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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
20
Presentations
10
Countries
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Key Dates

Abstract Deadline

12 February 2025

Author Notification

14 April 2025

Manuscript Deadline

16 July 2025

Conference Dates

3-7 August 2025

Optical Design Competition

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

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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

The call for papers for the 2025 conference was open until 12 February 2025, and post-deadline submissions were accepted through 16 June 2025.

View original call for papers