Past Event Overview


SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing (formerly SPIE DSS), the leading global technical conferences, courses, and exhibition on sensing, imaging, and photonics technologies for defense, security, industry, and the environment. Onsite news and photos

Thank you to everyone who supported and attended SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2016. We look forward to seeing you all in Anaheim, California in April 2017.

World-Class Technical Program
Final Program (14 MB PDF)
Technical Abstracts (3 MB PDF)
Two major symposia
Defense + Security
Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging
Three focused, topical tracks
Agricultural applications
Fiber optic sensors
Pharmaceutical applications
2016 Plenary Presentations
 

Advanced Platforms for Sensing in the Air, Space, Maritime/Undersea, and Ground Domains 
Dr. Bradford C. Tousley
Director of Tactical Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

 

Enabling Technologies for the Future: An In-depth Look at Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Challenges 
Dr. Patrick Carrick
Director, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA)

Defense + Commercial Sensing Expo
The largest exhibition on sensors, infrared detectors, lasers, imaging, optical components, cameras, and more
Exhibition Guide (32 MB PDF)
Industry Events included sessions from DARPA, imec, FLIR, and more
Courses
Choose from half- and full-day courses on a variety of technical topics
Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Learn from the best instructors in the industry

SPIE conference papers are published in the Proceedings of SPIE and available via the SPIE Digital Library, the world’s largest collection of optics and photonics research.  

The Proceedings are indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, Ei Compendex, Inspec, Google Scholar, Astrophysical Data System (ADS), DeepDyve, ReadCube, CrossRef, and other scholarly indexes, and are widely accessible to leading research organizations, conference attendees, and individual researchers.