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Evolving Excellence: Conference on Laser and Electo-Optics

Submission Deadline: Friday, 6 December 2024

Calling All Optics and Photonics Enthusiasts:
Shape the 2025 Technical Program!

With a distinguished history as the industry’s leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and opto-electronics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications.

CLEO invites the entire optics and photonics community to propose exciting topics or ideas for our three technical programs: Special Symposia, Applications & Technology Topical Reviews, and Panels.

Submit your abstracts by Friday, 6 December 2024. All submissions will be reviewed by the CLEO General and Program Chairs for a chance to be featured next year. Contribute to making CLEO 2025 a standout event!

Special Symposia

Comprised of invited and contributed papers, Special Symposia cover areas considered to be topical and of special interest to CLEO attendees. Submissions should consist of timely, cutting-edge topics and/or new material in rapidly advancing areas.

A&T Topical Reviews

Comprised of invited and contributed papers, Applications & Technology Topical Reviews emphasize significant recent advances in the application of photonics technologies to address current, real-world problems. Submissions should consist of timely, cutting-edge topics and/or new material in rapidly advancing areas related to applications and technology.

Panels

Composed of a panel of specialists and a moderator, Panels provide an interactive, open forum to address topics that are not covered by traditional presentations but are of interest and importance to the CLEO community. Panelists represent disparate, opposing viewpoints and formal presentations are not permitted. The informal format of Panels promotes the expression of conflicting or opposing opinions and significant audience interaction. A submission should consist of a topic, not necessarily technical, for which there is no clear consensus. It should be relevant to all CLEO attendees, including exhibitors.

Submission Guidelines

All abstracts must be submitted by the deadline of 6 December 2024 at 11:59 (PST). Abstracts, which are submitted on an online form, will include the following information:
  1. Contact/primary organizer’s information.
  2. Organizer’s name, affiliation, country, and email address. (Each Symposium, Topical Review, or Panel should have 2-3 organizers).
  3. Title and abstract.
  4. Type of session being submitted (A&T Topical Review, Special Symposia, or Panel).
  5. Response to why this is a necessary and important topic now (in contrast to other years), and is this topic suited for an interactive workshop format. (If yes, list controversial questions that may be discussed).
  6. Which existing topic subcommittees (any combination of A&T, S&I, and FS topics), if any, would this topic be most aligned with? (It is not a requirement that the proposed session be aligned with any existing subcommittee).
  7. Proposed invited speaker list and talk titles. The proposed speaker list must be diverse and inclusive, with 20 percent women and ideally speakers from underrepresented groups. Do not contact speakers until notification of acceptance of the symposium proposal. All invited speaker lists will require approval of the Program Chairs before invitations can be extended.

Questions? Contact [email protected].