Membership Resources and Links
Associated Technical Societies

Optics.Org - Institute of Physics (UK) Optics Website                    www.optics.org
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)                       www.spie.org                   
Optical Society of America                                                                   
 www.osa.org
IEEE                                                                                                          www.ieee.org
Laser and Electro-Optics Society                                                       www.i-leos.org
Laser Institute of America (LIA)                                                           www.laserinstitute.org

Industry Organizations/Partnerships

Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA)    www.oida.org
Florida High Tech Corridor Council                                             www.floridahightech.com
                                                                             > Click here to Visit the Corridor!
Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission             www.Orlandoedc.com
Enterprise Florida                                                                            www.eflorida.com
Tampa Bay Partnership                                                                  www.tampabay.org
Workforce Florida                                                                             www.wages.org/wages/wfi
Beacon Council: Economic Development in Miami, Florida   www.beaconcouncil.com
Economic Development in Jacksonville, Florida                       www.expandinjax.com   
Florida’s Space Coast                                                                   
 www.space-coast.com  
PhotonicsConnection.com                                                     www.photonicsconnection.com
   - Premier portal of the photonics industry


Corporate Service Providers

The companies listed here are supporters/members of the FPC.  Some have agreed to
provide a discount on their products or service to FPC members.  Please patronize
these companies and be sure to ask for the FPC discount when contacting them.

GrayRobinson Attorneys at Law                                                 
  www.grayharris.com
Curley & Pynn Public Relations                                www.thestrategicfirm.com/home.html
On Target Web Solutions                                               
 www.ontargetwebsolutions.com
Affluent Consulting (R&D Tax Credits)                         
www.Affluent-consulting.com
Williams & Associates (logoed advertising specialties)        www.wasoc.com

Other Clusters

SPIE Listings
- International Listing:                  
http://photonicsclusters.com/index.html
- US Listing Only:                          http://photonicsclusters.com/usamap.html

Arizona Cluster                        http://www.aoia.org/
Colorado Cluster                    http://www.coloradophotonics.org/
Rochester, NY  Cluster          http://www.newyorkphotonics.org/
UK Cluster                               http://www.photonicscluster-uk.org/

Public Policy

OSA Public Policy         
www.osa.org/News/publicpolicy/WashingtonUpdates/default.aspx

ASTRA, The Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America                            
http://www.aboutastra.org/

USInnovation.org, is a project of ASTRA, The Alliance for Science & Technology
Research in America. ASTRA is a unique collaboration of individuals and organizations
drawn from industry, professional and trade associations, universities, and research
centers united in common cause to increase federal funding for the physical and
mathematical sciences and engineering. See
http://www.usinnovation.org.

OIDA Updates               
www.oida.org/dc/index.html  

Congressional Web Site       
www.thomas.loc.gov

Online Technical Resources

General                                 www.photonics.com
General                                 www.photonicsonline.com
General                                 www.photonicsdictionary.com

An engineer's reference                                                 www.efunda.com/home.cfm
Handy optical values and calculations                        www.luxpop.com
sources of optical design and engineering                www.optenso.de/links/links.html

Multi-level, extensive source of information on lasers at undergraduate level:
http://members.misty.com/don/lasersam.htm  Sam's Laser FAQ

Two-way unit conversions               http://n93.cs.fiu.edu/measures/Fullconversion.asp
Fresh perspectives on color vision                www.wendycarlos.com/colorvis/color.html

A method to enhance your information's visibility for the color-blind
www.vischeck.com/daltonize/

Unusual and elegant amateur telescopes
http://bhs.broo.k12.wv.us/homepage/alumni/dstevick/weird.htm

Optical illusions      
www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.htm
Florida Photonics Cluster