SPIE
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| Founded | July 1, 1955 |
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| Type | Professional Organization |
| Focus | Optics and photonics related technologies |
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| Origins | Formerly: the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, later, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Conferences, Publications, Trade Shows |
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Members
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18,000+ |
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Key people
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2017 President: Glenn Boreman CEO: Eugene Arthurs |
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Employees
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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, to reflect a changing membership, the Society began doing business as (DBA) SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering. In 2007, the society ended its DBA, and is 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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