About CLEO

CLEO Promotes Breakthroughs in Research and Applied Innovations

With comprehensive, peer-reviewed technical sessions and market-focused programming, CLEO is the world’s premier international forum to learn about innovative advances, research and new technologies from the laser science industry. From quantum computing to advanced imaging technologies used to the search for new life and planets in the galaxy, CLEO brought together all aspects of electro-optic technologies.
 

Comprehensive High-Quality Programming

CLEO’s world-renowned technical program is a showcase for leading research and applications in a number of fields, from biophotonics to advanced manufacturing, telecommunications, and autonomous vehicles industry, just to name a few. Industry leading speakers from around the world discuss new scientific ideas and research while the exhibiting companies display the latest innovations in photonics technology.

2020: An All-virtual Presentation

The 2020 CLEO Technical Conference was held as scheduled in a first-ever, all-virtual format. The conference reached almost 20,000 registrants from 75 countries.

By the end of the conference, 33,322 minutes of programming was presented. 248 Technical, Poster and Dynamic ePoster Sessions equated to more than 2,000 scientific presentations — all delivered in a combination of live and pre-recorded sessions and demonstrating a wide breadth of advancements and discoveries. The session recordings are now available on the conference website for individuals who registered for CLEO. 

Plenary presentations covered diverse topics from flexible display technology to silicon photonics, and featured these speakers:

•  John Bowers, Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency and Professor, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
• Paul Kwiat, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Director of Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST), USA
• Bill Liu, Chairman and CEO, Royole Corporation, China and USA
• Kaoru Minoshima, Professor, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

There were 13 special events, market updates and Product Showcases conducted virtually at CLEO  including:

• Lidar Design Trade-Offs and Selection Criteria for Autonomous Applications
• M&A and Financing Activity in Sensors and ADAS and Autonomous Mobility
• The Brightest Light Initiative: The Future of Ultrafast Lasers in the United States; and 
• Manipulating Quantum Systems: An Assessment of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics in the US by the US National Academy of Sciences.

The CLEO Exhibit Hall was converted to an online marketplace featuring over 140 exhibitors and corporate sponsors. Please visit the Virtual Exhibit to see the latest technologies, products and services from industry leaders.

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