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From Jean‐JacquesPireaux
IUVSTAPresident
We would like to inform you that as planned at the
IUVSTA General Meeting 17 in Beijing (August 2010),
the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Sunday
March 13th, 2011, in Namur (Belgium) adopted the
newStatutesofourUnion.TheIUVSTANewsBulletin
#162 did already report on the subject.
Today,weareextremelypleasedtoannouncethatalltheofficialadministrativestepshave
beenfulfilled,includingregistrationandpublicationofthenewStatutes.
Figure1belowisthe1stpageexcerptoftheNotary’sofficialdeed,recordingthedecisions
passed at the EGM of March 13th. This page bears the initials of all the Councilors who
nanimo sl otedinfa o rofthene Stat tes u u yv v u w u .
Figure2showsthestampsoftheregistryofficeinNamur,andoftheNotary.
Figure 3 is a copy of the first page of the new Statutes, published in the Belgian Official
Journal (Moniteur Belge). The complete IUVSTA Statutes are available on the website, in
thesection‘AboutIUVSTA–GeneralStructure‐organizationaldocuments’.
The photographs (Figure 4 and 5) shows a EGM participants around the Notary, Mr.
PhilippeBalthazar,duringthevotecountingandthewritingofthedeed.
ExecutiveCouncilMeeting114
RonReid iuvstasecretarygeneral@ronreidmeuk
ECM114sawareturntotheHotelTatrainBratislavaintheSlovakRepublic,byinvitationofthe
SlovakVacuumSociety.IsayreturnbecauseECM80in1998hadbeenheldthereandwasremembered
bysomemembersoftheExecutiveCouncil.Althoughthehotelhasbeenrenovatedsincethatearliervisit,
muchofitspreviouscharmstillremains.Asalways,theweekendwasabusyoneandjugglingthetimefor
thevariousmeetingsofCommitteeswhilstretainingsometimeforsocialisingwasastrickyasever.
Nonethelessasuccessfulseriesofmeetingswasachievedandourthanksgotothehostsociety,its
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res ent o ert e ammeran t eprncpemeetngorgansers, n re nczean aran eseyw o
helpedenormouslyinmakingtheweekendrunsmoothlyandenjoyably.
Asfarasbusinesswasconcerned,theTrienniumismovingtowardsitsend,sothefinalseriesof
threeWorkshopsandtwoTechnicalTrainingCourseswasapproved,exhaustingthebudgetforSchools
andWorkshops(seealistbelow).ProgressisbeingmadebytheEducationCommitteeinfinallymaking
someofourteachingmaterialavailableforpublicationonthewebsite.Thatshouldbetheculminationof
alongstory.PreparationsarebeginningfortheeventsaccompanyingIVC19inParisinSeptembernext
year–itemsfortheagendafortheTriennialGeneralMeeting,ourmainbusinessmeeting,wereagreed;
thearrangementsforthecallsfornominationsforourPrizesandbidsforIVC21in2019werefinalised
andthesehavebeenissued.AmajornewworkinggroupunderthechairmanshipofProfUlfKarlssonhas
beensetuptoconsiderFutureDirectionsofScienceandTechnologyandhowthesemightinfluencethe
workofourUnion.
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Dr.JavaidAhsanBhatti,Secretary,VASSCAA‐6
VASSCAA-6, event report
The6thVacuumandSurfaceSciencesConferenceofAsiaandAustralia(VASSCAA‐6),washeldatPak‐
ChinaFriendshipCentre,from9‐13October2013inthebeautifulcityIslamabad,thecapitalofPakistan.The
fivedayeventwasformallyinauguratedon9th ofOctober2012bytheFederalMinisterforScienceand
Technology, Govt. of Pakistan, Mir Changaiz Khan Jamali, in an impressive ceremony. The President of
IUVSTA,Prof.Dr.J.J.Pireaux,CoChairedtheceremony IntheirspeechestheProf.Dr.J.J.Pireaux,President
IUVSTA,prof.Dr.PeterVarga,HeadIUVSTA‐SSDiv.,Prof.Dr.TatsuoOkanoPresidentISC,VASSCAAandProf.
