SPIE Defense + Security will be held 18 – 22 April in Orlando. Florida USA.
Focused on advanced optics, photonics and emerging technologies for a secure future, SPIE Defense + Security will comprise 36 conferences across four technical tracks:
Next Generation Sensor Systems and Applications
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications IX
- Autonomous Systems: Sensors, Processing, and Security for Ground, Air, Sea, and Space Vehicles and Infrastructure 2027
- Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping XII
- Assurance and Security for AI-enabled Systems 2027
- Unmanned Systems Technology XXIX
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XXVIII
- Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition XXXVI
- Disruptive Technologies in Information Sciences X
- Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology XXIV
- Ocean Sensing and Monitoring XVIII
- Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XX
- Sensing for Agriculture and Food Quality and Safety XIX
Imaging and Analytics
- Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging XXXIII
- Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXIV
- Multimodal Image Exploitation and Learning 2027
- Real-Time Image Processing and Deep Learning 2027
- Synthetic Data for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Tools, Techniques, and Applications V
- Machine Learning from Challenging Data 2027
- Automatic Target Recognition XXXVII
- Pattern Recognition and Prediction XXXVIII
- Three-Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display 2027
Materials and Devices
- Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XXI
- Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies XIX
- Quantum Information Science, Sensing, and Computation XIX
- Directed Energy Technologies 2027
- Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XIX
- Image Sensing Technologies: Materials, Devices, Systems, and Applications XIV
- Fusion Energy Technologies
Advanced Sensing and Imaging
- Advanced Optics for Imaging Applications: UV through LWIR XII
- Anomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) XI
- Imaging Systems Performance: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXXVIII
- Infrared Technology and Applications LIII
- Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLIX
- Radar Sensor Technology XXXI
- Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXXII
The Call for Papers closes 7 October 2026.


