The Professional Value of Presenting

Presenting at an Optica Meeting is a mark of professional excellence. All paper submissions are carefully peer-reviewed to ensure a high-quality program on emerging topics. As a presenter, you will participate in a strong technical program that includes other distinguished experts. Your audience will be comprised of colleagues, industry leaders and potential collaborators.

In addition, accepted and presented papers are published on the Society’s publishing platform, which extends the impact of your work long after the meeting ends. Optica Publishing Group further supports the visibility of your paper by indexing in Ei Compendex, Scopus and Google Scholar.

The Meeting Format – In Person and On Demand

All Optica Congresses and Topical Meetings are held in person. This meeting also offers an on-demand option.

• Almost all speakers will present in person.
• A small number of authors will be permitted to submit their contributed talks in pre-recorded videos. (These speakers do not present live.)

In-person talks are recorded onsite. Both the recorded technical sessions and the pre-recorded talks will be made available to Technical Conference registrants for on-demand viewing. Recordings are published on the Optica website for up to 60 days after the event concludes.

Student Paper Prize

Many Optica Topical Meetings recognize the excellent work of student researchers through the awarding of student paper prizes. You must opt in during the paper submission process to be considered for the prize.

Committees select finalists for their respective topical meeting. An awards committee will attend the presentations of each of the finalists and selects one Student Paper Prize winner for each topical meeting. Each recipient receives one free registration toward a future Optical Meeting.  

IMPORTANT! Please embed all fonts; use standard fonts when possible. Problems may occur if non-English font packages (for example, Japanese, Korean or Chinese fonts, etc.) are used in the body of your paper summary, as well as in all figures and tables. Characters in these fonts cannot be seen by reviewers. In the past, we have had particular trouble with MS-PGothic, MS -Gothic and MS-Mincho.

***Proof your work before submitting. We DO NOT ACCEPT CHANGES OR REVISIONS AFTER THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE .***

Category Selection: Please review the topic categories, and select the area that is appropriate for your work. In addition, you can request that your paper be considered for one of the symposia.

Copyright Agreement: The submission form incorporates an electronic copyright transfer agreement as part of your submission. No additional mailed documentation is required.

Adherence to the instructions for preparation of the abstract and summary is imperative. Failure to complete any of the preceding requirements may result in the rejection of a paper. NO CHANGES OR REVISIONS WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE. Emailed or faxed submissions will not be accommodated.

A complete submission must be submitted via the online submission system in adherence with the style guide and by the published deadline. Do NOT email, fax or mail your paper!

Registration and submission for Technical Sessions is open to all members of the scientific and technical community. It is incumbent on the authors to obtain appropriate approval to present their work to this international forum.