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Industry
Access quality information, unparalleled professional networking, and unique opportunities to grow your business at Optica industry events.
We offer a variety of in-person, virtual and hybrid events—both stand-alone, and at major conferences and exhibitions. These include dedicated workshops and forums on key optics and photonics topics, special funding events, and intimate networking dinners. Participate in an Industry event to advance your career and your company’s bottom line.
Check back frequently as new events are continually being posted. Past events—both live and virtual/on-demand—can be viewed by clicking the “Past Events” tab below.
Industry Events Calendar
CIOE 2024
11 - 13 Sep 2024
World Exhibition and Convention Center
Shenzhen, China
The 25th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) will be held from September 11 to 13, 2024, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center.
Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science
23 - 26 Sep 2024
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado USA
Optica Executive Reception at ECOC
23 Sep 2024, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Frankfurt, Germany
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Fusion
24 Sep 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Global Photonics Economic Forum 2024
01 - 02 Oct 2024
FYCMA, Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions
Málaga, Spain
Optica MedTech Industry Summit at CHUM Hospital
08 - 09 Oct 2024
CHUM de Montréal, Amphithéâtre Pierre Péladeau
Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Optica Laser Congress and Exhibition
20 - 24 Oct 2024
Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay
Osaka, Japan
This conference provides a comprehensive view of the latest advances in solid state laser development along with recent new applications. Of high interest are the high order nonlinear effects made possible by the development of ultra-high brightness and high power radiation sources. Also covered are other sophisticated applications of numerous highly capable solid state sources and associated devices for free space and quantum communications, LIDAR for autonomous vehicles, beam steering, materials modification such as laser peening, micro-machining, and brittle material processing. The exhibition features the latest products resulting from these advances.
Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Industry Summit at Synopsys
22 - 23 Oct 2024
Synopsys
Sunnyvale, California USA
Optica Industry Summits are 2-day programs that feature panel presentations, in-person networking opportunities, and external company visits and tours. Optica is partnering with APC to host the third annual Cloud Computing Industry Summit. It has a focus on bringing companies together in the supply chain to discuss the innovations and deployment of optics in data center applications and beyond. Users and system integrators will give their views about the technology trends, timelines, and what’s needed from the optics community as the industry migrates from face-pluggable transceivers to optics co-packaged with switch electronics. What’s already here? What’s coming? What’s missing? We look forward to connecting!
Optica Online Industry Meeting: VR
22 Oct 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join our online industry meeting dedicated to the field of Virtual Reality (VR), a domain that extends far beyond its gaming origins to reshape daily life and societal interactions. This event is a prime opportunity for photonics and optics companies to discover expansive business prospects. As VR technology advances into wider applications, the demand for innovative solutions in headset design is soaring. Key areas for development include reducing headset weight and cost while enhancing visual metrics like field of view, frame rate, and latency. These enhancements are not just improvements; they are gateways to new markets and applications.
Industry Tutorial: Integrating Active Components in Low-Loss Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)
13 Nov 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Optica 2024 Quantum Industry Summit - Third Edition
19 - 20 Nov 2024
M Shed Princes Wharf
Bristol, United Kingdom
The Optica Quantum Industry Summit is back, this time for its third installment! This year's edition elevates the event to new heights by taking place in Bristol, hosted by the University of Bristol, recognized as one of the global capitals of quantum technologies.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: LIDAR
19 Nov 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Connect with peers and partners at our online industry meeting focused on the diverse applications of powerful LiDAR technology, encompassing areas like automotive, robotics vision, remote sensing, mapping etc. This event is designed for businesses on all levels across the supply chain involved in the LiDAR ecosystem, from component providers to system integrators.
Career Accelerator (Europe)
08 - 12 Dec 2024
INSELHOTEL Potsdam-Hermannswerder
Potsdam, Germany
To compete and succeed in the optics and photonics field today, students and early career professionals need to develop skills inside and outside the lab to understand how to utilize their expertise in this ever-growing and changing sector.
Optica British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics
18 - 20 Dec 2024
IET London: Savoy Place
London, United Kingdom
BICOP is a flagship conference on optics and photonics in the UK and Ireland, reporting on disruptive advances in optics and photonics across diverse fields. The primary purpose of the 2.5-day conference is to showcase the UK and Ireland’s world-leading research and development in optics and photonics to global stakeholders with a proper balance of industry and academia.
Online Advanced Manufacturing Alliance Meeting
14 Jan 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Quantum Communication
21 Jan 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica VIP Executive Reception at the San Francisco MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
27 Jan 2025, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California USA
Join us for an exclusive evening of innovation and networking at the Optica VIP Executive Reception, hosted at the iconic San Francisco's MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), less than 5-minute walk from the Moscone Center. Building upon the tremendous success of its inaugural edition, this year's event promises to be even more remarkable.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: BioSensing
11 Feb 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The Biosensing meeting will delve into the latest advancements in biosensing technologies, focusing on industrial applications that revolutionize healthcare, environmental monitoring, and biotechnology. Topics include highly sensitive sensors, wearable biosensors, and point-of-care diagnostic devices like immunosensors, optrodes, resonant mirrors, chemical canaries, biochips, glucometers, and biocomputers. Join us in this online event to showcase how these technologies improve detection accuracy and efficiency.
