Societies and Associations

The Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) advises the Commission concerning engineering matters. Our mission is to manage the spectrum and provide leadership to create new opportunities for...

A professional fiber optics society promoting education, certification and standards. Offers certification of technicians, approval of training organizations and a train-the-trainer program for...

A nonprofit organization holding conferences and seminars for the graphic communications industry.

Technical professional society providing information on areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. Fosters technological...

Professional society for engineers and scientists whose area of specialization is lasers and electro-optics, field of interest covers research, development, design, manufacture, and implementation...

A professional association dedicated to representing industrial designers to business, government, education, the press and the general public, and to serving that profession’s information and...

An academic society whose purpose is to promote and develop information processing by providing a forum and means for exchanging ideas and experience in the field of computer science and technology.

A not-for-profit association and multidisciplinary international society whose members are internationally recognized for their contributions to the environmental sciences in the areas of...

An international learned society and professional body that promotes the advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the science of physics, pure and applied.

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

Provides microtechnology business networking and technology marketing expertise. IVAM's main goal is to connect professionals in the high-tech industries and support them in bringing innovative...

An organization supplying information dealing with the technical advancement and expansion of measuring instruments. Supported by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

A society promoting the expansion of the optical industry.

An industrial association established to build up international cooperative projects and programs; to foster overall developments of photonics industry; and to provide data and information materials...

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

International society dedicated to fostering lasers, laser applications and laser safety worldwide. For four decades, LIA has served the laser community through conferences, symposia, publications...

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...

A community of individuals professionally committed to the medical device and other medical technology industry segments united by the belief that innovation and advances in technology lead to...

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 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 international trade organization providing educational materials and seminars for photochemical machining industries.

A nonprofit organization gathering technology and market analysis worldwide for Taiwanese optoelectronic industries. Publishes an annual report, monthly issues and weekly news in Chinese.

An organization offering data on the advancement and expansion of physical technology.

Sponsors the Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon), an annual exposition of scientific instrumentation and laboratory equipment and a technical conference in the area...

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...

A trade association whose members include universities and companies allowing networking, partnerships, technology transfer, lobbying, marketing assistance and provision of information for and about...

A professional society that represents the interests and goals of those who work with and whose work is affected by the rapidly changing world of imaging informatics in medicine.

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...

An international professional society dedicated to serving its members and the manufacturing community through the advancement of professionalism, knowledge and learning.

An international technical society devoted to advancing the theory and application of motion imaging including film, television, video, computer imaging and telecommunications.

A society supplying technical information on the advancement and expansion of photographic science and technology.

A professional society of scientists, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers and vendors engaged in vacuum coating technology. The Society holds an annual conference, education program and exhibit. Also...

An association providing technical information for the spectroscopy industry.

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...

A trade association representing large and small companies that provide telecommunications materials, products, systems, distribution and professional services internationally. Sponsors Supercomm, an...

An organization dedicated to furthering the productive use of machine vision in UK industry. Its members include manufacturers of vision systems and of specialized vision components, integrators of...

An organization orientating vacuum technology applications.

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...