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We’re proud to offer a vibrant portfolio of technical conferences, providing a unique opportunity for industry professionals to participate in the advancement of our research base.

Conference Announcements

Visit this page to stay up-to-date with announcements for upcoming conferences co-sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society.

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Conference Portfolio

Please visit the conference websites for additional details on our flagship events.

IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)

Our flagship meeting, the IEEE Photonics Conference’s topics cover vast technical areas within the photonics community and the interests of our members.

IEEE Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM)

The IEEE Summer Topicals Meeting Series serves as an international forum to facilitate information exchange between various technical communities using or affected by rapidly growing areas of technology or “Hot Topics” related to the general field of Photonics.

IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference (SiPhotonics)

SiPhotonics delivers insights on current and future innovations in photonic devices, materials, and applications, as well as novel monolithic and heterogeneous integration and fabrication technologies on silicon platform.

IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID)

The IEEE RAPID conference aims to bring together government, academia and industry in a global forum to present new research, innovative technologies and build collaborations to solve security and defense challenges.

Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP)

The conference held every two years, that brings together leading optics and photonics educators from all around the world and from all levels and orientations to discuss, demonstrate and learn about new developments and approaches to teaching in these fields. Through presentations, panel discussions, workshops and exhibits, it is the intent of this conference to inform professors, students, teachers and professional trainers on how to teach optics and photonics for the future. Sessions are focused on: Classroom teaching methods; Research training and skills development; Hands-on Instruction Modeling; Training with Specialized Software Tools and Kits; Continuous Education and Training for Academia and Industry; Technician & Trade Development Education; and more!

IEEE International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC)

ISLC is dedicated to latest developments in semiconductor lasers, amplifiers and LEDs, including: Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Silicon compatible lasers, VCSELs, Photonic band-gap and microcavity lasers, Grating controlled lasers, Multi-segment and ring lasers, Quantum cascade and interband, Sub-wavelength scale nanolasers, Mid IR and THz sources, InP, GaAs and Sb materials, Quantum dot lasers, High power and high-brightness lasers, GaN and ZnSe based UV to visible LEDs, Communications lasers, Semiconductor integrated optoelectronics.

Upcoming Events

The IEEE Photonics Society technically co-sponsors many conferences each year with our various partner institutions and organizations, sharing in the stewardship of the technical programs of these events and publishing the proceedings.

Conferences such as OFC and CLEO are financially co-sponsored, and the Society shares ownership of the events with our partners. In addition to upcoming events below, visit the Call for Papers page for conference paper submission deadlines.

Event	Date	Location	Format
2025 Light Conference (LC)	09 – 13 June	Changchun, China	In Person
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)	23 – 27 June	Munich, Germany	In Person
2025 13th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Wireless Optical Communications (ICWOC)	27 – 29 June	Chengdu, China	Hybrid
2025 30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and 2025 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC)	29 June – 03 July	Sapporo, Japan	In Person
2025 25th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)	06 – 10 July	Barcelona, Spain	In Person
2025 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN)	13 – 18 July	Chiangmai, Thailand	In Person
2025 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM)	21 – 23 July	Berlin, Germany	In Person
2025 23rd International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN)	28 – 31 July	Zhangjiajie, China	In Person
2025 International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN)	01 – 02 August	Rangpur, Bangladesh	Hybrid
2025 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID)	13 – 15 August	Miramar Beach, Florida, USA	In Person
2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)	30 August – 05 September	Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	In Person
2025 International Workshop on Fiber Optics in Access Networks (FOAN)	09 – 11 September	Szczecin, Poland	In Person
2025 IEEE 10th Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC)	09 – 12 September	Shenzhen, China	Hybrid
2025 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD)	14 – 19 September	Lodz, Poland	In Person
2025 SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference (SBFoton IOPC)	21 – 24 September	São Pedro/SP, Brazil	In Person
2025 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC)	28 September – 02 October	Copenhagen, Denmark	In Person
2025 30th Microoptics Conference (MOC)	12 – 15 October	Utsunomiya, Japan	Hybrid
2025 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP)	14 – 17 October	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	In Person
2025 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Fall (PIERS-Fall)	04 – 08 November	Chiba, Japan	In Person
2025 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP)	05 – 08 November	Jiangsu, China	In Person
2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)	09 – 13 November	Singapore, Singapore	In Person
2025 Optical Communication, Photonics, Telecommunications, and Intelligent Machine Applications (OPTIMA)	04 – 05 December	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hybrid
2026 30th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC)	14 – 17 June	Tampere, Finland	In Person
2026 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID)	05 – 07 August	Miramar Beach, Florida, USA	In Person
2026 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)	08 – 12 November	Denver, Colorado, USA	In Person

Upcoming Events

The IEEE Photonics Society technically co-sponsors many conferences each year with our various partner institutions and organizations, sharing in the stewardship of the technical programs of these events and publishing the proceedings.

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Conference Council regularly reviews the Society’s meetings portfolio with the aim of identifying and resolving current issues and challenges as well as to make suggestions for new meetings.

calls for papers

Information on upcoming conferences with open paper and poster submissions.