Observational Frontiers of Astronomy for the New Decade

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation is the most prestigious event for experts working on ground- and space-based telescopes and the technologies and instrumentation that enable powerful discoveries about our past and provide glimpses into our future. The theme for the 2010 meeting is Observational Frontiers of Astronomy for the New Decade.

Share your latest work with your colleagues:
  • Online call for papers and abstract submission
  • Call for Papers (PDF)


No other event draws the number of elite researchers, innovators, and companies whose collective efforts push the frontiers of space and enable the building and maintaining of the important telescopes of the world. In 2009, we celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, celebrating 400 years of discovery.

Submit an abstract in any of the following areas:

Telescopes and Systems
•	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
•	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation
•	Optical and IR Interferometry
•	Adaptive Optics Systems
•	Observatory Operations
•	Systems Engineering
Technology Advancements
•	Systems Engineering
•	Modern Technologies
•	Advanced Software and Control
•	Detectors

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Plenary presenters include:

•	Roberto Gilmozzi, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
•	Mark McCaughrean, European Space Research and Technology Ctr.
•	Alfred McEwen, Lunar and Plenary Lab., The Univ. of Arizona
•	Göran Pilbratt, Herschel Space Observatory
•	Steven Ritz, Fermi's Large Area Telescope and Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
•	Yasushi Sato, Univ. of Tokyo
•	Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
•	Saku Tsuneta, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
•	J. Anthony Tyson, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Univ. of California Davis
•	Ewine van Dishoeck, Leiden Observatory

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Interested in showcasing your products to an elite astronomy audience? The SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation Exhibition is the ideal venue for your products.

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SPIE is a proud supporter of the International Year of Astronomy.

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