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Another year has come to an end, but Don't Stop Us Now: #PhotonicsWest is traveling at the speed of light, just weeks away. While we are Under Pressure to bring you the best event yet, we wanted to take time to re-introduce you to the four rockstars who make up the 2025 SPIE presidential chain: President Peter de Groot, President-Elect Julie Bentley, Vice President Cather Simpson, and Immediate Past President Jennifer Barton. 🎸 Be sure to say hello to these Cool Cats if you see them around the Moscone Center in San Francisco! 👋

🏆 It wouldn’t be a proper Photonics West without some celebration! This evening at the #PhotonicsWest BiOS Hot Topics, we celebrated two of this year’s Society Awards recipients: Ruikang Wang of the University of Washington and Kirill Larin of the University of Houston.   Wang received the 2025 Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award for his transformative advances in biophotonics and imaging that have significantly enhanced the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases, thereby improving patient quality of life. https://lnkd.in/gXF47BHQ Laurin received the 2025 Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award for his groundbreaking contributions in optical coherence elastography with significant impact in biology, medicine, and biomedical optics. https://lnkd.in/gHvGKRP2  Be sure to congratulate both of these biomedical visionaries if you see them throughout the week! 👏

The 2025 #SPIEBiOS Expo is open for business! Find solutions and innovation from industry-leading biomedical companies. Don’t miss… Thorlabs, Booth 8419 Hamamatsu Corporation, Booth 8411 Excelitas Technologies Corp., Booth 8530 indie - Photonics BU (formerly EXALOS AG), Booth 8324

⏰ IT’S FINALLY HERE! ⏰ We are so excited to officially welcome everyone to #PhotonicsWest 2025. #SPIE President Peter de Groot wishes everyone a productive and fun week here in San Francisco! 👍

Discover new possibilities at the Ruda Optical booth during #PhotonicsWest! Their Space Rated Athermal Lenses f/4 100 mm are compatible with your preferred detector, so swing by Booth #561 and learn how their team can support you. Get your free #PhotonicsWest exhibition badge now: https://lnkd.in/gUrAAZWs

Attention researchers, scientists, and engineers! 📣 Submit your latest research exploring cutting-edge advancements in organic photonics and electronics, energy, sensing, and next-gen materials at the #SPIEOpticsPhotonics Organic Photonics + Electronics symposium. Abstracts are due 5 February 2025! Thank you to our symposium chairs Zakya Kafafi, Ifor Samuel, and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gVtD8wQS

Do you like... counting photons? 👀 If you answered yes, we have the course for you! Take Photon Counting CT at #SPIEMedicalImaging, a course that explains the principles of photon-counting detectors for spectral X-ray imaging. Instructors Mats Danielsson and Mats Persson from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology will teach students the fundamental operating principles of photon counting detectors for spectral X-ray imaging, the essential requirements of read-out electronics, and more. Early bird pricing is valid until 31 January. 🐦 Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gsMg-Ne5

⏰ ONE MORE DAY! ⏰ #PhotonicsWest starts tomorrow with BiOS weekend! The #SPIEBiOS Expo opens at 10:00 AM. We can’t wait to welcome everyone to a fantastic week in San Francisco. What are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments. 💬✨

Join us in celebrating the growth of the optics and photonics ecosystem across Africa at #PhotonicsWest! Discover the inspiring efforts of African educators who are empowering students to become the future leaders of the continent's rapidly expanding economies. We will also see a video presentation from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi about the new Ghana Photonics and Optics Lab. SPIE is proud to support these initiatives through student chapters, community engagement, and programs for equipment and curriculum development! Join us on Monday, 27 January from 4:00 - 5:00 PM in Moscone West, Level 2. Add the event to your agenda: https://lnkd.in/gyCcTs5f 📸 Photos courtesy of KNUST Photonics Student Chapter Peter de Groot

Get ready to learn at #SPIEMedicalImaging! 📚 Take the interactive course "AI-based Medical Imaging: Fairness in Models and Causality in Images" with Markus Wenzel and Eike Petersen of Fraunhofer MEVIS. This course will most benefit a more advanced audience that is already working with AI models in medical imaging and looking to further broaden their skillset. Early-bird pricing is valid until 31 January. 🐦 Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gCCQZzmM