D M i A d li P id El f IUVSTA i d h ff f P ki V S i i r. arano n er , res ent ect. o apprecate t e e orts o a stan acuum ocety n
organizing VASSCAA‐6. They remarked that PVS is one of the most active society of IUVSTA and the
arrangementsoftheconferenceareexcellentandasperinternationalstandard.
TopscientistsandprominentdignitariesfromChina,Japan,Australia,SouthKorea,Taiwan,UK,Austria,Italy,
Belgium,Portugal,Poland,Slovenia,Algeria,Nepal,Hungary,SaudiArabiaandNewZealandtookpartinthe
conference.Thelocalparticipationwasoverathousandthat include:researchers,engineers,Professors,
plantoperators,systemdesigners,vendors,companyheads,industrialists,businessmenandstudentsfrom
variousscientificandresearchorganizations technicalinstitutions universities industriesandcompanies, , , .
Theconferencefocusedontheemergingareasofresearchlike:Surfacescienceandengineering,electronic
materialsandprocessing,nanometerstructures,thinfilm,vacuumscienceandtechnology,plasmascience
andtechnique,biointerfacesandrenewableenergytechnologies.Abouteightyoralpresentationswere
deliveredbyforeignandlocalspeakersintheseareas.
Apostersessionwasalsoorganizedinwhichoverseventyresearchersandstudentsdisplayedtheir
work.Thethreebestposters,evaluatedbyaninternationalcommittee,wereawarded prizes.Inparallelto
themainconferencesessions,fourtechnicalshortcourseswerealsoheld.Theleadingexpertsfromrelevant
areasdeliveredpresentationsintheseshortcourses.
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K. L. Poulter (GB) became Senior Associate Editor
of the Bulletin in 1976, and Editor in 1978. In early
1981, with the demise of the Secretariat in London,
Poulter took sole responsibility for editing, printing and
distributing the Bulletin. Though conditions proved to
be trying at times, Poulter nonetheless prevailed.
Starting with the 89th issue in February 1985, the News
Bulletin was published in a new format with financial
support from the American Vacuum Society. The new
editor, J. L. Provo (USA), was also editor of the AVS
Newsletter. Provo continued as the News Bulletin Editor
until 1996 when he handed it over to L. Westerberg (S).
This change coincided with the change to electronic
publishing of the Bulletin. In 2001, a decision was
made that the Secretary of the Publications Committee
would assume the responsibility of Bulletin Editor.
By the end of the 1992-95 triennium, the News Bulletin
was by far the largest expense item in the IUVSTA
budget, excluding the collected scientific activities.
Of the SFr 35,000 per triennium budget item for
publications, the quarterly mailing of the Bulletin was
the largest component. However at that time electronic
publishing and communication were developing rapidly
and a decision was made to take advantage of this
new technology. Accordingly, Issue N°. 140 of the
News Bulletin (Nov/Dec 1996) was the last published
in the standard print format. The numbering sequence
was maintained so that issue N°. 141 of the IUVSTA
News Bulletin (Jan. to Jun. 1997) became the first
issue in electronic format. These Bulletins now appear
on the IUVSTA webpage and are produced twice
(sometimes three times) per year, with a short period of
discontinuation between 2008 and 2010. The content
and format has changed slightly and the facility of linking
to other website documents is used. Old issues of the
Bulletin are archived for future reference. The links to
the Calendar, ECM and Workshop pages are however
still directed to the current web pages, where archived
information, as well as current information, is still present,
in most cases. Issue N°. 149 was the first issue available
as a downloadable “.pdf” file. It has some links archived.
The News Bulletin is only one of many publications
produced by the IUVSTA and these are all currently
managed by the Publications Committee of the
Executive Council. Some of these other publications
are discussed in connection with our website in
Section 12.
SUMMARY