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In 20 May 2004, the first national scientific
and technological gathering on Vacuum called
“Vacuum Experts and Producers” was organised
in the Institute of Applied Sciences of the Jahad
Daneshgahi in the Shahid Beheshi University
in Tehran. This event was an assembly among
scientific, industrial and educational represent-
atives for the purpose of promoting vacuum
science and techniques through education in
the nation. During this meeting, a session was
held for selecting the members of the Board of
Directors and Inspector of the VSI through voting
and election process. In addition, the aim of this
event was to recognize manpower, institutions,
technological capabilities and vacuum producers
of parts and systems, as well as the needs of
private industries in Iran.
Due to great potential activities on Vacuum andThin Films Science andTechnology in universities
and research institutes in Iran in late1990s, itwasnecessitated toestablishanational organisation to
manage and develop these operations. Subsequently, communication between Prof. Sohrabpour,
the president of Sharif University of Technology and Prof. M.G. Barthes-Labrousse, President of
International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) on 9 September
2002 took place requesting to host 14thInternational Conference on Thin Films (ICTF14) in the
university followed by immediate participation of Professor Moshfegh in the ICTF12 in Bratislava,
Slovakia which was held from 15 to 20 September, 2002. On the other hand, efforts to establish the
Vacuum Society of Iran (VSI) were persuaded by Prof. Mansouri, the President of Physics Society
of Iran (PSI) in 2001. But, the actual activities for establishing VSI were initiated on February 1,
2003 during the Sixth Condensed Matter Physics National Conference organised by PSI inYazd
University,Yazd city. A dozen of physicists and some engineers working on vacuum science and
technology held a meeting alongside with the conference and called for the establishment of
the Vacuum Society of Iran. Initially, all activities of the VSI were conducted in the PSI location
to promote and develop vacuum science and technology in the nation. This founding fathers
headed by Prof. Moshfegh have prepared statute of the society and worked on selecting the
official members of board of directors and inspector through election process. After several
intense meetings in the PSI, it was decided to organise an event to identify resources and provide
a forum for exchanging knowledge and experiences.The first International Workshop on Physics
andTechnology of Thin Films (IWTF) in Iran was organised by Professor Moshfegh in the Sharif
University of Technology inTehran from 22 February to 6 March 2003. The workshop with about
200 registered participants with many of them came from 26 countries including USA, UK, France,
Germany, Russia, Italy, India, Czech Republic, Croatia, Mexico, ended and some selected papers
co-edited by Prof. Moshfegh in a book entitled “Physics andTechnology ofThin Films” published
by theWorld Scientific Company in 2004.
The first meeting to establish the vacuum society of
Iran during the 6th National Condensed Matter Physics
Conference organised by the Physics Society of Iran in
Yazd University on 1 February 2003,Yazd city.
THE VACUUM SOCIETY OF IRAN (VSI)
Alireza Z. Moshfegh