| Abstracts due | 7 May 2025 |
| Laser Damage Competition – samples due | 1 June 2025 |
| Registration opens | July 2025 |
| Authors notified and program posts online | 14 July 2025 |
| Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* | 18 August 2025 |
| Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication | 1 October 2025 |
| Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** | 17 October 2025 |
| Manuscripts due | 12 November 2025 |
*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading.
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-In
