What We Do
Photonics and Industry Resources
The Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) is an association of Industrial, University, and Government entities involved in research, development, and/or the sale of products or services that involve photonics technologies.

National / International Organizations
- SPIE – SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light
- Optica – Formerly OSA, is the society working to advance photonics and optics worldwide
- APOMA – American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
- IEEE Photonics Society Denver Chapter
- APS – American Physical Society


Other State, Regional and International Photonics Clusters

National/International Trade Publications

Education
- FRCC Optics Technology Certificate
- Department of Physics at Colorado School of Mines
- Adams County Education Consortium
- Colorado Workforce Development Council
- CU-Boulder Optics, Nanostructures, and Bioengineering
- CU-Boulder – Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Colorado State University Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Colorado School of Mines – Department of Physics
- CU Photonics Professional Masters