13 - 17 April 2025
Orlando, Florida, US

Technical events

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Technical events

Colleagues gather to explore topics in depth. Attend workshops, poster sessions, panel discussions, and training opportunities.

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14 April 2025 • 10:20 AM - 12:20 PM EDT | Osceola 3, Ballroom Level 
Join this discussion to hear how traditional rule-based approaches to automatic target recognition are giving way to dynamic data-driven methodologies empowered by artificial intelligence.
14 April 2025 • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT | Osceola 2, Ballroom Level 
Federated Learning (FL) is an innovative approach to machine learning where models are trained collaboratively across multiple decentralized devices or servers, without sharing raw data.
14 April 2025 • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT 
This workshop will showcase developments in distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) across defense, commercial, and research applications.
14 April 2025 • 1:50 PM - 4:50 PM EDT | Osceola 1, Ballroom Level 
Join the Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition conference for this informative panel discussion on large language models for information fusion.
14 April 2025 • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT | Sun Ballroom A, Ballroom Level 
This special session will discuss HMI frontiers, opportunities, and challenges in science, technology, and practice. Attend and hear keynote speaker Laura McNamara from Sandia National Labs followed by a distinguished panel discussion.
15 April 2025 • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT | Daytona 1, Ballroom Level 
Hear this panel of academic and government experts discuss deception and trust in artificial intelligence and machine learning as synthetic data becomes more and more pervasive.
15 April 2025 • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT | Tallahassee 1/2, Ballroom Level 
Join this half-day workshop for a keynote presentation, three invited presentations, and three panel discussions on thin film lithium niobate.
15 April 2025 • 2:50 PM - 5:00 PM EDT 
Join the Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery conference for a poster session and panel discussion to talk about topics from the days presentations.
15 April 2025 • 3:30 PM - 4:10 PM EDT | Osceola B, Ballroom Level 

Join Timothy Morgan from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division for the Infrared Technology and Applications conference keynote on DoD’s microelectronics for the defense and commercial sensing ecosystem.

15 April 2025 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT | Tallahassee 3, Ballroom Level 
Join the Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping conference for this informative panel discussion.
15 April 2025 • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT | Sun Room 4, Ballroom Level 
Conference attendees are invited to attend the symposium-wide poster session on Tuesday evening. Come view the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing posters, enjoy light refreshments, ask questions, and network with colleagues in your field.
16 April 2025 • 2:50 PM - 5:00 PM EDT 
Join the Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery conference for a poster session and panel discussion to talk about topics from the days presentations.
16 April 2025 • 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM EDT | Miami 1, Ballroom Level 
Under the umbrella of Disruptive Technologies in Information Sciences, we host the panel for detecting/deterring misinformation and deception focusing on disseminating education on counteracting erroneous information, verifying evidence, reporting.
17 April 2025 • 2:40 PM - 3:30 PM EDT | Osceola B, Ballroom Level 
Join this panel comprising top-level users and customers of cryogenic technologies.