OPTO History - OPTO 2024

The history of the OPTO conferences dates back to 2005 when the SPIE International Congress on Optics and Electronics was held in Wrocław. The primary idea behind the meeting was to gather young scientists from all Polish SPIE Student Chapters and SPIE members from all over the world. Just the next year the conference formula expanded to all OSA Student Chapters from Poland and other OSA members (International OSA/SPIE Student Chapters Meeting, Wrocław, 2006). Since then, it became an annual event held each year in a different polish city. The conference is organized each year by OSA & SPIE Student Chapters from the host city.

OPTO 2023: Gdansk

(XVIII International SPIE and OPTICA Student Chapter Meeting)

Gdansk welcomed the 18th edition of the OPTO conference in July 2023. More than 80 participants presented their research as short talks and posters at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Invited talks covered topics ranging from optical free-space communication to the usage of photonics in medical research.

OPTO 2022: Warsaw

(XVII International SPIE and OPTICA Student Chapter Meeting)

In 2022, first time after the pandemic difficulties, the tradition of OPTO conference was recovered in stationary form. Follow this link for OPTO 2022 conference photos.

OPTO 2021: Wrocław

(XVI International SPIE Student Chapter Meeting)

In 2021, regardless of the pandemic difficulties, the tradition of annual meetings was brought back to where it all began in a new online form

OPTO 2020: Gdańsk

(XV International SPIE Student Chapter Meeting)

2020 was not the easiest year. That is why it seemed all the more important to continue the tradition started in 2005 in Wrocław. Therefore, OPTO 2020, organized by Gdansk Univ. Of Technology Student Chapter, was moved online.