Industry Events
Industry
Industry Events
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We offer a variety of in-person, virtual and hybrid events—both stand-alone, and at major conferences and exhibitions. These include dedicated workshops and forums on key optics and photonics topics, special funding events, and intimate networking dinners. Participate in an Industry event to advance your career and your company’s bottom line.
Check back frequently as new events are continually being posted. Past events—both live and virtual/on-demand—can be viewed by clicking the “Past Events” tab below.
Industry Events Calendar
Industry Tutorial: High Power Deformable Mirror for Laser and Defense Applications
12 Dec 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Optica British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics
18 - 20 Dec 2024
IET London: Savoy Place
London, United Kingdom
BICOP is a flagship conference on optics and photonics in the UK and Ireland, reporting on disruptive advances in optics and photonics across diverse fields. The primary purpose of the 2.5-day conference is to showcase the UK and Ireland’s world-leading research and development in optics and photonics to global stakeholders with a proper balance of industry and academia.
Online Advanced Manufacturing Alliance Meeting
14 Jan 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Quantum Communication
21 Jan 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica VIP Executive Reception at the San Francisco MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
27 Jan 2025, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California USA
Join us for an exclusive evening of innovation and networking at the Optica VIP Executive Reception, hosted at the iconic San Francisco's MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), less than 5-minute walk from the Moscone Center. Building upon the tremendous success of its inaugural edition, this year's event promises to be even more remarkable.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: BioSensing
11 Feb 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Career Accelerator (North America)
16 - 20 Feb 2025
Optica Global Headquarters
Washington, District of Columbia USA
To compete and succeed in the optics and photonics field today, students and early career professionals need to develop skills inside and outside the lab to understand how to utilize their expertise in this ever-growing and changing sector.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: PIC Packaging for Volume Production
25 Feb 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: OLEDs, Micro & Mini LEDs
04 Mar 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Fiber Sensing
25 Mar 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
OFC: Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition
30 Mar - 03 Apr 2025
Moscone Convention Center
San Francisco, California USA
The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) is the premier conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals.
Optica Executive Forum at OFC 2025
31 Mar 2025, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Marriott Marquis
San Francisco, California USA
Optica Industry Summit on Laser Optics at Edmund Optics
08 - 09 Apr 2025
Edmund Optics
Oldsmar, Florida USA
This summit is your gateway to the latest advancements and collaborative opportunities in laser optics.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Food industry: Precision Agriculture and Food Safety
15 Apr 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Quantum Internet
29 Apr 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Gas and Liquid Sensing
06 May 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Global Advanced Manufacturing Alliance 2025 at Heidelberg Instruments
14 - 15 May 2025
Halle 02 / Alter Güterbahnhof
Heidelberg, Germany
This edition will bring together a diverse group of experts from the advanced manufacturing technologies sector, including nanoimprint lithography, maskless lithography, metaoptics, AR waveguides, and wafer-level optics. Our discussions will delve into the application of these cutting-edge manufacturing techniques to photonics products, with a focus on industries such as AR/VR, automotive, telecommunications, and space exploration.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Defense & Security
20 May 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica AgriPhotonics Industry Summit at Grand Farm
10 - 11 Jun 2025
Grand Farm Innovation Center
Fargo, North Dakota USA
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Co-Packaged and Pluggable Optics
10 Jun 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The most recent industry events are listed below. View the full industry event archive.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: LIDAR
19 Nov 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica 2024 Quantum Industry Summit - Third Edition
19 - 20 Nov 2024
The Optica Quantum Industry Summit is back, this time for its third installment! This year's edition elevates the event to new heights by taking place in Bristol, hosted by the University of Bristol, recognized as one of the global capitals of quantum technologies.
Industry Tutorial: Integrating Active Components in Low-Loss Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)
13 Nov 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: VR
22 Oct 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Industry Summit at Synopsys
22 - 23 Oct 2024
Optica Industry Summits are 2-day programs that feature panel presentations, in-person networking opportunities, and external company visits and tours. Optica is partnering with APC to host the third annual Cloud Computing Industry Summit. It has a focus on bringing companies together in the supply chain to discuss the innovations and deployment of optics in data center applications and beyond. Users and system integrators will give their views about the technology trends, timelines, and what’s needed from the optics community as the industry migrates from face-pluggable transceivers to optics co-packaged with switch electronics. What’s already here? What’s coming? What’s missing? We look forward to connecting!
Optica MedTech Industry Summit at CHUM Hospital
08 - 09 Oct 2024
Global Photonics Economic Forum 2024
01 - 02 Oct 2024
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Fusion
24 Sep 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Executive Reception at ECOC
23 Sep 2024, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science
23 - 26 Sep 2024
CIOE 2024
11 - 13 Sep 2024
The 25th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) will be held from September 11 to 13, 2024, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center.
Industry Tutorial: Mastering Periodic Signal Analysis for Optics & Photonics Applications
10 Sep 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: PIC Manufacturing, Packaging and Testing
27 Aug 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment
25 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Advanced Manufacturing Alliance at Focuslight Switzerland
25 - 26 Jun 2024
Single-photon detection and the future of quantum networks and computing
19 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
In this webinar we will focus on new products and applications of SNSPDs as well as fresh highlights from the lab. We introduce our new complete and compact rack mounted system, Eos R12, providing a standardized system for easy deployment in labs and data centers. We will show our new SNSPD readout electronics, scalable and future proof, to allow controlling hundreds of detectors. Our SNSPDs are famous for their exclusive time resolution, and while usually it is characterized by low photon fluxes, we demonstrate a constant fraction discriminator add-on to significantly improve the timing jitter. SNSPDs are a mature technology that can even be used in the most demanding applications such as deep-space optical communication and bio-imaging. In particular, we will showcase our optical SNSPD array receiver, developed with ESA to support NASA’s Psyche mission as well as the techniques used to image deep into tissue and beyond what is currently possible. From the lab, we are going to highlight latest development efforts on MIR SNSPDs and novel applications in protein detection for mass spectroscopy as well as a quantum spectrometer that allows the measurement of spectra, photon statistics, cross-correlations and lifetimes in one measurement.
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors – to see far and beyond
18 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
In this webinar we will focus on new products and applications of SNSPDs as well as fresh highlights from the lab.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Quantum Sensing
21 May 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for an insightful online industry meeting that delves into the rapidly evolving field of quantum sensing. This event unites leading quantum and photonics companies with end users of the next generation of quantum sensors across diverse sectors, including automotive, defense, and healthcare. Together, we will explore the critical requirements for portability and precision in quantum sensing technologies, addressing the specific needs of various industries.
Hardware and software solutions for real time correction of atmospheric turbulences
16 May 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CLEO 2024: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
05 - 10 May 2024
With a distinguished history as the industry's leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications.
