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The 12thInternational Vacuum Congress
and the 8thInternational Conference
on Solid Surfaces were held at the
Netherlands Congress Centre in The Hague
on 12-16 October 1992, hosted by the
Netherlands Vacuum Society (NEVAC).
By this time, congress organisation was
recognised as being a very time consuming
activity for committed scientists, and it was
clear that considerable advantage was
to be gained by contracting professional
conference organisers to manage the
non-scientific aspects of a conference.
A company, Van Namen & Westerlaken
Congress Organisation Services, was so
employed for the congress in The Hague.
The Chair of the Organising Committee was
J. F. van der Veen and the co-chairs of the
Program Committee were F. H. Habraken
and W. F. van der Weg. Attendances for
the various categories were: 98 invited
participants, 748 full registrations, 76 one-
day registrations, 33 two- or three-day regis­
trations with 193 students and 105 compa­
nions. These attendees came from a total
of 45 countries. There were 78 plenary and
invited papers,
542 contributed papers, and 555 poster
presentations. The breakdown in terms of
papers from Divisions was: 188 from ASS,
131 from EMP, 44 from FT, 464 from SS,
175 from TF, 19 from VM, and 54 from
VS. A continuation of the large Surface
Science contribution could be seen.
These papers represented an increase of
about 17% above the number presented
at the previous congress in Cologne, due
mainly to an increase in the number of
papers from Eastern Europe, which no
doubt resulted from the dramatic political
changes which occurred in Europe in 1991.
The Proceedings of these meetings were
published in four separate Volumes. Two
of these, at the registrant’s choice, were
presented free with each full registration.
The papers were published in appropriate
journals and grouped as follows for the
four Volumes: SS papers in the journal
Surface Science; ASS and EMP papers in
Applied Surface Science; TF in Thin Solid
Films; and FT in the Journal of Nuclear
Materials with VM in Materials Science and
Engineering and VS in Vacuum. The three
journals included in Volume 4 could easily
be combined as they were published in the
same format by the same publisher. The
Exhibition accompanying this congress
covered 1,360 square meters with 76 stands
occupied by exhibitors. As a special
feature of this congress, the exhibition
catalogue was published as a detailed
glossy booklet by The Institute of Physics
(London) and distributed widely in advance
of the congress. The full registration fee was
Dfl 750, which included two volumes of the
Proceedings, lunches, public transport and
some other features. One-day registration
was Dfl 200 and Accompanying Persons
paid Dfl 200. At the conclusion of the
conference, the Netherlands Vacuum
Society made a donation to the IUVSTA of
Dfl 50,000 (SFr 38,887).
In 1995 the combined 13thInternational
Vacuum Congress and 9thInternational
Conference on Solid Surfaces were
hosted by the Vacuum Society of Japan
and were held at the Pacifico Yokohama
(International Conference Centre) on
25-29 September 1995 in Yokohama,
Japan. The non-scientific aspects of the
congress were handled by a conference
organisation company, the International
Communication Specialists, Inc. The Chair
of the Organising Committee was Professor
G. Horikoshi. The Chair of the Program
Committee was Professor A. Yoshimori.
Approximately 1,300 people attended
including 931 full registrations, 190 one-
day registrations and 188 students. There
were a total of 989 presentations including
3 plenary, 76 invited, 496 posters and
414 oral presentations. A special feature
of this congress was the introduction of
sessions devoted to Nanometer Structures
which was organised by the new IUVSTA
Steering Committee of Nanometer Science
and Technology. The breakdown of the
presentations by Division was: 175 ASS, 88
EMP, 26 NS, 49 PST, 397 SS, 210 TF, 38 VM
and 130 VS. There were 73 Joint Sessions
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