Industry Event Calendar

Welcome to OSA's Optics Events Listing. OSA welcomes listings of events of interest to the optics and photonics community. If you have an event you would like to add, please visit the Add an Event page. Events submitted will be reviewed by OSA staff prior to posting.

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International Conference on Photonics in Switching 2008 (PS 2008)
Sapporo, Japan

Aug 04 - 07 2008 Description
We welcome you to Photonics in Switching (PS) 2008. Today, the demand for both established and new services keeps growing whilst recent developments...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 3/9/2008
Post Submission Deadline: 7/21/2008
1st Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and their Applications (WSOF)
Sao Pedro, SP, Brazil

Aug 20 - 22 2008 Description
The well-established field of optical fibers has recently experienced a revival triggered by the demonstration of fibers based on innovative structur...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/9/2008
Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD)
Riga, Latvia

Aug 24 - 27 2008 Description
International conferences-Advanced Optical Materials and Devices(AOMD), are traditionally held in Baltics since 1996. The AOMD-6 conference will take...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 3/31/2008
Housing Deadline: 5/31/2008
Quantum and Nonlinear Optics Ph.D.-Summer School 2008 (QNLO)
Hven, Sweden

Aug 24 - 30 2008 Description
The Q&NLO-2008 Ph.D.-course is a course for students interested in learning about modern developments within nonlinear optics and quantum optics. How...

International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing (OSC)
Vienna, Austria

Aug 25 - 29 2008 Description
The International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing (OSC), is a new annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing for s...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 5/1/2008
Photonics Prague 2008: The 6th International Conference on Photonics, Devices and Systems IV Prague, Czech Republic

Aug 27 - 29 2008 Description
PHOTONICS PRAGUE 2008 is the sixth conference in a series organised by the Czech and Slovak Society for Photonics (CSSF). This Conference will bri...

Near Field Optics (NFO-10)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sep 01 - 05 2008 Description
Since its first edition in 1992 in Arc-et-Senans (France) the NFO series of conferences has provided a well focused forum for discussing near-field o...

Ultrashort Pulse Laser Workshop Boulder, Colorado United States

Sep 02 - 05 2008 Description
The Ultrashort Pulse Laser Workshop provides a forum for the presentation of state-of-the-art ultrashort pulse laser technology, physics, and applica...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/15/2008
Introduction to LightTools® Pasadena, California United States

Sep 08 - 10 2008 Description
This 3-day short course is a practical introduction to LightTools for engineers and scientists who wish to model and analyze the interaction of light...

Deadlines
Registration Deadline: 9/5/2008
International Optoelectronics Exhibition (InterOpto)
Makuhari Messe, Japan

Sep 10 - 12 2008 Description
InterOpto provides an excellent opportunity to meet potential customers and to share the latest information on optoelectronics since participants can...

Advanced Topics in LightTools®: COM Macro Programming, Photorealistic Rendering, and Optimization Pasadena, California United States

Sep 11 - 12 2008 Description
This 2-day course provides a practical overview of the LightTools Optimzation Module, COM Macro Programming, and Photorealistic Rendering capabilitie...

Deadlines
Registration Deadline: 9/5/2008
Fourth International Conference "Singular Optics (Optical Vortices): Fundamentals and Applications" (SO 2008)
Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine

Sep 15 - 20 2008 Description
The purpose of the conference is to provide the discussions of novel approaches and advances connected with singular optics, the devices based on opt...

Metamaterials 2008 2nd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials 2008)
Pamplona, Spain

Sep 21 - 26 2008 Description
The Congress encompasses a Conference and European Doctoral School. The conference aims to address a wide area of research related to metamaterials, ...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 5/12/2008
Second International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials)
Pamplona, Spain

Sep 21 - 27 2008 Description
The Congress is organized by the Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials - METAMORPHOSE VI AISBL and encompasses...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 5/12/2008
34th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2008)
Brussels, Belgium

Sep 21 - 25 2008 Description
ECOC is the largest conference on optical communication in Europe, and one of the most respected and long-standing events of its kind in the world. E...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 4/15/2008
Microoptics Conference (MOC)
Brussels, Belgium

Sep 25 - 27 2008 Description
The MOC is intended to provide a central forum for an update and review of scientific and technical information covering a wide range of microoptics ...

International CONFERENCE on ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONICS and LASERS (CAOL 2008)
Alushta, Ukraine

Sep 29 - 04 2008 Description
The conference will cover wide scope of hot topics in laser physics, nanotechnology, new materials, nonlinear optics and optical communications. Its ...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 4/15/2008
Introduction to CODE V® Pasadena, California United States

Sep 29 - 03 2008 Description
This course covers the basics on modeling, analyzing, optimizing, and tolerancing optical systems using CODE V, including hands-on workshops. It assu...

