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Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Concentration XX

Part of SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025
San Diego, California, USA | August 3-7, 2025

About the Conference

The Nonimaging Optics conference at SPIE Optics + Photonics is the premier annual meeting for researchers in nonimaging optics, illumination design, and solar concentration optics. We feature presentations ranging from foundational theory to cutting-edge applications.

Join us for our milestone 2025 conference as we celebrate two decades of advancing nonimaging optics at SPIE Optics + Photonics, and six decades since the inception of the compound parabolic concentrator!

2025 Program

5
Invited Speakers
2
Conference Days
25
Presentations
11
Countries
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Key Dates

Abstract Deadline

12 February 2025

(Open to post-deadline abstracts)

Author Notification

14 April 2025

Manuscript Deadline

16 July 2025

Conference Dates

3-7 August 2025

Design Competition

In honor of our twentieth anniversary, this year's conference features a special design competition paying tribute to the refleXion-refleXion (XX) optical concentrator. Open to all conference attendees and anyone interested in nonimaging optics!

Enter Competition

Best Presentation Award

The conference committee will present a Best Student and Postdoc Presentation Award, sponsored by Synopsys, recognizing excellence in oral presentations by students and postdoctoral researchers.

All PhD students and postdocs presenting at the conference are eligible for this award.

Call for Papers

Ready to present your latest research? We invite submissions across all aspects of nonimaging optics, from theoretical foundations to practical applications.

The regular abstract deadline was 12 February 2025, but post-deadline abstract submissions will be considered through 16 June 2025.

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