16 - 21 June 2024
Yokohama, Japan

Information for Authors and Presenters

Instructions, deadlines, and tips for preparing your work. Plus, information for chairs and committees.

Preparing your abstract

Find links to instructions, important dates, and other information for a successful abstract submission, as well as what you need to know for presenting at the meeting.

Post-deadline abstract submissions are still being accepted for some conferences. Be sure to check your conference of interest to see if post-deadline abstracts are being accepted. Acceptance into the program is subject to Chair approval.

Presenter at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation

Important dates


Abstracts due 15 November 2023
Registration opens March 2024
Authors notified and program posts online 28 February 2024
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 15 April 2024
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 22 May 2024
Manuscripts due 29 May 2024
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 14 June 2024

*The contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date, slides must be uploaded on site at Speaker Check-in

How to prepare for your participation