International Conference on LASER and FIBER-OPTICAL NETWORKS MODELING (LFNM 2008)
Alushta, Ukraine

Oct 02 - 04 2008 Description
LFNM is a unique annual conference in Ukraine in area of optoelectronics and photonics. Conference accommodates invited, oral and poster presentatio...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 4/15/2008
International Workshop "THz Radiation: Basic Research and Applications" (THz 2008)
Alushta, Ukraine

Oct 02 - 04 2008 Description
The workshop will cover frontiers in terahertz physics and applications. Its characteristic feature is a stronger emphasis on the mathematical and p...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 4/15/2008
Terahertz Radiation: BasicResearch and Practical Applications (TERA)
Alushta, Ukraine

Oct 02 - 04 2008 Description
TERA’2008 will provide a forum for experts in a wide area of laser physics and optoelectronics. Terahertz is unique in its ability to transmit thro...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 4/15/2008
Post Submission Deadline: 8/10/2008
Advanced Topics in CODE V® Pasadena, California United States

Oct 06 - 10 2008 Description
This short course will give current users of CODE V an opportunity to learn about and practice using a number of advanced topics and specialized tech...

Deadlines
Registration Deadline: 9/29/2008
Frontiers in Optics: The 92nd OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit (FiO)
Rochester, New York United States

Oct 19 - 23 2008 Description
The Frontiers in Optics Conference is the premiere event uniting the entire OSA community. The Conference will offer a number of Short Courses design...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 5/27/2008
Laser Science XXIV (LS)
Rochester, New York United States

Oct 19 - 23 2008 Description
LS XXIV features all of the latest and most exciting developments in laser science, and the use of lasers for the investigation of physical phenomena...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 5/27/2008
International Congress “OPTICS-21st Century” (ROS)
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Oct 20 - 24 2008 Description
The Congress comprised five topical meetings: Fundamental Problems in Optics, Applied Optics, Optics and Education, Workshop for Young Scientists and...

International Workshop on Fundamentals of Light-Matter Interaction (IWFLMI)
Recife, Brazil

Oct 20 - 22 2008 Description
Scientific contributions from the participants are welcome. They will have the opportunity to talk about their works either orally or by presenting a...

Optical Fabrication and Testing (OF&T)
Rochester, New York United States

Oct 21 - 24 2008 Description
Optical Fabrication and Testing will bring together experts working in this field to discuss recent advances and to identify future trends. The meeti...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/10/2008
Post Submission Deadline: 10/3/2008
Housing Deadline: 9/17/2008
Registration Deadline: 9/25/2008
Illumination Modeling: Simulation and Perception of Lit and Unlit Objects (IM)
Rochester, New York United States

Oct 21 - 24 2008 Description
This topical meeting aims at bringing together communities such as lighting, computer graphics, color technologists, optical designers, light sources...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/25/2008
Housing Deadline: 9/17/2008
Registration Deadline: 9/25/2008
Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META)
Rochester, New York United States

Oct 21 - 24 2008 Description
This meeting will cover emerging research in plasmonics and metamaterials.

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/10/2008
Post Submission Deadline: 9/25/2008
Housing Deadline: 9/17/2008
OSA Vision Meeting Rochester, New York United States

Oct 24 - 26 2008 Description
The Vision Meeting is designed to focus discussion on key issues in vision science. Topics discussed may include: Infant Vision Emmetropization/My...

Asia Optical Fiber Communications and Optoelectronic Exposition and Conference (AOE)
Shanghai, China

Oct 30 - 02 2008 Description
AOE Exposition & Conference includes optics and photonics science, engineering, technology solutions and innovations from leading companies, universi...

International Topical Meeting on Information Photonics 2008 (IP )
Awaji City, Japan

Nov 16 - 20 2008 Description
Information photonics is an emerging field that includes state-of-the-art methods, devices, models, and applications related to the utilization of op...

11th Annual Directed Energy Symposium Honolulu, Hawaii United States

Nov 17 - 21 2008 Description
This annual Symposium provides a forum for the exchange of technical information in fields related to the development, testing, and fielding of High ...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/15/2008
Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM)
Wuhan, China

Nov 24 - 27 2008 Description
POEM is the most comprehensive event in the optoelectronic industry,Co-organized by world-known Chinese and overseas academic institutes and organize...

IEEE Photonics Global @ Singapore Singapore, Singapore

Dec 08 - 11 2008 Description
To celebrate Photonics as a rising global technology, and Singapore as a rising global city, we present PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, a unique conferenc...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 6/18/2008
Invest in Photonics Bordeaux, France, Metropolitan

Dec 11 - 12 2008 Description
1st international convention dedicated to the financing of SMEs in the sector of photonics

9th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS 2008)
New Delhi, India

Dec 13 - 17 2008 Description
The conference is devoted to the latest developments and state-of-the-art reviews in subjects/areas such as: Specialty Optical Fibers, Microstructure...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 7/15/2008
The 2nd European Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NANOMETA)
Seefeld, Austria

Jan 05 - 08 2009 Description
The European Physical Society will organise the 2nd European Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NANOMETA 2009) which will be held in...

