Italian Networking Reception – SPIE Photonics West 2026

​About this event
Technology • Photonics • Innovation

​The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) – Los Angeles Office, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco, is pleased to host a special networking event on the occasion of SPIE Photonics West 2026, the premier global forum for photonics, lasers, optics, quantum technologies, and biomedical imaging.

​This initiative aims at strengthening collaboration between Italian and American innovators, fostering new connections across the photonics and high-tech ecosystem. The event will offer a unique opportunity to meet Italian companies participating in Photonics West and to explore potential synergies with U.S. industry representatives, researchers, and stakeholders.

​The evening will open with an institutional welcome from the Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, who will greet participants and acknowledge the Italian companies present at the exhibition.

​Networking cocktail reception will follow, creating an ideal setting to exchange ideas, explore opportunities for collaboration, and reinforce the technological bridge between Italy and the United States.