27 January 2025
San Francisco, California, US
Golden Gate Bridge view of the San Francisco skyline, home of SPIE Global Business Forum Golden Gate Bridge view of the San Francisco skyline, home of SPIE Global Business Forum

SPIE Global Business Forum

An event for senior industry executives to hear the latest market data and business trends impacting our industry

Thank you for attending the 2025 event

This business forum for executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders across the globe provided an informational and networking opportunity focused on the photonics industry and market. The meeting provided a detailed look at data and trends impacting business provided by leading global analyst organizations.

The forum is co-located with SPIE Photonics West and SPIE AR | VR | MR

Save the date for next year: Monday 19 January 2026

2025 Forum registrants: Download the presentations and industry reports

Speakers from leading global analyst organizations provided valuable industry insights. Registered attendees can now access the presentations and industry report.

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View the speakers from the 2025 program

Hooman Banaei

Hooman Banaei

Founding CEO and CTO at Everix

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Senior Director of Global Business Development at SPIE

Jenn Cable

Jennifer Cable

President at Thorlabs

Tim Day

Tim Day

Senior Vice President and GM at DRS Daylight Solutions

Marisa Edmund

Marisa Edmund

Chairman and CEO at Edmund Optics

Bo Gu, Founder, President, and CTO of BOS Photonics

Bo Gu

Founder, President, and CTO of BOS Photonics

Shahida Imani

Co-Founder and CEO of Singular Photonics

John Lee

President & CEO at MKS Instruments, Inc.

John Lincoln

Director, Harlin Ltd.

Jerome Mouly

Jérôme Mouly

Business Line Deputy Director (More than Moore business line) of Yole Group

Jennifer OBryan, Director of Government Affairs for SPIE

Jennifer O’Bryan

Director of Government Affairs for SPIE

Sanjai Parthasarathi

Sanjai Parthasarathi

Chief Marketing Officer at Coherent Corp.

Brian Perrault, Managing Director of Needham & Company LLC

Brian Perrault

Managing Director of Needham & Company LLC

Thomas Plees

Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at ASML

Robin Thierry, Partner and Cofounder of TEMATYS

Thierry Robin

Partner and Co-founder of Tematys

Kent Rochford

Kent Rochford

CEO at SPIE

Mike Ryan

Mike Ryan

Executive Vice-Chairman at UBS

View the featured contributors from the 2025 program

Lynore Abbott

Lynore Abbott

Founder and Managing Member at Logical Marketing, LLC

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson

Photonics Industry Analyst

Linda Smith

Linda Smith

President at Ceres Technology Advisors, Inc

2025 Platinum Sponsor

Optimax

2025 Gold Sponsors

Edmund Optics

Thank you to our 2025 sponsors

Avo Photonics, Inc.
Chroma Technology Corp.
Coherent Corp.
DRS Daylight Solutions
Edmund Optics Inc.
Google
Hamamatsu Corp.
JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC
Leonardo Electronics US Inc.
MKS Instruments, Inc.
Necsel IP, Inc.
NTFL
Optimax Systems, Inc.
Photonics Media/Laurin Publishing
Ruda Optical
Thorlabs, Inc.