Value proposition

Connecting Minds. Advancing Light.

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. We bring engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology.

Over the past five years, we have invested more than $25 million in the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public policy development.

Research Publications, Conferences, Education, Scholarships, Exhibitions, Industry, Optics, Photonics, Not-for-profit, Science, Engineering, Light-based research, International Society, Photonics West, Outreach, Membership Society, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion