Author and Presenter Information
Select the relevant step in the timeline below to find more information on the topic.
Prepare and Submit Your Work to the Meeting
- Read the Call for Papers
- Review the Submission Guidelines and prepare your submission according to the instructions, using the provided templates.
- Log on to the submission site to complete your submission.
- If you would like a confirmation of your submission emailed to you, be sure to select this option during the submission process.
- Official notification will be sent to the corresponding/presenting author of accepted presentations by mid-December.
- If you have questions about your submission, call +1.202.416.6191 or send an email to cstech@osa.org.
Peer Review
Submissions to OSA meetings undergo a peer review conducted by the members of the Technical Program Committee. The results of the peer review translate into presentation selections and topic-driven technical sessions for the meeting. Maintaining a thorough peer review process ensures the high quality of the presentations offered at the meeting. Summaries, as submitted by the authors, of all accepted papers will be included on the Technical Digest CD-ROM distributed at the meeting. Summaries of all presentations made at the conference will be archived in Optics InfoBase after the conference.
Program Committee Decisions
The Technical Program Committee meets, either in person or online, to determine which submissions will be accepted for presentation and then to group those accepted presentations into sessions. The decisions of the program committee meeting, regarding both acceptance and scheduling, are final.
Authors Notified of Committee Decisions
After the Technical Program Committee meeting, the corresponding/presenting author will receive official notification of the committee’s decision. This notification will come from cstech@osa.org. It is important that you add this address to the “safe list” in your email software to ensure that you receive the notification. Note that the notification is sent to only the corresponding/presenting author, and that author is expected to share the notification with any co-authors. The decisions of the program committee meeting, regarding both acceptance and scheduling, are final.
Online Program Planner Available
Online Program Planner Now Available
The online program planner is available a few days after author notifications are sent. The online program planner allows you to browse speakers and the agenda of sessions and perform simple and advanced searches to identify parts of the program that are of interest to you. Use the online program planner to build a custom itinerary—not only can you plan and print your personal itinerary before coming to the meeting, you can also add your itinerary to your electronic calendar, download it to a personal mobile device or email it to a friend or colleague who might be interested in attending the meeting.
Prepare to Present at the Meeting
To ensure a successful presentation at the meeting, make sure to remember the following:
