SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing

SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
April 14 – 18, 2019

About the Event

SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing is the leading global event on sensors, infrared technology, laser systems, spectral imaging, radar, LIDAR, and more. Come to Baltimore to share the latest technical advancements, find new business opportunities, and collaborate with other experts working on materials, components, systems, and analytics for defense and commercial applications in sensing and imaging.

Attend presentations by leading experts from top organizations including Johns Hopkins University, NIST, University of Maryland, and more. The conference features 2,000 papers organized into 4 tracks and 45 conferences.

Materials and Devices: This track includes topics such as IR materials, image sensors, photon counting, energy harvesting, and quantum technologies. The applications include wearables, cybersecurity, information processing, energy storage, and drones.

Imaging and Analytics: This track addresses topics such as spectral imaging, computational image processing, metrology, and 3D imaging. Papers include applications in security and defense, climate monitoring, big data, deep learning, machine vision, target detection, and tracking.

Advanced Sensing and Imaging: This track includes topics such as fiber optic sensors, radar, laser radar, IR technologies and thermal imaging. Applications include security, structural sensing and health monitoring, non-destructive inspection, tracking, and ranging.

Next Generation Sensor Systems and Applications: This track highlights cutting-edge research focused on emerging technologies for specific applications such as autonomous systems, CBRNE, agriculture and food safety, Cyber-Physical Systems/IoT, and more.

Abstract submissions due 3 October 2018.

Registration opens January 2019. Save $150 with early bird registration.

Exhibition 16-18 April 2019

Researchers, engineers, product developers, and purchasers who specialize in optics and photonics should not miss this key technical exhibition. See 380 top suppliers displaying everything from components to the most advanced sensor systems.

• Infrared sources, detectors, and systems
• Optical components including specialized lenses and coatings
• Chemical and biological sensing
• High-speed imaging and sensing
• High-precision optics manufacturing
• LiDAR
• Cameras and CCD components
• Robotics
• Displays
• Law enforcement technology
• Imaging components, equipment, and systems
• Photonic sensors, spectroscopy, multi-spectral, hyperspectral
• Fiber optic components, equipment, and systems
• Fiber sensors
• Lasers and other light sources, laser accessories, and laser systems

Expo registration is free and opens in January 2019.

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