Phase transitions: A laser scientist in a policy world
2 April 2020
Christina Willis says that learning to communicate science to non-experts is a crucial part of her role in politics - a skill that all scientists should develop
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Prism Award finalists demonstrate scope of photonics
12 December 2019
Established industry leaders and disruptive startups have been announced as finalists of the SPIE Prism Awards
SPIE acquires Xmark Media to run Photonex UK tradeshow
21 June 2019
The organiser of Photonex, Xmark Media, has been bought by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
Prism Awards honour photonic innovations at Photonics West 2019
14 February 2019
The 2019 Prism Awards have been won an automotive lidar system, a head-mounted display for augmented reality, a tuneable industrial fibre laser, and a cloud-based Raman spectrometer
Laser treatment for prostate cancer wins 2019 SPIE Startup Challenge
14 February 2019
The 9th annual SPIE Startup Challenge recognised a company aiming to shift prostate-cancer treatment from an invasive surgical procedure to a brief, office-based visit, as the winner of its top award at SPIE Photonics West
Optoelectronics for quantum technology
31 January 2019
Professor David Andrews, incoming 2019 vice-president of SPIE, describes the support, growth and promise of some rapidly emerging quantum applications
SPIE calls on US government to be ‘reasonable’ with controls on exports of emerging technologies
18 January 2019
SPIE CEO Kent Rochford has responded to the US government’s proposed change to rules regarding the export of emerging technologies, urging that they are ‘reasonable and balanced’
US Commerce considers export changes impacting photonics
23 November 2018
The US Department of Commerce is now accepting comments on how to control technologies such as quantum and AI for export. Export control classification changes could have a broad impact on the optics and photonics community
A shining celebration
31 May 2018
On 16 May, the first International Day of Light celebrated the role of light and related technologies in science, art, education and sustainable development. Here we round up some of what occurred the day
A luminary in light
12 April 2018
Dr Eugene Arthurs is to retire as CEO of SPIE in June following 18 years with the society. He speaks to Electro Optics about his time heading the international photonics association
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