SPIE Conferences

SPIE.org

About this app

Hold the program and exhibition guides for all current and upcoming SPIE conferences and exhibitions, including SPIE Photonics West, SPIE DSS, and SPIE Optics + Photonics, in the palm of your hand.

* Complete programs of all SPIE symposia including events, exhibitors, and participants.
* Sync My Schedule between your mobile device and desktop computer.
* Be notified when events added to My Schedule are about to begin.
* Google Maps integration provides views of nearby restaurants, stores, and venues.
* Search for participants, presentations, or events with Google's voice commands

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advanced light-based technologies. The Society serves nearly 260,000 constituents from approximately 162 countries, offering conferences, continuing education, books, journals, and a digital library in support of interdisciplinary information exchange, professional growth, and patent precedent. SPIE provided over $3.2 million in support of education and outreach programs in 2013.

Ratings and reviews

The app has historically been buggy, and still appears to be so in August 2023. I cannot update my contact card information, as the save button will not highlight. If I leave that tab, all of my changes disappear. We'll see what happens during Optics and Photonics in a week.

8 years after my initial review and the app is barely any better. it suddenly forgets selected talks or reselects talks I have already deselected, it shows conflicts for talks where there are none - and it even shows conflicts for posters. As far as my experience goes, it is quite possible to see more than one poster during a session. Unbelievable..

App makes conference less bearable as it is slow to update, consistently doesn't save add/remove changes, and is very buggy.

What's new

Improvements to badge scanning.