About SPIE

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. SPIE provided more than $5 million in support of education and outreach programs in 2019. Each year more than 22,000 people attend the premier event for the photonics and laser communities. They come to hear cutting-edge research, find the latest products and services, and network with thousands of other like-minded individuals.

About Vital Materials

Vital Materials is a global technology group for rare metal materials, and focus in the areas of rare-metals-based advanced materials and resource recycling. We are the world's leading manufacturer of Selenium and Tellurium products as well as being a key producer of Gallium, Indium, Germanium, Bismuth, And Cadmium products for diverse end markets and hi-tech applications including semiconductors, displays, electronics, photovoltaics, LED, infrared materials, acousto-optics, thermoelectrics, photosensors, radiation detectors, pharmaceuticals, feed additives, glass, ceramics, and metallurgy.