25 - 30 January 2025
San Francisco, California, US
Professional Development Event
The Great Career Showdown! An Exploration of Careers in Optics and Photonics
31 January 2023 • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST | Moscone West, Level 2 Community Stage 
Join us for this Jeopardy!-style showdown to ask questions of panelists from diverse career stages. Learn about their career-path choices using a fun and interactive gameshow format. Free snacks, drinks and networking after the event! Sponsored by the SPIE Career Lab.

Host
Dr. Jessica Wade, Research Fellow at Imperial College

Contestants
Icel Sukovaty, Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Rochester
Cory Boone, Technical Marketing Manager at Edmund Optics
Dr. Nishant Mohan, Vice President of Product at Notal Vision
Dr. Jennifer Barton, Professor and Director of the BIO5 Institute at The University of Arizona, 2023 SPIE President Elect