Societies and Associations

A nonprofit society advancing research and development of imaging science and technology. Sponsors conferences; publishes conference proceedings and bimonthly journals.

An international scientific and technical organization uniting researchers, developers, manufacturers and users of lasers. Promotes information exchanges in the laser field, aids in establishing...

A nonprofit, nonuniversity research facility. Its scientists and engineers are specialists in developing innovative system solutions in the fields of fiber optics, photonic instrumentation, laser...

A society promoting interdisciplinary, goal-oriented research on materials of technological importance. Sponsors meetings, conferences and symposia in April and November each year. Members are...

An organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the knowledge of the science and practice of all microscopical imaging, analysis and diffraction techniques useful for elucidating the...

An organization which conducts optics and photonics research and develops and promotes primary standards for optical, fiber optic and laser applications.

An association dedicated to bringing together optics-related businesses, institutions, and professionals to foster the growth of this very important industry in New Mexico.

Supports national and international activities such as international cooperation, technology transfer and innovation promotion, promotion of young talent and Germany-wide public relations work.

Uniting 270,000 professionals from 177 countries, OSA brings the optics community together. Since 1916, OSA has advanced the common interests of the field, providing educational resources to...

An association established to promote all activities related to enhancement of photonics in education and training, research and development, manufacturing and industry, and to seek synergies among...

Photonics Bretagne is a photonics innovation hub gathering a business cluster and a research and transfer organization (RTO), formerly known as Perfos, in the same organization. The platform develops...

The Photonics Center Oy was founded in June 2021 and serves as an operating environment for photonics, accelerating the creation of new companies in Joensuu. At the same time, it serves companies...

A nonprofit organization whose mission is to accelerate the economic development of the optics and photonics industry of the Province of Quebec.

The Royal Microscopical Society - at the forefront of microscopy since 1839 The RMS is dedicated to furthering the science of microscopy. It does that through a wide range of activities that support...

An economic development agency that offers support and development to existing businesses and helps get new businesses underway.

An international trade association for semiconductor and flat panel display equipment, materials and services.

A professional society committed to the presentation, exchange and preservation of ideas and technologies in the field of information display. Publishes Information Display Magazine, monthly Journal...

The European Office of SPIE, an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light. The SPIE Digital Library houses 260,000 technical papers from...

SPIE organizes dozens of conferences annually, including SPIE Photonics West and SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing. The SPIE Digital Library houses over 450,000 research papers in cutting-edge...

An organization that provides information on federal export assistance programs and sources of market research to help US businesses expand exports.

An organization supporting administration telecommunications, objectives such as enhanced domestic competition and improved foreign trade opportunities for US telecommunications firms.

The activity of the Ukrainian Society for Optical Engineering is directed towards increased efficiency of the information exchange between scientists and specialists of Ukraine and the world...

Promotes and develops Berlin Adlershof, a photonics and optics cluster supporting the transition of R&D results into marketable products.

An international scientific educational organization dedicated to the understanding of biology and medicine through multimodal in vivo imaging of cellular and molecular events involved in normal and...