Optica Laser Congress and Exhibition

Registration Types and Rates

Optica Laser Congress will be held as an in-person event with on-demand content. Archived recordings of in-person talks or prerecorded videos from remote presenters will be available on demand either during the event or soon after it concludes. The congress does not offer live, virtual talks.

This year, Optica Laser Congress is co-located with Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science. Registrants can access technical content onsite or view recorded content on demand for both meetings. For 120 days after the meetings conclude, registrants can continue to access all Technical Digest Papers and recorded content on demand. Please Note: Once they are available on the Optica Publishing Group platform, individuals can only access papers and videos from the meeting that they registered for.

Important Information

Advance Registration Deadline

Payment MUST be received with your registration form or with your online registration. NO registration will be processed without payment. All payments must be in USD. Registrations received after 23:59 EDT (UTC-04:00), on Monday, 11 September 2023, will be charged the Standard rate. Upon receipt of your registration and payment, a confirmation letter will be e-mailed to each registrant. PAYMENT ISSUES WILL DELAY PROCESSING OF YOUR REGISTRATION. Note: All presenters must register by 23:59 EDT (UTC-04:00), on Friday, 29 September 2023.

Health and Safety Requirements for In-Person Registrants

Optica event management is monitoring global, federal, state and local health guidelines in preparation for this meeting. 

• Vaccinations — COVID vaccination records will not be required/checked onsite this year. However, Optica strongly encourage COVID vaccination and boosters, as vaccines are proven to reduce the threat of critical illness.
• Masks — The wearing of masks is a matter of personal choice and preference, and we encourage everyone to be respectful of mask decisions made by other individuals. Wear a mask indoors if you are more comfortable; we ask that you respect those around you that choose to do so. 

For more information, please visit the Health and Safety page on this website. 

Code of Conduct

It is important to the success of this meeting that every attendee be treated with consideration and respect. Please review the Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment policy.

Policies and Terms of Registration

Reasonable Event Policies and Terms have been established. We encourage you to read these carefully as all registrants to the conference will be required to agree to these policies and terms as a condition of registration.

Privacy Policy

Optica respects the privacy rights of our visitors and recognize the importance of protecting all information that you may choose to share with us. To further this commitment, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to guide how we collect, store and use the information you provide to us.

Cancellation Policy

Cancelling a Registration: Refund requests must be received in writing by Monday, 18 September 2023. A processing service charge of USD 75 will be assessed. Cancellation requests submitted after Monday, 18 September 2023 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Please allow four to six weeks to process a refund request.

Payment and Refund Information

All payments must be in USD.

Credit cards are accepted (VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Diners Club).

Bank Drafts and Wire Transfers — Please indicate on your registration form which bank was used and when the deposit was made. Also, please notify Optica of the transfer to avoid any lost or unidentified payments.

Registration Support

Please contact Customer Service via a webform at optica.org/help or call + 1 202.416.1907.