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Global Policy & Affairs
Facilitating policies in support of optics and photonics worldwide.
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Apply for the Congressional Fellowships
Application deadline is 3 January 2025.
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Webinar Recording: Exploring ARIA's Global Funding Opportunities
This webinar explored global funding opportunities offered by the United Kingdom’s newly established ARIA. Watch the webinar for more information.
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- Optica on Ukraine
- Awards & Honors
- Global Inclusivity
- Early Career Professionals
- Education Outreach
- Global Policy & Affairs
- Local Section
- Virtual Engagement
- Students
-
Technical Groups
- Bio-Medical Optics
- Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation
- Information Acquisition, Processing, Display and Perception
- Optical Interaction Science
- Photonics and Opto-Electronics
- Quantum
- Sensing
- Technical Group Leadership Volunteers
- Technical Group Webinars
- Technical Group Search
- Technical Group Prizes
- Simulight Optics Challenge
- Volunteer
Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring Initiative (GEMM)
Engaging experts at institutions worldwide to form multidisciplinary regional centers that create and share new measurement technologies and climate models.
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Chips Initiatives
Optica is tracking two major semiconductor investments in the United States and in the EU
Learn more about Chips acts
Advocate of Optics
Recognizing an outstanding public official from any country who demonstrates leadership and support for the advancement of optics and photonics.
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Coalitions
Partnering with scientific, university and business organizations to achieve common goals.
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US Public Affairs Programs
Providing Congressional Fellowships, Capitol Hill and District Visits and other resources to advance optics and photonics policy within the United States.
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Policy Issue Positions
Statements from the Optica Public Policy Council and Board of Directors on critical issues worldwide.
Find out where we stand on the issues