15 - 18 September 2025
Madrid, Spain

SPIE Security + Defence

The leading European conference for optical sciences for security and defence systems

About Security + Defence

It is the premier European conference for engineers and scientists using sensors and photonics to advance the fields of security, defence, and counterterrorism.

Review the ten conference topics below.

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Join us in Madrid for Security + Defence 2025


SPIE Security + Defence is the leading international conference for engineers and scientists involved in the latest developments in sensing, data and signal analysis, optronics, quantum science, optical technologies, and funding programmes. 

Security + Defence conference topics


• Target and Background Signatures: Traditional methods or Artificial Intelligence
• Electro-optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications
• Electro-optical Remote Sensing
• High Power Lasers and Technologies for Optical Countermeasures
• Quantum Technologies for Defence and Security
• Sensors and Communication Technologies for Security and Defence
• Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence
• Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, and Manufacturing Technologies for Security and Defence
• Artificial Intelligence for Security and Defence Applications
• Autonomous Systems for Security and Defence