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There was a total of 2555 registrants
(including 323 visitors to the exhibition only)
with 857 coming from France, 359 from
the other organisation partners, 718 from
the rest of Europe (including 237 from
Germany), 194 from Americas (including
112 from USA), 371 from Asia (including
210 from Japan) and 56 from other parts of
the world. The total number of presentations
was 1563 including 5 plenary, 10 keynote
and 87 invited papers. The first plenary talk
given by the Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman
was open to the public. Of the presentations
1081 were oral presentations and 482 were
posters. Contributions were organised in
15 topic areas divided into 110 oral and
3 poster sessions. The 15 topic areas
matched the IUVSTA scientific divisions
as well as specific themes selected by the
scientific committee: astronomical frontiers
for surface science, biointerphases, cultural
heritage, energy and sustainable develop
ment, functional molecules and molecular
machines, frontiers in photoelectron full-
field imaging and spectromicroscopy, ionic
liquid surfaces and interfaces. A general
agreement for publication of proceedings
was arranged with Elsevier but the
organisation of the proceedings was left to
the Chairs of the scientific committees and
a few papers were published in a special
issue of Applied Surface Science. The
Exhibition accompanying this congress,
which was managed by the Director of the
SFV G. Hirel, covered 3,000 square meters
with 110 stands occupied by exhibitors.
8 dedicated industrial sessions were also
organised, during which manufacturers
could present their products. At the
conclusion of the congress the organisation
consortium made a donation of
€
30,000 to
the IUVSTA.
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