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14 - 17 September 2026
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

SPIE Security + Defence

The leading European conference for optical sciences for security and defence systems

About Security + Defence

It is the premier European conference for engineers and scientists using sensors and photonics to advance the fields of security, defence, and counterterrorism.

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Join us in Edinburgh for Security + Defence 2026


SPIE Security + Defence is the leading international conference for engineers and scientists involved in the latest developments in sensing, data and signal analysis, optronics, quantum science, optical technologies, and funding programmes. 

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SPIE Security + Defence 2026 Symposium Chair and Co-chair


Chantal Andraud

2026 Symposium Chair
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
(France)

Henri Bouma

2026 Symposium Co-chair
TNO Defence, Security and Safety
(The Netherlands)

2026 Technical Committee


Chantal Andraud, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France

Nicolas Boehrer, TNO, The Netherlands

Henri Bouma, TNO Defence, Security and Safety, The Netherlands

Helge Bürsing, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung, Germany

Andrea Camposeo, Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy

Marc Eichhorn, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB, Germany

Veronica Fernandez, Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la Información Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spain

Duncan L. Hickman, Tektonex Ltd., United Kingdom

Maarten A. Hogervorst, TNO. The Netherlands

Leo Kampmeijer, TNO, The Netherlands

Hugo J. Kuijf, TNO. The Netherlands

Martin Laurenzis, Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis, France

Gareth D. Lewis, Royal Military Academy, Belgium

Beatrice Masini, TNO, The Netherlands

Wladislaw Michailow, Univ. of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Zorana Milosevic, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Luana Persano, Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy

Radhakrishna Prabhu, The Robert Gordon Univ., United Kingdom

Neil Salmon, MMW Sensors Ltd., United Kingdom

Sylvain Schwartz, ONERA, France

Giacomo Sorelli, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB, Germany

Karin Stein, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung, Germany

Ove Steinvall, FOI-Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden

Federica Villa, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev. Israel

Roberto Zamboni, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Italy