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SPIE – The International Society for Optics and

Photonics

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SPIE• The International Society for

Optics & Photonics founded

in 1955• Offices in the EU & USA• A not-for profit educational society• 16,000 members, 4,300 student members, 425

corporate members• 190,000 active constituents representing 143 countries

SPIE Services• Education & training: short courses, DVDs, in-

company training (over 800 courses)• SPIEWorks jobsite (www.SPIEWorks.org)• Digital Library with 290,000 papers• 8 peer reviewed journals • SPIE Newsroom – photonics news & articles• Membership and networking• 38,000 attendees at 26 SPIE conferences and

16 exhibitions annually

SPIE Non-profit Activities• $292,000 USD in Scholarships annually• $90,000 USD in Outreach Grants annually• Visiting Lecturer Program• UNESCO Active learning in Optics and Photonics (ALOP)• International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Winter

College and library support• Hands-on Optics for kids• Women in Optics

Students and SPIE

Connecting Students to the Global Optics & Photonics Community

•Academia•Industry

•Government

Who are we? Future Colleagues!• 141 Student Chapters, 27 countries• ~2400 students involved in chapters• 27% of SPIE Members are students (4300)

San Diego Student Leadership Workshop 2007

Workshops held at:

Photonics West, Photonics Europe, and Optics & Photonics

Student Chapter - Benefits

• Real Leadership Experience

• Chapter Activity Grant • Chapter Officer Travel Grant • Leadership Workshops• Assistance for science

education outreach to local pre-college students

• Visiting Lecturer Grant• Collaborative Conference Grant

Michael Stinger and Jon Lee (PSU) represent their chapter at an information table in the O&P07 Exhibit Hall

More to life (and a career) than the lab…

Personal Growth– Leadership experience - organizing & facilitating groups to plan

and execute a project– Grant writing, teaching, forming partnerships - experience– Student independence

Community Growth– Students dispersed among departments - bring optics sections

together– Meet members of the local optics industry – jobs – Expand network of connections – worldwide – Give back to the community – teach the next generation

• Network, network, network

What now? - Take charge of your career • Develop your leadership & communication skills

• Be a mentor to your peers and younger students• Build your network of contacts• Explore options in industry, government• Influence the direction of your profession

Check us out! http://spie.org/students

http://Twitter.com/SPIEStudents

Learn more about SPIE at www.spie.org

Maria Yzuel, 2009 SPIE President

Maria.yzuel@uab.es