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The Finnish Vacuum Society was founded to

advance the development and knowledge of

vacuum technologies in Finland. The active

people were from the Helsinki University of

Technology, University of Helsinki , Department

of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Technical

Research Centre of Finland (VTT) and

companies producing vacuum devices and

selling vacuum components and systems. The

inaugural President was K. Valli (1973-1974).

The number of members in the society has

been varying between 100 and 300.

The aims of the society are to:

1.

create connections between people and

organisations which are active in the field

2.

distribute information about vacuum

technology, mainly by using national

publications and seminars

3.

advance research and education in vacuum

technology

4.

develop the special vocabulary of vacuum

technology in Finnish

5.

collaborate with corresponding national and

international organisations in this field

The society has been active in organising annual

seminars on vacuum technology and arranging

visits to laboratories with advanced vacuum

technologies. The Finnish Vacuum Society

held a National Summer School on Vacuum

Sciences in 1980 in Jyväskylä and again in 1984

in Helsinki. It also held the international “Nordic

Conference on Surface Science” on August 18-

20, 1982 in Tampere. In connection with this

meeting it also hosted the 44

th

 Executive Council

Meeting of the IUVSTA on August 16-17. The

society has published numerous articles and

organised the writing of a text book of vacuum

technology (in Finnish), which was published in

1986. The Finnish Vacuum Society is a member

of the Finnish Physics Society.

Councillors to the IUVSTA have been Pekka

Viitanen (1974-1980), Markus Pessa (1980-

1986), Eero Ristolainen (1989-2003), Antti

Korhonen (2004-2018). In additioin, Risto

Nieminen, Jyrki Molanus, Antti Korhonen

and Jari Koskinen have served as Alternate

Councillors. These people have also served

on various IUVSTA committees.

On 2009 The Finnish Vacuum Society was

integrated as sub-division of the Finnish

Physical Society.

The FinnishVacuumSocietywas founded onApril 13, 1973.A formal application formembership

in IUVSTA was submitted to the Executive Council Meeting in Madrid on September 27, 1973.

Membership was granted by the IUVSTA General Meeting on March 26, 1974 in Kyoto, Japan.

THE FINNISH VACUUM SOCIETY

Suomen Tyhjiöseura (1973-2009)

Suomen fyyysikkoseura: Tyhjiötekniikan alajaosto (2009 - )

Jari Koskinen

www.fyysikkoseura.fi/english.html

ECM-49, August 1982,Tampere, Finland

From left to right: J. Lafferty (President 1980-1983) and

J.L. de Segovia (Congress Planning Committee Chair).