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The 15thInternational Vacuum Congress
and the 11thInternational Conference on
Solid Surfaces were hosted by the AVS in
San Francisco, USA, between 28 October
and 2 November 2001, in conjunction
with their own 48thAVS International
Symposium and the 8thInternational
Conference on Nanometre-Scale Science
and Technology.
The Congress was hosted by the
American Vacuum Society (AVS). The
Chair of the Organising Committee was
J. W. (Bill) Rogers Jr. and the Chair of
the Program Committee was Roger
Stockbauer. These meetings were held
under difficult circumstances as there had
been a major terrorist attack on the USA
on September 11, which caused many
intending-participants to cancel their
travel to the meeting at the last moment.
Never-the-less the meetings were held
successfully with 2789 registrants, with
862 from outside the USA, including 225
(26%) from Japan. 1755 papers were
presented in 16 parallel sessions, with
140 sessions in all. 450 papers had been
withdrawn.
A very comprehensive Equipment Exhibition
was held and at the conclusion of the
Congress the AVS made a donation of
US$ 40,000 to the Union.
There had been a number of new
features introduced at this Congress,
including provision for the replaying
of key sessions on locally available
video projectors. In addition, the
Proceedings were made available in
electronic format, with no hard copy
volumes being printed.
The 16thInternational Vacuum Congress
(IVC-16) and the 12thInternational
Conference on Solid Surfaces (ICSS-
12) were hosted by the Italian Vacuum
Society (AIV) at the Film Festival Palace
in Venice (Lido), Italy, between 28 June
and 2 July 2004, in conjunction with the
8th International Conference on Nanometer-
Scale Science and Technology (NANO-8)
and the 17th National Vacuum Symposium
of the Italian Vacuum Society (AIV-17).
IVC-20 – Busan, Korea
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