Welcome Conference Chairs and Committee Members!
Thank you for volunteering to chair a conference, or serve on a Technical Committee with SPIE. Though there are many responsibilities associated with being a Conference Chair or Committee Member, SPIE is dedicated to making the process as easy as possible. An SPIE Technical Programs Coordinator and Proceedings Editor will work directly with you and can answer any questions you have throughout the process.
The main responsibilities for Conference Chairs include:
- Writing a Call for Papers
- Soliciting and reviewing abstract submissions
- Identifying potential invited papers
- Contacting (or helping SPIE identify), potential sponsor funds to help support travel and fees for speakers
- Organizing the conference program
- Conducting the conference at the meeting
- Reviewing manuscripts and working with the Proceedings Editor to help ensure that all presentations result in a manuscript submission.
Your Technical Programs Coordinator will provide you with deadline dates for the Call for Papers and Conference Technical Program for your specific conference. Adhering to the due dates/deadlines so that we can promote the meeting and send author notifications is critical to the success of your conference!
The responsibilities for Technical Committee Members include:
- Helping solicit presentations/papers for the conference
- Participating in the review of abstracts and manuscripts
- Assisting the Conference Chair(s) and SPIE to locate sponsor funds to help support travel and fees for needy and key speakers
- Keeping in touch with the Conference Chair(s), and making suggestions for possible panel discussions, workshops, and keynote speakers
- Acting as Session Chairs at the meeting.
Since information can vary by conference, specific information can be found by clicking on the "Information for Conference Chair & Committee Members" link within the specific conference. You will also receive specific conference information from the SPIE Technical Programs Coordinator for the meeting. Please don't hesitate to contact your Technical Programs Coordinator if you have any questions.
If you are interested in becoming a Conference Chair or serving on a Technical Committee:
SPIE continually seeks new ideas for conferences and actively looks for outstanding technical individuals to chair them. SPIE staff work closely with Symposium and Program Chairs to develop new conferences and to find qualified Conference Chairs. The Conference Chairs then invite/confirm their Technical Committee Members and are encouraged to have broad geographical representation on the committee, as well as representation from universities, industry, early career professionals, and the government, when possible. If you would like more information, please contact the Technical Programs Coordinator(s) for the specific conference listed below.
SPIE Technical Programs Coordinator Contacts for SPIE Conferences:
Electronic Imaging (EI), January, San Jose, California
Mirja Salminen, mirjas@spie.org
Photonics West (PW), January, San Jose, California
LASE: Buffy Fox, buffyf@spie.org
OPTO: Jen Murphy, jenm@spie.org and Matthew Novak, mattn@spie.org
BiOS: Ingrid Taylor, ingridt@spie.org and Jen Murphy, jenm@spie.org
MOEMS-MEMS: Buffy Fox, buffyf@spie.org
Medical Imaging (MI), February, San Diego, California
Sandy Hoelterhoff, sandyh@spie.org
Advanced Lithography (AL), February, San Jose, California
Pat Wight, patw@spie.org
Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring (SS), March, San Diego, California
Rob Whitner, robw@spie.org
Defense and Security Symposium (DSS), March/April, Orlando, Florida
Pat Wight, patw@spie.org
Jen Murphy, jenm@spie.org
Ingrid Taylor, ingridt@spie.org
Photomask Japan (JPM), April, Yokohama
Pat Wight, patw@spie.org
Optifab (OFB), May, Rochester, New York
Sandy Hoelterhoff, sandyh@spie.org
Optics and Optoelectronics (EEC), April, Prague, Czech Republic
Alex Pulchart, alex@spieeurope.org
Microtechnologies for the New Millenium (EMT), May, Gran Canaria, Spain
Alex Pulchart, alex@spieeurope.org
Lasers in Metrology/Lasers in Art (EOM), June, Munich, Germany
Alex Pulchart, alex@spieeurope.org
European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO), June, Munich, Germany
Mirja Salminen, mirjas@spie.org
Optics & Photonics (OP), August, San Diego, California
Jen Murphy, jenm@spie.org
Buffy Fox, buffyf@spie.org
Rob Whitner, robw@spie.org
Matthew Novak, mattn@spie.org
Mirja Salminen, mirjas@spie.org
Remote Sensing Europe (ERS), September, Florence, Italy
Alex Pulchart, alex@spieeurope.org
European Symposium on Security and Defence (EOD), September, Florence, Italy
Alex Pulchart, alex@spieeurope.org
Boulder Damage (BD), September, Boulder, Colorado
Buffy Fox, buffyf@spie.org
SPIE Europe/EPIC workshop on Manufacturing LEDS for Lighting and Display (ELD) Berlin, Germany
Alex Pulchart, alex@spieeurope.org
Photomask (PM), September, Monterey, California
Pat Wight, patw@spie.org
Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications (APOC), November, Shanghai, China
Rob Whitner, robw@spie.org
SPIE Lithography Asia - Taiwan
Matthew Novak, mattn@spie.org
Microelectronics, MEMS, and Photonics (AU), December, Brisbane, Australia
Pat Wight, patw@spie.org
