Think globally; act locally. First, the big picture: there are clearly significant growth opportunities in areas of interest to the SPIE community, but at the same time there are concerns about how to grow the high-end workforce required to deliver on these opportunities. Here, we present U.S.-based data on the pipeline of talent, noting significant areas of concern, but also ways in which these present solvable problems. In the second part of the talk, we provide examples of the ways in which our professional societies and foundations are ready to support local actions.
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