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The following highlights from the NEVAC history
illustrate the activities of our society:
•
NEVAC has been the principal organizer and
sponsor of the successful conference series
“the Solid-Vacuum Interface” which was
held in 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1976. This
conference widened its scope in 1978 and
was merged into the “European Conference
of Surface Science” (ECOSS) series. NEVAC
also organised the 17
th
European Conference
on Surface Science (ECOSS) in Twente, 1997.
•
On the occasion of the 25
th
anniversary of the
Society, NEVAC has co-sponsored and hosted
the second International Conference on the
Structure of Solid Surfaces (ICSOS) in 1987.
•
NEVAC organised the 12
th
International
Vacuum Congress (IVC-12/ICSS-8) in The
Hague in 1992.
•
NEVAC organizes one 1 national meeting per
year and sponsors several others.
•
Our journal, the NEVAC blad (in Dutch) appears
three times per year and serves as a newsletter
for the members. In addition, it typically contains
three articles on subjects related to vacuum
science and offers companies to bring new
products under the attention of themembers. The
society had its own University Chair in Vacuum
Technology at Delft University of Technology. The
society organizes excursions for its members. In
October 2015, some 30 members participated in
a very successful 8 day excursion to the National
Symposium of the American Vacuum Society
(AVS 62) in San Jose, California. In 2018 an
excursion to Japan is planned.
The society is organised around its three major
activities:
•
It organizes an annual meeting covering all
topics where vacuum provides the environment
The Netherlands Vacuum Society (NEVAC), founded by Kistemaker, Makkink and Venema on
April 13, 1962, promotes the exchange of knowledge in vacuum technology and areas which rely
on the application of vacuum, by organizing scientific meetings, excursions and educational
courses. NEVAC counts about 300 scientists, technicians and commercial representatives,
as well as 35 corporate members. The Society relies entirely on volunteers from industry and
universities.
THE NETHERLANDS VACUUM SOCIETY
Nederlandse Vacuumvereniging (NEVAC)
J. W. Niemantsverdriet
Updated 2017 by I.Swart
www.nevac.nl