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    • SPIE: The Int'l Society for Optics & Photonics

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    About SPIE: The Int'l Society for Optics & Photonics

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    Is the international society for optics and photonics, and organizes dozens of conferences annually, including SPIE Photonics West and SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing.

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    What to expect at SPIE Photonics West 2023

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    Get a look at what's on deck at SPIE Photonics West 2023, taking place January 31 - February 2, 2023 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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    2025 SPIE Prism Award finalists and award recipients will be honored during a January 29th gala evening at SPIE Photonics West.
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    SPIE names 2025 Prism Award finalists

    Rapidly developing technology areas such as quantum, sensors, imaging, and biomedical showcase the range and variety of this year's entries and finalists.
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    Registration opens for SPIE Photonics West 2025

    Registration is now open for the SPIE Photonics West 2025 conference and exhibition, set to take place January 25-30th.
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    Top row, from left to right: Cather Simpson, Jim McNally, Alexis Vogt. Bottom row, from left to right: Debbie Gustafson, Brian Pogue, Kishan Dholakia.
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    SPIE elects Cather Simpson into presidential chain

    Simpson will serve as SPIE's Vice President in 2025; she is a longtime participant in SPIE’s conference, publications, and outreach activities.
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    2024 Prism Awards winners span several photonics areas

    The annual awards reflect the rapidly growing trajectory of photonics products and photonics-enabled solutions.
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    SPIE names 2024 Startup Challenge prize winners

    The three prize winners were announced on January 30th at a ceremony during SPIE Photonics West.
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    A look at the CHIPs and Science Act

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    Jennifer O’Bryan discusses the latest with the CHIPs and Science Act while also providing an update on export control.
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    Bringing fresh perspective to SPIE presidential chain

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    Zygo’s Peter de Groot will hold the role of vice president of the organization in 2023 before ultimately stepping up as president in 2025.
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    Takeaways from the SPIE Photonics Industry Summit

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    At its first annual Photonics Industry Summit recently held in Washington DC, SPIE welcomed an impressive lineup of speakers intimately involved in bringing the recently appropriated...
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    SPIE Industry Report shows marketplace growth

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    The optics and photonics community has hit significant milestones in the latest industry report from industry association SPIE.
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    SPIE Photonics West 2022: Full steam ahead

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    Following a pandemic-prompted hiatus, SPIE Photonics West is back in 2022, in person, and in full force.

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    SPIE Announces Prism Finalists

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    SPIE Photonics West 2023 exhibitor products (UPDATED 1/27)

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    Get a first look at what will be shown on the SPIE Photonics West 2023 exhibit floor.
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    2022 Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar to return in-person

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    $800,000 optics and photonics education fund is established

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    Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yuankai 'Kenny' Tao has been selected as the first recipient of the SPIE Faculty Fellowship in Optics and Photonics.
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    SPIE, Vanderbilt University establish $1M optical engineering faculty fellowship

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    2021 Prism Awards honor photonics innovations

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    Laser markets show resistance to COVID-19

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    SPIE Quantum West virtual event announces program lineup

    Organized in partnership with the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), the first SPIE Quantum West will be held online during the SPIE Photonics West Digital Forum...
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    SPIE Photonics West goes online in 2021

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    The digital forum will offer live plenary talks, on-demand technical presentations and discussions, online networking, and special events.
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    SPIE and University of Glasgow announce $1 million quantum photonics program

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    SPIE announces a $1 million endowed diversity-focused Chair at ICFO

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    The SPIE@ICFO Chair for Diversity in Photonic Sciences is the first of its nature and magnitude awarded by SPIE to a European institute.
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    SPIE to launch new Journal of Optical Microsystems in January, and JM3 to be renamed

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