# SPIE Smart Structures + NDE 2023 : Thoughts and takeaways.

Posted by [OOGA Support](https://www.oogatechnologies.com/author/user/ "Posts by OOGA Support") on March 23, 2023 | Featured

[Ajay Pasupuleti](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAIV4KUBpOhlobh3lCTDD-yTdWvJP4SuWRM) (OOGA CEO) and myself, [Dale Lynn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-lynn-58a9085a/) (OOGA Director) recently attended a new (to us) conference. We were surprised to meet new NDT people, as the community is usually more interwoven.

We attended [SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spie/) NDT 4.0 sessions. It was a great event in Long Beach for 2023. [OOGA Technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ooga-technologies/) was represented well by [Ajay Pasupuleti](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAIV4KUBpOhlobh3lCTDD-yTdWvJP4SuWRM)‘s presentation.

[#NDT40](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=ndt40&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7044332891232772096) was the larger scope of topic and sessions, including lots of Probability of Detection Studies [#pod](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=pod&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7044332891232772096). I personally took interest in a few [#additivemanufacturing](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=additivemanufacturing&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7044332891232772096) potential solutions from the poster sessions. I found common ground with my experience in creating and automating data-based NDT Dashboards in my career to the theories and practices presented.

We also found some common interest with new friends for some potential new applications, proof of concept studies, and market research opportunities through the [OOGA Technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ooga-technologies/) Platform.

Both [Daniel Kanzler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAASQ0OsB1zgM1-LD6d0_BfaW8QnJemhpQsI) and [Dr. Johannes Vrana](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAACuk3MBUB2Q_ezcENe1CNvbBduY1Y9rLzI) were very accommodating. They ran the NDT Sessions very well and gave us general introductions to a new group of NDT nerds like me.

-Dale R. Lynn, OOGA Technologies Director, ASNT Level 3, Six Sigma Blackbelt.

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