SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, is the most prestigious event for developers of ground- and space-based telescopes, the supporting technologies, and the latest instrumentation. It takes place every other year. No other event draws the number of elite researchers, innovators, and companies whose collective efforts push the frontiers of space and enable the building and maintaining of the important telescopes of the world. The conference will be held at Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 2016.

Telescopes and Systems
+ Space Telescopes and Instrumentation: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
+ Space Telescopes and Instrumentation: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
+ Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
+ Optical and Infrared Interferometry
+ Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation
+ Adaptive Optics Systems
+ Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems
+ Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management
+ Software and Cyberinfrastructure
+ Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation