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the two International Advisory Committees
and the group of Corresponding Members.
It was the first of the triennial congresses
to include Poster Sessions and to have the
complete printed copies of the proceedings
available at registration. The registration fee,
including three proceedings volumes, was
US$ 120. 24,000 dollars in revenue from
the 750 square meters of exhibition space
was transferred to the IUVSTA.
The Eighth International VacuumCongress,
including theFourth International Conference
on Solid Surfaces and the Third International
European Conference on Surface Science,
was held at Cannes on 22-26 September
1980. The Congress was organised by the
French Vacuum Society (SFV) on behalf of
IUVSTA. Reservations were made by the
SFV with the city of Cannes in July 1977 for
the Palais des Festivals.
A few days before the opening of the
Congress, the Mayor of Cannes claimed
that he had discovered a tight overlap
of the Vacuum Congress with a show-
business conference (International Market
for Video-Communication) starting on
27 September. He refused to put the
Palais des Festivals at the disposal of the
SFV. Instead, marquees were erected in
a free park area located in the suburbs of
Cannes for the Congress sessions and
exhibition. In spite of contractual rights and
government support it was not possible for
the SFV to initiate legal action that would
have led to an immediate rescission of the
Mayor’s action. While the alternate meeting
facilities were not completely appropriate, a
successful Congress was held with nearly
1500 attendees from 38 countries. A total
of 870 papers were presented, including
about 40 invited papers and 500 poster
papers.
Proceedings of the Congress were
published in a special issue of “Le Vide,
Les Couches Minces” consisting of
3,570 pages in four volumes available at
registration. On 2 October 1980 the SFV
started legal action against the City of
Cannes asking for financial compensation
for being deprived of the use of the Palais
des Festivals. Five years later the SFV
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