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on recent advances in a number of fields
related to vacuum science and technology,
on October 1, 2012 was organised by SVS in
Bratislava.
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SVS also took part on European Vacuum
Conference (EVC 12) co-organisation which
took place in Dubrovnik in June 4-8, 2012.
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SVS was also co-organizer of International
Vacuum Congress IVC-19 with French
Vacuum Society as main organizer in Paris on
September 6-14, 2013.
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SVS participates on regular basis in event
Pragovac organised each year by Czech
Vacuum Society as a meeting of researchers
and scientists with vacuum company
representatives.
Maybe it should be mentioned here that Slovak
part of the Czechoslovak Organization was
granted by Welch Scholarship in 1970.
Schools of VacuumTechnology.
Since 2003 SVS organizes every year School of
Vacuum Technology. This event was originally
meant to help students, PhD. students and
young researchers working on vacuum related
topics to present results of their recent research
work. Let us just mention topics for events
from 2003 to 2016: “Diamond and Diamond
Layers, Physics and Applications”; “Physics
and Technology on Diamond Layer Growth”;
„Nanotechnologies and Vacuum”; “Vacuum in
Industrial Praxis”; “Vacuum Technologies – New
Trends in Research and Applications”; “Mutual
Collaboration of Institutions = Top Research
(Focused on Vacuum Technologies)”; “Vacuum
and Nanotechnologies”; “Vacuum and Praxis”;
“Vacuum and Advanced Materials”; “Progressive
Materials and Vacuum”; “Perspective Vacuum
Methods and Technologies”; “Material Analysis in
Vacuum”; “Nanoworld with Vacuum”.
In 2017 SVS did co-organise the School
“Preparation and Characterization of Thin
Films at Lower Pressures” together with Czech
Vacuum Society (CVS) as the main organizer in
Topolčianky, Slovakia on May 29-June 2.
Vacuum Seminars
Several one-day seminars were held on various
topics and occasions, with some of them
being organised in co-operation with other
institutions: - “Vacuum Technology in Slovakia”
(September 28, 1994) - “Vacuum and Plasma
Technologies and their Current and Future
Applications in Manufacture” (September 21,
1995) - “Thin Films: Preparation and Technical
Applications” ( December 5, 1996) - “100 Years
Since the Discovery of the Electron” (April 29,
1997) - “50 Years Since the Discovery of the
Transistor” (December 17, 1997) - “Physics
and Technology of the Growth of Diamond
Layers” (November 25, 1998) - “Diamond and
Diamond-like Films: Physics and Applications”
(16 February 16, 2000). On November 11,
2010 SVS has hosted a Seminar given by Tetsuo
Oikawa „Advanced Analytical TEM for Nano-
materials and Advanced Specimen Preparation
for Analytical TEM“. Ondrej Krivanek, founder
and president of Nion Company in USA did give a
seminar “Electron-optical methods for molecular
and atomic-level characterization” on March 13,
2017 at STU in Bratislava, organised by SVS.
SVS did coorganize seminar given by Dr. Nam
Dong Kim from KIST Korea: “Carbon nano-engineering for the improved hybrid structures”
on October 20, 2017.
Final Remarks
At present the Slovak Vacuum Society is a well
established organisation. It has his place among
Scientific Organizations in Slovak Republic. The
main representative of the Society, its President,
Robert Redhammer is also Rector of the Slovak
University of Technology in Bratislava.
SVS has always supported the work of IUVSTA
having responsible persons as Councillors
and Alternate Councillors. Also nominations of
members to all IUVSTA Divisions took place in
each triennium. SVS is active in organisation and
co-organisation of most series of IUVSTA events,
namely ECMs, EVCs, JVCs and ICTFs.
Participants at the ECM114 in Bratislava,
September 28-30, 2012.
SUMMARY