Social and Networking Events

Come say hi to our onsite therapy dog. He will be wandering the halls in an effort to help keep you smiling and everyone's stress down.

Come say hi to our onsite therapy dog. He will be wandering the halls in an effort to help keep you smiling and everyone's stress down.

Join alumni, lecturers, and organizers of the prestigious Biophotonics Summer School at this casual networking event.

All Fellow and Senior Members of SPIE are invited to join your colleagues for an SPIE hosted lunch. The new SPIE Fellows attending Photonics West will be introduced and recognized.

Join other women in the field for informal discussions and networking.

Join other women executives in optics, photonics, and photonics-enabled communities to meet up, network, and share experience.

Don't miss the Photonics West Welcome Reception and Experience the Greatest Photonics Show on Earth, including nostalgic activities and entertainment along with a nod to the new and now. Must be a registered and paid attendee.

Sample specialty whiskeys while chatting with colleagues at the SPIE Booth. Co-sponsored by optics.org.

Paws for a break and join some of the most cuddly four-legged animals for a bit of self-care and animal love at the Community Corner.

Join SPIE scholarship and Student Conference Support recipients at this networking meetup with MKS industry representatives and SPIE leadership.

This reception is for all volunteers who serve as Publications Committee Members or Editors for SPIE journals and books. Come reconnect with colleagues over snacks and drinks.

This reception is in support of the Quantum West Business Summit and in recognition of the International Year of Quantum. Sponsored by DRS Daylight Solutions.

Come join us and socialize and network with other LGBTQ+ attendees, students, scientists, and allies in the optics and photonics community.

SPIE Members are invited to join us for an evening of networking, music, art, and celebration of our global optics and photonics community.

Come meet Jess Wade & Miles Padgett, the editors of Quantum Photonics: From Optical Bench to Global Impact, a book that celebrates the International Year of Quantum.

Sample specialty whiskeys while chatting with colleagues at the SPIE Booth. Co-sponsored by optics.org.

Paws for a break and join some of the most cuddly four-legged animals for a bit of self-care and animal love.

Join us as we count down to Black History Month with a Black scientist's social.

Join your colleagues for some live music performed by members of our community.

Sample specialty whiskeys while chatting with colleagues at the SPIE Booth. Co-sponsored by optics.org.

Paws for a break and join some of the most cuddly four-legged animals for a bit of self-care and animal love at the Community Corner.