When is SPIE Photonics West 2027?

Conferences and courses run 30 January to 4 February 2027; the BiOS Expo is 30-31 January and the Photonics West Exhibition 2-4 February.

At the Moscone Center (North, South and West) in San Francisco.

How many people attend?

SPIE invites attendees to join 24,000 people from the optics and photonics community.

Do the Global Business Forum and Prism Awards need separate registration?

Yes. Both require separate registration from the main conference badge.

Technology · Conference

SPIE Photonics West 2027

Name: SPIE Photonics West 2027
Start: 2027-01-30T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2027-02-04T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Moscone Center

Flagship optics and photonics event: lasers, biomedical optics, quantum and optoelectronics research plus a major expo.

30 January – 4 February 2027 · Sat – Thu
Moscone Center · San Francisco, United States
Registration open · on spie.org

About this event

SPIE Photonics West is the flagship annual meeting of the optics and photonics industry, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It combines a very large technical conference programme with two exhibitions, the BiOS Expo for biomedical optics and the main Photonics West Exhibition, and draws engineers, researchers and business leaders from around the world.

Conference programme

The organizer lists 100+ conferences across six major application areas, 60 courses and more than 30 plenary speakers. Conferences and courses run from 30 January to 4 February 2027.

BiOS: biomedical optics
LASE: lasers and laser applications
OPTO: optoelectronics and photonic materials
Quantum West
AR | VR | MR
Industry sessions open to all badges

Two exhibitions

The BiOS Expo runs on 30 and 31 January, followed by the Photonics West Exhibition from 2 to 4 February, where more than 1,200 companies show lasers, optics, imaging, sensing and test equipment across Moscone North, South and West.

Business events

Alongside the technical programme SPIE runs the Global Business Forum on 1 February 2027 and the SPIE Prism Awards on 3 February 2027; each requires separate registration.

people from the photonics community: 24,000
exhibiting companies: 1,200+
conferences in six application areas: 100+
courses: 60

SPIE Photonics West 2027 is a Technology event taking place 30 Jan - 4 Feb 2027 at Moscone Center, San Francisco, United States.