SPIE Prism Awards

2025 Prism awards

2025 Applications Closed
for Prism and Catalyst

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THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION honoring

Photonics Innovation

The Prism Awards is an annual international competition that honors the best new optics and photonics products on the market.

Since 2008, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has presented awards to companies and individuals creating products that make a difference, solve problems, and improve life through photonics.

2025 will mark the 17th annual awards show, and we look forward to celebrating a new cohort of innovative photonics products during the gala event at SPIE Photonics West on 29 January 2025.

Read the full press release about the 2024 Prism winners, including Intel Corporation, who won the very first SPIE Catalyst Award.

 

Qunnect win in QUANTUM TECH

PHOTONICS ROCKSTAR PRESENTERS

Thorlabs accepting their award

the largest gathering of c-levels

A CELEBRATION OF OUR COMMUNITY

The 2024 WINNERS

A Year of Exceptional Products

Never before have the Prism Awards recognized such a broad range of innovation from so many different countries around the world. The 2024 winners, from small companies to large, are advancing technologies in the areas of healthcare, security, transportation, manufacturing, scientific discovery, and making a difference in this world. See the 2024 winners here.

 
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Meet the Judges

Below are just a few of the judges who worked on the 2024 awards. Twenty-seven experts devoted countless hours to select the top finalists in each category. As always, we thank them for their time, knowledge, dedication, and support. See the full list here.


 
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Linda smith

Linda Smith is the award-winning founder of Ceres Technology Advisors, a merger and acquisition firm for photonics businesses.

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Markus arzberger

Markus is a physicist interested in leading edge opto-electronic technologies at the forefront of consumer, industry and automotive applications.

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Nishant mohan

Nishant Mohan is Vice President of Product at Notal Vision, where he specializes in the research, development, and commercialization of OCT systems.

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SIMI George

Simi George is the Chief Data Scientist and Product Officer at NeuralMetrics, which enables actionable and transparent risk-assessment intelligence for P&C carriers, brokers, and agents.

 
It isn’t all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.
— Gene Roddenberry
 
 
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