CPIA Competitors

IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization and is a public charity dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE is the trusted “voice” for engineering, computing and technology information around the globe. For information about the IEEE - visit http://www.ieee.org.

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. We bring engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology. Over the past five years, we have invested more than $25 million in the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public policy development.

Since 1954, Photonics Media has been the world’s leading resource for the photonics industry. Publisher of Photonics Spectra, BioPhotonics, Vision Spectra, and the Photonics Buyers’ Guide, our audience of academics, researchers, manufacturers, and end users is the largest verified audience in the photonics industry. We also maintain a thriving web presence with 2.8 million page views annually on our photonics.com website. A staff of about 50 employees currently works at the company’s headquarters, Laurin Publishing Co., in Pittsfield, Mass., and its branch offices. The company also includes several contributing editors located around the world and an editorial advisory board of leaders in the photonics industry. Over the past six decades, Photonics Media has fostered a tradition of innovation that has defined the industry. As its publications grow — following photonics technology into an ever-widening range of applications — the company adheres to a philosophy of editorial quality and integrity, maintaining an international reputation for leadership in photonics. Through the years, the company’s mission as laid out by founder Teddi C. Laurin has remained unchanged: “to actively encourage progress and not simply reflect it, for all of us in the photonics industry can best achieve success by sharing our knowledge, our insights, and our visions for the future.”