12 - 14 October 2025
Beijing, China

Information for authors and presenters

Instructions, deadlines, and tips to prepare and submit your work

Prepare to share

Find important information and links for author presenters as you prepare to share your research with colleagues next fall. Join your peers in Nantong.

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters and a helpful to-do list.

Prepare to present

It is important to start preparation of your presentation and manuscript early.
Please be sure to carefully review the important dates and deadlines and read emails that you receive from SPIE. We are glad that you are interested in being a part of this dynamic program. We are here to support you in this journey from conference presentation to publication. 

Important dates


Abstracts due 27 May 2025
Registration opens July 2025
Authors notified and program posts online 20 July 2025
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs* 10 August 2025
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication 16 September 2025
Manuscripts due 23 September 2025
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides** 9 October 2025
*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in

Why present and publish your work as part of SPIE/COS Photonics Asia?


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