Event Overview:

The leading peer-reviewed meeting on lasers & electro-optics.

CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) serves as the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications.

Attendees have the opportunity to hear and present groundbreaking research, share ideas, and network with colleagues and luminaries. CLEO presents a world-renowned peer-reviewed program and offers high quality content from five core event elements:

    CLEO: QELS - Fundamental Science
    CLEO: Science & Innovations
    CLEO: Applications & Technology
    CLEO: Market Focus
    CLEO: Expo

Technology Transfer Program
The Technology Transfer Program will include a Pitch Panel for entrepreneurs to showcase their technology, explain why it's valuable and discuss the next steps to commercialization.

The program will also continue to provide a Tutorial for those that want to learn more about the licensing process - funding, entrepreneurship, technology transfer and intellectual property. In addition, organizations will feature their license ready technologies at tabletop displays in the exhibit hall.

Expo

Discover the latest marketplace products & trends

As the world’s most prestigious technical conference in the photonics industry, CLEO gathers approximately 250 companies from around the globe introducing new products and demonstrating cutting-edge innovations. As an attendee, you can partake in exhibit floor activities and programs such as:

Market Focus On Floor Business Programming
Technology Transfer On Floor Business Programming
Poster Sessions
Student Lounge
Technology Playground
Other exciting professional networking opportunities such as the VIP Industry Leaders and OSA's Executive Forum events
Interact with exhibiting companies on the show floor

Exhibitor Information:

CLEO: Expo is sure to be exciting, filled with rare insights into the industry’s emerging applications and innovations. CLEO: Expo draws in customers and prospects from top institutions and corporations representing the fastest growing markets in optics and photonics worldwide. Make sure your company is there to experience it!

Join 250+ exhibitors, the innovators who understand the value of face-to-face marketing and have positioned themselves in this lucrative marketplace. This is the place where products are launched, business gets done and your company prospers!

About OSA:

Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional association in optics and photonics, home to accomplished science, engineering, and business leaders from all over the world. Through world-renowned publications, meetings, and membership programs, OSA provides quality information and inspiring interactions that power achievements in the science of light.

About APS:

The American Physical Society (APS) is a non-profit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents over 51,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world. Society offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge, NY, and Washington, DC.

About IEEE Photonics Society:

The IEEE Photonics Society (IPS) is the professional home for a global network of scientists and engineers who represent the laser, optoelectronics and photonics community.  IPS provides its members with professional growth opportunities, publishes journals, sponsors conferences and supports local chapter and student activities around the world.