For more than 40 years, CLEO has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies. It is the global stage where next-generation innovations reach the marketplace.

Now more than ever, it’s essential to stay connected with your customers and develop new relationships. Participating in CLEO enables you to reach a global audience of buyers and industry leaders while connecting with innovative professionals looking for opportunities to forge a career in the industry.

The CLEO Hub from May 7 – 9 is the destination for product information, industry and market-based programs and networking.The exhibition is not just a location to meet exhibiting companies. It is an energetic and thriving location that offers Poster Sessions and a theater hosting two Plenary Sessions and industry- and market-focused programs. Coffee breaks provide a platform for lively scientific discussion and collegial networking opportunities.

Featuring more than eighty participating companies, The CLEO Hub offers a vibrant and comprehensive show floor with the essential product information you need to advance and facilitate your research.

The technical conference emphasizes significant recent advances in the application of photonics technologies to address current real world problems. Presentations by leaders in their fields highlight how important advances are being realized. Special symposia are comprised of invited and contributed papers, on areas deemed to be topical and of special interest to conference attendees. Special sessions provide convivial, interactive, open fora to address topics not covered by traditional presentations, but that are of interest and importance to the CLEO community. Workshops offer an informal format to enable open discussion between moderators and panels of specialists and the audience to address technical or strategic questions that may lack clear consensus.

Short courses (supplemental registration) cover a broad range of topic areas at a variety of educational levels. They are taught by highly-regarded industry experts on a number of subjects. Whether one chooses a course designed for beginners or for more advanced instruction, the small size of each class gives you an excellent opportunity for personalized instruction. Registrants receive one copy of the Course Notes, which will be distributed onsite.