Advancements in these areas will help us to better respond to social and environmental challenges of our future.  It’s these advancements that will be highlighted at the SPIE Optics + Photonics conference this August in San Diego, California. Long a core optical engineering meeting, SPIE Optics + Photonics is quickly growing in the areas of clean-energy and nanotechnology research. With more than  3,100 technical presentations, 50 courses, 4,500 attendees, and 180 exhibiting companies, SPIE Optics + Photonics offers you both classic and cutting-edge optics and photonics research, training, and product information. Join your peers at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2014 – and get the kind of technical information, professional training, hardware and market intelligence that is key to success in today's changing job and technology landscape. SPIE Optics + Photonics is the largest international, multidisciplinary optical sciences and technology meeting in North America. With four symposia, find the latest research in these four areas: NanoScience + Engineering, Solar Energy + Applications, Organic Photonics + Electronics, and Optical Engineering + Applications