Trade Shows and Associations

International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics
http://www.icaleo.org

International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS)

http://www.imts.com

AWS Welding Show
http://www.aws.org/expo

Photonics North
http://www.photonicsnorth.com

ATExpo
http://www.atexpo.com/App/homepage.cfm?appname=150&moduleid=42&campaignid=256&iUserCampaignID=13987293

Laser Institute of America (LIA)
http://www.laserinstitute.org
Phone: 407-380-1553
A professional membership society dedicated to fostering lasers, laser applications and safety worldwide. Serving the industrial, medical, research and government communities, LIA offers technical information and networking opportunities to laser users from around the globe.

IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS)
http://www.i-leos.org
Phone: 732-562-3891
A society whose focus is lasers, optical devices, optical fibers and associated lightwave technology and their applications in systems and subsystems in which quantum electronic devices are key elements. LEOS is concerned with the research, development, design, manufacture and applications of materials, devices and systems and with the various scientific and technological activities that contribute to the useful expansion of the field of quantum electronics and applications

The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

http://spie.org/?home=p
Phone: 360-676-3290
A not-for-profit society that has become a large international force for the exchange, collection and dissemination of knowledge in optics, photonics and imaging.

The Optical Society of America (OSA)

http://www.osa.org
Phone: 202-223-8130
A society that was organized to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics, pure and applied, to promote the common interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers and of users of optical apparatus of all kinds and to encourage cooperation among them. The purposes of OSA are scientific, technical and educational.

American Welding Society (AWS)

http://www.aws.org
Phone: 800-443-9353
A multifaceted, nonprofit organization with a goal to advance the science, technology and application of welding and related joining disciplines.