Photonics West San Jose, California United States

Jan 24 - 29 2009 Description
Photonics West includes the entire spectrum of light-driven technologies and attracts researchers and product developers from around the world. Fo...

SPIE Medical Imaging Orlando, Florida United States

Feb 07 - 12 2009 Description
Collaborate with industry leaders at the best pre-clinical medical imaging meeting in the world. Conferences on: * Physics of Medical Imaging * Im...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 7/28/2008
Registration Deadline: 1/23/2009
2009 Joint Annual Conferenceof the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists Nashville, Tennessee United States

Feb 11 - 15 2009 Description
The Joint Annual Conferences of the National Society of Black Physicists and National Society of Hispanic Physicists brings together over 500 African...

OFC/NFOEC 2009 Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC)
San Diego, California United States

Mar 22 - 26 2009 Description
The combined OFC/NFOEC audience spans the entire industry, from scientists and engineers to manufacturers and service providers. These two outstandin...

Digital Holography (DH)
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Apr 26 - 30 2009 Description
The topical meeting on Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging provides a forum for disseminating the science and technology of holographic ...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 1/15/2009
Housing Deadline: 3/25/2009
Registration Deadline: 4/1/2009
The International Conference on Nanophotonics Harbin, China

May 11 - 14 2009 Description
This meeting is designed to bring together an international group of scientists and engineers to present and discuss papers on theoretical and experi...

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/IQEC)
Baltimore, Maryland United States

May 31 - 05 2009 Description
CLEO/IQEC and PhAST continue to be the preeminent events for those in the lasers and electro-optics community. Combining more than 1,800 presentation...

European Conference on Biomedical Optics (ECBO)
Munich, Germany

Jun 14 - 18 2009 Description
The use of optical technologies and lasers for minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic applications has recently emerged as a major research fi...

Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/ Europe)
Munich, Germany

Jun 14 - 19 2009 Description
CLEO/Europe is the largest, most comphrensive gathering of optics and photonics researchers and engineers in Europe.

LASER. World of Photonics Munich, Germany

Jun 15 - 18 2009 Description
LASER. World of Photonics focusses on the world market for optical technologies. The international light community has been meeting there for more th...

Nanophotonics Down Under 2009: Devices and Applications Melbourne, Australia

Jun 21 - 23 2009 Description
In 2001, the then Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) launched The Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences - International Frontiers of Scienc...

Deadlines
Submission Deadline: 2/28/2009
Registration Deadline: 6/1/2009
Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP)
Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom

Jul 05 - 07 2009 Description
The purpose of ETOP is to bring together the international community of optics educators to share education and training methods relevant to the fiel...

The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/ Pacific Rim)
Shanghai, China

Aug 30 - 03 2009 Description
The purpose of CLEO/Pacific Rim 2009 is to provide a forum to review the most important and latest developments of lasers and electro-optics, to exch...

OFC/NFOEC 2010 Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC)
San Diego, California United States

Mar 21 - 25 2010 Description
The combined OFC/NFOEC audience spans the entire industry, from scientists and engineers to manufacturers and service providers. These two outstandin...

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS)
San Jose, California United States

May 16 - 21 2010 Description
CLEO/QELS and PhAST continue to be the preeminent events for those in the lasers and electro-optics community.

The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2011)
Los Angeles, California United States

Mar 06 - 10 2011 Description
The combined OFC/NFOEC audience spans the entire industry, from scientists and engineers to manufacturers and service providers. These two outstandin...

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS)
Baltimore, Maryland United States

May 01 - 06 2011 Description
CLEO/QELS and PhAST continues to be the preeminent events for those in the lasers and electro-optics community. Combining more than 1,800 presentatio...

LASER - World of Photonics Munich, Germany

May 22 - 27 2011 Description
LASER. World of Photonics focusses on the world market for optical technologies. The international light community has been meeting there for more th...

Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/ Europe)
Munich, Germany

May 22 - 27 2011 Description
CLEO/Europe is the largest, most comphrensive gathering of optics and photonics researchers and engineers in Europe.

The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2012)
Los Angeles, California United States

Mar 04 - 04 2012 Description
The combined OFC/NFOEC audience spans the entire industry, from scientists and engineers to manufacturers and service providers. These two outstandin...

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS)
San Jose, California United States

May 06 - 11 2012 Description
CLEO/QELS and PhAST has evolved into a dynamic six-day event that has successfully bridged the science and applications sides of the optics and photo...