Nominations open for the 2013 Prism Awards
Nominations are open for the 2013 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The awards – given by publishing company Photonics Media and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics – commemorate excellence in innovation and technology within the optics and photonics industry.
Prism Awards are given in the following categories: defence and security; detectors, sensing, imaging and cameras; green photonics and sustainable energy; industrial lasers; information and communication; life sciences and biophotonics; optics and optical components; other light sources; scientific lasers; and test, measurement, metrology.
The awards will be presented in February next year, during a VIP ceremony at the Photonics West conference in San Francisco.
Past winners of the awards – which were launched in 2008 – include Edmund Optics, General Electric and Coherent, IPG Photonics, JenLab, nanoplus and WITec.
The deadline for entries is 14 September this year. For more information, please visit the Prism Awards website.