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IUVSTA - What is it?

IUVSTA is a union of 31 national vacuum societies that organizes scientific meetings, develops educational activities, awards scholarships and prizes, and forms an international forum for liaison among societies and with international organizations.

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IUVSTA - What is it?

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  1. IUVSTA - What is it? A Union of 31 National Vacuum Societies How does it function? Through biannual 'Executive Council Meetings' comprising National Councillors, Officers and Divisional representatives • Scientific Divisions: • Applied Surface Science • Biointerfaces • Electronic Materials and Processing • Plasma Science and Technique • Nanometer Structures • Surface Engineering • Surface Science • Thin Film • Vacuum Science and Technology Members nominatedby National Vacuum Societies

  2. What does it do? • Organises/sponsors scientific meetings: • Conferences • IVC/ICSS - triennial IUVSTA Congress • EVC - biennial • ECOSS - annual • ICTF - biennial • VASSCAA - biennial • Workshops • IUVSTA Workshops (part-funded) • Develops Educational activities • Visual Aids programme • IUVSTA Schools • Short courses • Technical Training Courses • Joint IUVSTA/ICTP Educational Workshops

  3. Awards Scholarships and prizes • Welch Scholarship (now under re-organization) • World Transfer Programme • Student conference grants (occasional) • Prizes (triennial) • Forms international forum for liaison • Between societies • With UNESCO, ICTP, ICSU, ISO • Seeks support for developing countries

  4. Countries represented by National Societies in IUVSTA Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil China Croatia Czech Republic Finland France Germany Hungary India Iran Israel Italy Japan Korea Mexico Netherlands Pakistan Poland Portugal Russian Federation Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom USA

  5. Recent IUVSTA IVC/ICSS Conferences • 1992 The Hague, Netherlands • 1995 Yokohama, Japan • Birmingham, UK • 2001 San Francisco, USA • Venice, Italy • Stockholm, Sweden • 2010 Beijing, China • 2013 Paris, France Coming up! 2016 Busan, Korea

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