Presentation Guidelines

Preparing your presentation for Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation

Thank you for your interest in sharing your work with the SPIE community. We recommend reviewing the information below to become familiar with how to prepare your presentation.

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Important dates

Abstracts due	3 December 2025
Registration opens	9 March 2026
Authors notified and program posts online	16 March 2026
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	4 May 2026
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	10 June 2026
Manuscripts due	17 June 2026
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	3 July 2026

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

Next steps as the conference dates approach

A presenter's to-do list

Request an invitation letter and/or apply for a visa if needed
Request student author conference support, if needed
Register for the conference
Prepare your oral or poster presentation
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