The EOS serves as the joint forum for all individuals, companies, organisations, educational institutions, and learned and professional societies, who recognise the opportunity and challenge that a common European base provides for the development of optics in its broadest sense.
It coordinates optics conferences and publications in Europe; supports the dissemination of knowledge about the use and value of optics and related sciences to the general public, industry, media, and on the political level; and acts as the forum for the European professional and learned societies for the collection and dissemination of information, for the coordination of policies, and for joint ventures.
The EOS organises topical meetings, workshops and conferences, and endorsement of other scientific events, and runs focus groups for various application fields.
[3] EOS Branches include DGaO (Germany), FOS (Finland), SFO (France), IOP Optical Group (UK and Ireland), SSOM (Switzerland), SOS (Sweden), SIOF (Italy), HOS (Hungary), LOS (Latvia), and PhotonicsNL (The Netherlands).
EOS-affiliated societies include NPS-OD (Norway), DOPS (Denmark), Promoptica (Belgium), SEDOPTICA (Spain), SPOF (Portugal), PPS-OD (Poland), DOQE-RPS (Romania), CSSF (Czechia and Slovakia), WLT (Germany), USPAO (Ukraine), and LAS (Russia).