We invite you to participate in SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, a major symposium focused on commercial, industrial, and dual-use sensing technologies and applications. The field of sensors, and in particular those with photonic-based capabilities, is rapidly expanding and offers a rich environment for the development and deployment of new technologies. Humans carry multiple sensors with them every day in their phones and portable devices, and sensors and sensor networks are used across the globe in almost every conceivable industry and application. The potential of leveraging real-time data produced from a global network of distributed sensors opens up a world of new opportunities. SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, newly formed for 2014, will bring together the global community to learn about the newest technologies and how these are driving new applications in healthcare, industrial processing, manufacturing, communications, transportation, agriculture, the environment and more. Participants in Sensing Technology + Applications will benefit from the meeting's co-location with SPIE Defense + Security, which features a rich array of photonics technologies already developed for dual-use applications. We look forward to meeting with you in Baltimore and developing the next generation of sensing technologies and applications to improve life and benefit humankind.