SPIE Photonics West 2009
Jan. 24-29, 2009
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif.
Photonics West to be Bigger, Even Better
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 22, 2008 -- Four renowned symposia featuring the presentations of 3275 research papers by the brightest minds in the photonics industry, 85 conferences, 75 courses, 1100 exhibitors and a special two-day Career Fair are expected to make SPIE Photonics West 2009 the largest and most successful conference to date when it takes place Jan. 24-29 at the San Jose Convention Center.
Photonics West will present the latest innovations in therapeutic lasers, nano and biophotonics, biosensors, spectroscopic and microscopic imaging, and biomedical optics components, products, instrumentation and applications to the more than 17,500 paricipants. The highly regarded technical program, featuring presentations from top academic and industry researchers, is seeing 10 percent growth over last year, according to organizer SPIE, with more than 3300 scheduled presentations.
Photonics West 2009 will mark the first presentation of the annual Prism Awards, a new awards program for photonics innovation, sponsored by Photonics West organizer SPIE and Laurin Publishing. The global competition will award innovations in optics, lasers, imaging systems, metrology and more, as judged by a distinguished panel of technology experts in their respective fields.
Photonics West 2009 will also be memorable because it marks the last year the event will be held in San Jose; SPIE Photonics West 2010 will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
Photonics West features four symposia over its six days -- BiOS, LASE, MOEMS-MEMS, and OPTO -- as well as special events including hot topics presentations, professional development courses, and industry sessions and panel discussions.
"This is a great event because it's a gathering of many new technologies and ideas," said Petrie Yam, senior product manager at KLA-Tencor. "The exchange in technology discussions really helps to innovate new technologies and that's what we need with emerging markets. There are a lot of new problems to be solved."
Photonics West 2009 attendees will also be able to meet face-to-face with recruiters from leading employers, learning more about employment opportunities, search job postings and interview for positions during the two-day SPIEWorks Career Fair.
"Photonics West is an ideal place to interact with the next generation of students, who will be our customers and could be future employees," said Jason Eichenholz, vice president of research and technology at Ocean Optics.
Photonics West will also include executive panels on silicon photonics and optical interconnects, world of photonics business issues from the executives' perspectives, and applications of high-power solid-state lasers, as well as industry perspectives on hot markets in photonics (solar).
The Photonics West exhibition gives attendees the opportunity to find solutions, discover new innovations and meet with suppliers. Those touring the exhibition can expect to see the latest innovations in IR sources and detectors, cameras and displays, electronic imaging components, fiber optic systems, optics, filters, coatings, optical components, detectors, fibers and materials; optics and photonics manufacturing, and sensors and systems from more than 1100 companies.
For more information, visit: http://spie.org/photonics-west.xml
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