Information for authors and presenters

Instructions, deadlines, and tips to prepare your work. Information for chairs and committees.

Prepare to share

The 2025 call for papers is open. Find information on these pages about being a presenter at SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics. Find the conference that best aligns with your research then click into the conference to submit an abstract.

View abstract guidelines

Why present and publish your work as part of SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics??

Here's how submitting an abstract puts a spotlight on your work:

Your participation in the conference gains you international visibility
Your research becomes a part of the world's permanent scientific record
Your work will be indexed in all relevant scientific databases*

Make sure that your research gets timely publication in the SPIE Digital Library.

*SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to ensure visibility for your research, including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Prepare to share your work

Submit an abstract

First step of being part of the program: write an abstract for your work.

Prepare to present

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters, a to-do list, and due dates.

Author reviewing manuscript submission guidelines for SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics

Prepare your manuscript

Details and templates for preparing your paper for the SPIE Digital Library.

Chairs and committee members organize the conferences and present awards to authors

Chairs and committees

Timelines and overview of your duties before and during the event.

Important dates

Abstracts due date extended	4 December 2024
Authors notified and programme posts online	24 January 2025
Registration opens	19 January 2025
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	3 February 2025
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	12 March 2025
Manuscripts due	19 March 2025
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	4 April 2025

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in