SPIE/COS Photonics Asia showcases the power of photonics technologies and applications. Photonics and optical science and engineering are becoming increasingly important as society gradually moves from electron-based to photon-based technologies and industries. Specifically, photonics is becoming increasingly important in health care and medicine, nanotechnologies, environment and energy, manufacturing, information systems and communications, displays, defense and aerospace, entertainment and multimedia, energy and green lighting, etc. China is the fastest growing market for the global optics and photonics industries. Since 2001, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia has been the must-attend event for the global photonics community who need to keep current with what is happening in the Asian optics and photonics industries, and for developing new partnerships and new markets within and around China. Many Asian countries are investing heavily to transition from microelectronics-dominated to photonics-based industries. Asian economies are becoming more and more important to the health of the global economy in the 21st century, and Asian Photonics markets are rapidly expanding. SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2014 will provide a unique forum for the reporting and review of new developments in photonics and optoelectronics ranging from material and devices to advanced systems and applications. Cutting-edge technologies, applications, product announcements and demonstrations, market analysis and investment opportunities will be discussed in various conference sections and product exhibitions. SPIE/COS Photonics Asia will include plenary sessions with visionary speakers, parallel technical sessions, poster session and reception, panel discussions, and social/ networking events. This year's event will be held at the Beijing International Convention Center, in the heart of Beijing in a very convenient location. SPIE/COS Photonics Asia is a pivotal technical event for the optics and photonics technical community. You are encouraged to submit your abstract for participation. All accepted papers (oral or poster) will be reviewed by Photonics Asia 2014 conference chairs and program committees and published in SPIE printed and CD Proceedings, and on the SPIE Digital Library, the world's largest repository of optics and photonics research. SPIE Proceedings are indexed in Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Chemical Abstracts (relevant content), EI Compendex, CrossRef, Current Contents, DeepDyve, Google Scholar, Inspec, Portico, Scopus, SPIN, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.