Submit your Draft Paper

• Read the SPIE Guidelines for Professional Conduct and Publishing Ethics
• Check the Author and Presenter Due Dates
• Read the Submission Guidelines
• Locate the conference you are interested in and click on the conference title to submit your full draft paper by 1 June 2008.

Prepare and Submit your Final Summary and Paper

Official notification will be sent to the contact author by 1 August 2008. For accepted papers (oral and poster presentations), authors will be required to submit a final summary and final paper by 1 September 2008.

Final Summary
For accepted papers (oral and poster presentations), authors will be required to send a one-page PowerPoint summary describing the contribution of their paper. See template. Further instructions will be provided. Final summaries will be published with the printed Final Program for distribution at the meeting.

Final Paper
See mansucript guidelines. While simultaneously preparing your presentation and planning your trip to San Diego, you should be writing the final full-length paper for publication in the Proceedings of SPIE.

Papers in Proceedings of SPIE CD-ROM will be published as downloadable PDFs online in the SPIE Digital Library, and are indexed in INSPEC, Physics Abstracts, Ei Compendex, Chemical Abstracts, International Aerospace Abstracts, ISI's Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings, and the NASA Astrophysical Data System.

Prepare to Present at the Conference

Official notification will be sent to the contact author by 1 August 2008. For accepted presentations:

• If you need a travel visa, begin the visa application process immediately
• If needed, request an invitation letter for your visa application
• Prepare your presentation:
  • Review Oral Presentation Guidelines
  • Review Poster Presentation Guidelines
• Register for the conference
• Review the program to confirm your presentation date and time.