OPTO Symposium Chairs


Andrea Blanco-Redondo

CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida (United States)

Georg von Freymann

Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Univ. Kaiserslautern-Landau (Germany)

OPTO Symposium Co-chairs


Ulrich T. Schwarz

Technische Univ. Chemnitz (Germany)

Karin Hinzer

Univ. of Ottawa (Canada)

OPTO Program Track Chairs


Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics, Inc. (United States)

Photonic Integration
Yakov Sidorin, Quarles & Brady LLP (United States)
Jean-Emmanuel Broquin, Univ. Grenoble Alpes (France)

Nanotechnologies in Photonics
Ali Adibi, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)

MOEMS-MEMS in Photonics
Hans Zappe, Univ. of Freiburg (Germany)

Semiconductor Lasers, LEDs, and Applications
Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)
Martin Strassburg, ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Germany)

Displays and Holography
Liang-Chy Chien, Kent State Univ. (United States)