Information for authors and presenters

Information for authors, chairs, and committees: instructions, deadlines, and tips

Prepare to share

On this page find links to instructions, important dates, and other information for a successful abstract submission as well as what you need to know for presenting at the meeting.

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters and a helpful to-do list.

Prepare to present

Prepare to share your work

Submit an abstract

First step of being part of the program: write an abstract for your work.

Prepare to present

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters, a to-do list, and due dates.

Author reviewing manuscript submission guidelines for SPIE Sensors + Imaging

Prepare your manuscript

Details and templates for preparing your paper for the SPIE Digital Library.

Chairs and committee members organize the conferences and present awards to authors at SPIE events

Chairs and committees

Timelines and overview of your duties before and during the event.

Why present and publish your work as part of SPIE Sensors + Imaging?

Here's how submitting an abstract puts a spotlight on your work:

Your participation in the conference gains you international visibility
Your research becomes a part of the world's permanent scientific record
Your work will be indexed in all relevant scientific databases*

Make sure that your research gets timely publication in the SPIE Digital Library.

*SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to ensure visibility for your research, including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Important dates

Abstracts due	9 April 2025
Registration opens	2 June 2025
Programme posts online	9 June 2025
Authors notified	12 June 2025
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	14 July 2025
Post-deadline abstract submissions due	4 August 2025
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	20 August 2025
Manuscripts due	27 August 2025
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	12 September 2025

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in