The Draft Agenda for the Workshop has been announced.
Download a PDF of the agenda

Visit Request Letters for the MTD closed sessions are due by 16 June 2011.
Download visit request letter instructions

Online registration is now open. Early registration pricing is valid until May 13.

Registration    Early (May 13)    Onsite
3 Day             $350                 $400
1 Day             $150                 $175

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HOTEL INFORMATION
Tech Days 2011 will be held at:
     Marriott Greenbelt
     6400 Ivy Lane
     Greenbelt MD 20770
A block of rooms has been reserved at the US Government Rate of $211 per night (plus tax). The Event Reference Number is M-2UEO0G.

Hotel Reservations may be made directly with Marriott reservations at
     (301) 441-3700, or
     +1 (180) 022-8929 x0
The Reserved Room Block expires Friday May 27, 2011.

PLEASE NOTE, this year we will NOT be providing free internet. Instead, internet access can be purchased individually at the front desk at $20 per day or $50 for 3 days.

Tech Days annually summarizes the USA Government's investment strategies and activities in developing technology for any application (such as telescopes, imaging systems, seeker/trackers, high-energy laser systems, solar energy, etc.) which requires optical components. Tech Days covers technology investment efforts in: optical materials; substrate design & manufacture; optical fabrication and metrology technology; optical coatings; wavefront sensing and control via adaptive optics; nano-technology imaging technologies; etc.

The purpose of Tech Days is to:

• Review the technical accomplishments of last year and plans for the future of mirror technology development being funded via the Government (e.g. SBIRs, DIIs, NASA ROSES, direct contracts, etc.)
• Celebrate success stories of funded mirror technology development efforts which have either been integrated into a Government program or reached the commercial marketplace.
• And, offer Prime Contractors and/or Systems Integrators the opportunity to identify specific technologies which they would like to see developed.

There will be OPEN and CLOSED sessions. OPEN sessions are intended for presentations of basic mirror technology development research. Presentations in the OPEN session contain no Export Controlled information. CLOSED sessions are intended for presentations which are Export or ITAR Controlled. Attendance for CLOSED sessions is restricted to US Citizens and Green Card Holders. Presentations will be distributed via DVD/CD.

This year, the National Capital Section of the OSA (http://ncs-osa.org) will be our local host and SPIE and SPIE (http://spie.org/x13925.xml) will handle registration.

Sincerely;

H. Philip Stahl, Ph.D.
h.philip.stahl@nasa.gov

Refund Policy for Preregistration
There is a $40 service charge for processing refunds. Requests for preregistration refunds must be received by 1 June 2011. All registration fees will be forfeited after this date.