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International Society for Optical Engineering

SPIE
SPIE logo, June 2014.png
Founded July 1, 1955
Type Professional Organization
Focus Optics and photonics related technologies
Location
  • Bellingham, Washington USA
Origins Formerly: Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers; later, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Area served
Worldwide
Method Conferences, Publications, Trade Shows
Members
18,500+
Key people

2017 President: Glenn Boreman

CEO: Eugene Arthurs
Employees
180
Slogan Connecting Minds. Advancing Light.
Website spie.org

2017 President: Glenn Boreman

SPIE is an American not-for-profit professional society for optics and photonics technology, founded in 1955. It organizes technical conferences, trade exhibitions, and continuing education programs for researchers and developers in the light-based fields of physics, including: optics, photonics, and imaging engineering. SPIE is most known for Photonics West, held in San Francisco.

The society publishes peer-reviewed scientific journals, conference proceedings, monographs, tutorial texts, field guides, and reference volumes in print and online. In 2015, the society provided more than $5.2 million in support of optics education and outreach programs around the world.

On July 1, 1955 SPIE was founded as the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers in California to specialize in the application of photographic instrumentation. In 1964 the society changed its name to the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

In 1977 SPIE moved its headquarters to Bellingham, Washington, and in 1981 the Society began doing business as (DBA) SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering to reflect a changing membership. In 2007, the society ended its DBA and is now referred to simply as "SPIE."

The mission of SPIE is to serve scientists and engineers in industry, academia, and government working in a wide variety of fields that utilize some aspect of optics and photonics, the science and application of light.

Individuals involved with the society conduct research and apply new techniques to the design and development of technologies such as semiconductor manufacturing, robotics, medical imaging, next-generation displays, battlefield technologies, entertainment, biometric security, image processing, communications, astronomy, and much more. SPIE has members from around the world, including North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, with central offices in North America and Europe.


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