Career Accelerator (North America)
16 - 20 Feb 2025
Optica Global Headquarters
Washington, District of Columbia USA
To compete and succeed in the optics and photonics field today, students and early career professionals need to develop skills inside and outside the lab to understand how to utilize their expertise in this ever-growing and changing sector.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: PIC Packaging for Volume Production
25 Feb 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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CIOE 2024
11 - 13 Sep 2024
The 25th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) will be held from September 11 to 13, 2024, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center.
Industry Tutorial: Mastering Periodic Signal Analysis for Optics & Photonics Applications
10 Sep 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Optics and photonics research aims to measure increasingly smaller effects and faster processes. For a wide range of specific applications, the signals stemming from such experiments are tiny and often buried in noise or covered by large backgrounds.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: PIC Manufacturing, Packaging and Testing
27 Aug 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment
25 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Advanced Manufacturing Alliance at Focuslight Switzerland
25 - 26 Jun 2024
Single-photon detection and the future of quantum networks and computing
19 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
In this webinar we will focus on new products and applications of SNSPDs as well as fresh highlights from the lab. We introduce our new complete and compact rack mounted system, Eos R12, providing a standardized system for easy deployment in labs and data centers. We will show our new SNSPD readout electronics, scalable and future proof, to allow controlling hundreds of detectors. Our SNSPDs are famous for their exclusive time resolution, and while usually it is characterized by low photon fluxes, we demonstrate a constant fraction discriminator add-on to significantly improve the timing jitter. SNSPDs are a mature technology that can even be used in the most demanding applications such as deep-space optical communication and bio-imaging. In particular, we will showcase our optical SNSPD array receiver, developed with ESA to support NASA’s Psyche mission as well as the techniques used to image deep into tissue and beyond what is currently possible. From the lab, we are going to highlight latest development efforts on MIR SNSPDs and novel applications in protein detection for mass spectroscopy as well as a quantum spectrometer that allows the measurement of spectra, photon statistics, cross-correlations and lifetimes in one measurement.
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors – to see far and beyond
18 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
In this webinar we will focus on new products and applications of SNSPDs as well as fresh highlights from the lab.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Quantum Sensing
21 May 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for an insightful online industry meeting that delves into the rapidly evolving field of quantum sensing. This event unites leading quantum and photonics companies with end users of the next generation of quantum sensors across diverse sectors, including automotive, defense, and healthcare. Together, we will explore the critical requirements for portability and precision in quantum sensing technologies, addressing the specific needs of various industries.
Hardware and software solutions for real time correction of atmospheric turbulences
16 May 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CLEO 2024: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
05 - 10 May 2024
With a distinguished history as the industry's leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Linear Drive Optics
30 Apr 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Single-photon detection and the future of quantum networks and computing
25 Apr 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
High-speed inter-data-center optics (400G/800G/1.6T ZR/ZR+)
24 Apr 2024, 3:41 PM - 3:41 PM
Optica Freeform Optics Industry Summit at Optimax
02 - 03 Apr 2024
Optica Executive Forum at OFC 2024
25 Mar 2024, 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Co-located with OFC, the Premier Event in Telecom and Data Center Optics' this is an Optica Industry Event. The Executive Forum features C-level panelists in an informal, uncensored setting discussing the latest issues facing the industry and your business. Leaders from top companies discuss critical technology advancements and business opportunities that will shape the network in 2024 and the future.
OFC 2024: Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition
24 - 28 Mar 2024
The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) is the largest global conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals. For over 40 years, OFC has drawn attendees from all corners of the globe to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move business forward.
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Laser Micromachining
19 Mar 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Optica Online Industry Meeting: NewSpace
27 Feb 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for an online industry meeting dedicated to the New Space sector, where we will explore the latest developments in optical communications and sensing applications. This meeting serves as a collaborative space for professionals, offering a chance to connect airspace end-users with developers of optical payloads, communication terminals, and associated technologies including special optical coatings, encoders, cameras, lasers and space-grade photonic components.
Optica at DVN Lighting Munich Workshop
27 - 28 Feb 2024
Optica is proudly supporting Driving Vision News for the Automotive Lighting Munich Workshop. This workshop is a must-attend event for professionals in the automotive lighting industry, offering a unique opportunity to engage with over 300 industry leaders and experts. As a valued Corporate member of Optica, you're entitled to a 20% discount on attendance fees, making this an even more attractive opportunity for your business. Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of this influential gathering in the world of automotive lighting powered by DVN Group – renown name in the automotive industry.
Optica Silicon Valley Winter Event at Ozencon
22 Feb 2024, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Our invited speakers are technology and business leaders from companies at the forefront of Photonics for AI. They are pushing the boundaries of photonics to build the infrastructure needed for ever increasing demand for AI computing and next-generation products and solutions that will define industry trends in the next decade.
