Held in-person in Canada SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation is "the most valuable technical event for ground-based, airborne, and space-based telescopes, and their supporting instrumentation. It "allows researchers and engineers to share advancements, discoveries, challenges, and project updates with colleagues from around the world."

MAPP researcher Dr Rob Snell will be speaking at the event. His talk, entitled Towards understanding and eliminating defects in additively manufactured CubeSat mirrors," will take place on 19th July.