Past Event Overview

SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2013, 29 April - 3 May, the most important scientific conferences on optics, imaging, and sensing for defense, security, industry, and the environment. Many thanks to everyone who made this a successful event.

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2013 Technical Program (PDF 3 MB)

2013 Exhibition Guide (PDF 15 MB)

2013 Technical Abstracts (PDF 6 MB)

2013 Course Overview (PDF 1 MB)

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The latest research
Infrared technology, application, and imaging Biometric and surveillance technology
Robotics and unmanned vehicle technologies Sensors for industry & the environment
Optics for ISR and aerospace CBRNE sensing
Laser technologies for defense Sensor technologies for defense and security
Optics, sensors and more for space operations Heads-up and other displays
The No. 1 exhibition in the industry
The East Coast's largest exhibition for precision optics, lasers, sensors, optical materials, thermal imaging, optoelectronics, instrumentation, data analysis, and more.
DARPA director is 2013 Symposium-wide Plenary Speaker


Arati Prabhakar,
keynote speaker at Defense, Security, and Sensing 2013.

Prabhakar is director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and a long-time leader in the research and high-tech fields.