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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.htmlECM-49, August 1982,Tampere, Finland
From left to right: J. Lafferty (President 1980-1983) and
J.L. de Segovia (Congress Planning Committee Chair).