CLEO 2026 is the annual Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, held May 17 to 21, 2026, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Organized by Optica, the American Physical Society, and the IEEE Photonics Society, the event features over 2,000 peer-reviewed technical sessions across 29 topic categories, covering areas such as integrated photonics, ultrafast lasers, quantum technologies, optical communications, and advanced sensing.
Senior Researcher Ezra Ip has been invited to present Sensors Based on Forward Transmission using the Telecom Infrastructure at CLEO 2026 in Charlotte, NC, on Monday, May 18th, from 5:30-6:00pm. He explores a compelling frontier: using existing telecom networks as environmental sensors.