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BiOS– Part of SPIE Photonics West
Science · Biology
Next editionNot confirmedLast edition we have: 1–6 Feb 2020
RunningSince 2010Annual · 9 editions on record
Last checked11 Nov 2026Organiser website checked
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Key numbers
- Editions on record
- 9first in 2010
About BiOS– Part of SPIE Photonics West
The BiOS conference coincides with BiOS Expo, considered the world's largest biomedical optics and biophotonics exhibition—a pefect combination to start the Photonics West week.
From our listing of this edition. Details may have changed since.
Exhibitors in 2014
164 companies listed for the 2014 edition.
- Frankfurt Laser Company
- Hamamatsu Corp.
- MPB Communications Inc.
- OFS
- Ondax
- Oxxius
- Sutter Instrument Co.
- 4AD Enterprises Inc.
- 89 North
- A·P·E America
- AdValue Photonics
- Advanced Microoptic Systems GmbH
- Advantest
- Amplitude Laser, Inc.
- Analog Modules, Inc.
- Andor Technology
- Andover Corporation
- ASI/Applied Scientific Instrumentation, Inc.
- ASML
- Auxora (Shenzhen), Inc.
- Avantes, Inc.
- Avo Photonics
- AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES
- B&W Tek, Inc.
- BaySpec, Inc.
- Becker & Hickl GmbH
- Berliner Glas KGaA Herbert Kubatz GmbH & Co.
- BioOptics World / Pennwell
- Block Engineering, LLC
- Boston Electronics
- Boston Micromachines Corporation
- Boulder Nonlinear Systems
- BWT Beijing Ltd.
- Calmar Laser
- Cambridge Technology Inc.
- CeramOptec Industries, Inc.
- Changchun New Industries Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Chroma Technology Corp.
- CODIXX AG
- Coherent
- Creator Optics, Inc.
- DELTA Optical Thin Film
- Deposition Sciences
- DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.
- Edmund Optics
- Electro Optical Components, Inc.
- Energetiq Technology, Inc.
- Evaporated Coatings, Inc.
- Exalos AG
- FEMTOLASERS Inc.
- Fianium Inc.
- Fiberguide Industries, Inc.
- Fibertech Optica
- Fresnel Technologies
- General Photonics Corp.
- Gooch & Housego Plc
- Grintech GmbH
- G-S Plastic Optics
- Hellma USA
- Hinds Instruments, Inc.
- Ibsen Photonics A/S
- ID QUANTIQUE SA
- IDEX Optics & Photonics
- Imagine Optic
- IMRA America, Inc.
- IMT North America
- InfiniLED
- InnoLas Lasers / Allied Lasers
- Innovative Photonic Solutions
- INO
- InPhenix, Inc.
- Insight Photonic Solutions, Inc.
- IRnova AB
- Isuzu Glass, Inc.
- JAI Inc., USA
- JenLab GmbH
- JENOPTIK
- JT Ingram Sales and Marketing
- Kapteyn-Murnane Labs., Inc.
- Laser Components Canada, Inc.
- Laser Components DG, Inc.
- Laser Components USA, Inc.
- Laser Quantum USA
- Laservision USA
- Licel GmbH
- Light Age, Inc.
- Lightel Technologies, Inc.
- LightGuideOptics USA, LLC
- Lincoln Laser
- Lumencor, Inc.
- M Squared Lasers Ltd.
- Mad City Labs., Inc.
- Market Tech, Inc.
- Max Levy Autograph, Inc.
- Meadowlark Optics
- MegaWatt Lasers, Inc.
- Melles Griot
- Micro Laser Systems, Inc.
- Micro Photon Devices
- Microtech Instruments
- MIKROP AG
- MPA Crystal
- Nanoscribe GmbH
- National Aperture, Inc.
- Navitar Inc.
- New Source Technology
- Newport Corp.
- NKT PHOTONICS
- NoIR Laser Shields
- Noren Products
- Novotech, Inc.
- Nufern
- Ocean Optics, Inc.
- Omega Optical
- Onefive GmbH
- Open Photonics
- OPOTEK, Inc.
- Optics Balzers
- optics.org
- OptiGrate Corp.
- Optikos Corporation
- OptoElectronic Components
- Optofluidics, Inc.
- Optronic Laboratories, LLC dba Gooch & Housego
- Osela inc.
- OZ Optics Ltd.
- Pavilion Integration Corporation
- PD-LD Inc.
- Photon etc. Inc.
- Photon Gear, Inc.
- Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC
- Photonics Media/Laurin Publishing
- Photonics Online
- Physical Sciences Inc.
- PI
- PicoQuant Photonics
- Pixelteq, Inc.
- PolarOnyx Laser Inc.
- Polymicro Technologies, a Subsidiary of Molex
- Power Technology, Inc.
- Princeton Instruments
- Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
- Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corp. Brand
- Spectrogon US, Inc.
- SPIE
- SPIE Career Center
- Stanford Computer Optics
- Superlum
- tec5USA, Inc.
- Texas Instruments DLP
- The Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry
- Thorlabs
- Time Bandwidth Products
- TOPTICA Photonics, Inc.
- Tornado Spectral Systems
- UniClean Cleanroom Services
- UTC Aerospace Systems (Sensors Unlimited Products)
- Verasonics, Inc.
- Vytran LLC
- Wasatch Photonics, Inc.
- World Star Technologies
- Wuhan Yangtze Soton Laser Co., Ltd. (YSL Photonics)
- Xenics NV
- Zurich Instruments AG
Editions
| Year | Dates | Where | Exhibitors | Visitors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1–6 Feb 2020 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2019 | 2–7 Feb 2019 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2018 | 27 Jan – 1 Feb 2018 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2015 | 7–12 Feb 2015 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2014 | 1–6 Feb 2014 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2013 | 2–7 Feb 2013 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2012 | 21–26 Jan 2012 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2011 | 22–27 Jan 2011 | Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, California | — | — |
| 2010 | 23–28 Jan 2010 | Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC Las Vegas, Nevada | — | — |
Past editions from the bvents archive (2008–2019) and organiser figures where they were published.
Questions
When is BiOS– Part of SPIE Photonics West?
The next dates haven't been confirmed. The last edition we have on record was 1–6 Feb 2020.
Where is it held?
The last edition we have was at Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California.
How often does it take place?
Annual, judging by the 9 editions on record since 2010.