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Current Meetings & Events

Left:OSSC Members Tom Godfrey, Donn Silberman, and Anatoly Vasiliev view a 3D image during presentation on 3D displays by Steve Hines (Feb 2010)
Right: Dan Nieuwsma presents at the Laser Fest Meeting held at Raytheon (May 2010).

The Optical Society of Southern California holds nine regular meetings usually on the second Wednesday of each month from September through June (except December), as well as a few special events. Most of our meetings and events are open to the public. You can find event details and register for events by visiting our events calendar. The events calendar also has some other events that may be of interest to OSSC members such as conferences and educational events.

Ideas for future meetings are welcomed by our Programs Chair. We also have a page listing past OSSC meetings.

Events Calendar & Registration

OSSC Program Year 2024 - 2025

(Click on the Date for Event Registration and on the Topic for Presentation information)

Date	Location	Speaker	Topic
11 Sep 2024	Kellog West Conference Center Cal Poly Pomona	David Hasenauer	Recoating the Optics of the Mount Wilson 100” Telescope
9 Oct 2024	Samueli Academy Santa Ana, CA	James Burge	Precision Measurement of Aspheric Optical Surfaces – A Personal Journey
13 Nov 2024	Holliday Inn Torrance, CA	Andrew Rakich	The Optical Alignment Of Large Land-Based Telescopes
8 Jan 2025	Pasadena, CA	Annie Xiang	Distributed Bragg Reflected Laser Diodes
12 Feb 2025	Holliday Inn Torrance, CA	Jon Arenberg	Next Generation Telescopes
12 Mar 2025	Samueli Academy Santa Ana, CA	Corporate Member Panel	Corporate Member Appreciation Event
9 Apr 2025	Costa Mesa	Andruil (TBD)
7 May 2025	Long Beach	CLEO Speaker (TBD)
11 Jun 2025	Pasadena	Morgan Cable

All events subject to change without notice

Past Meetings & Events