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The original formation of the OEGV was on
October 23, 1969 with acceptance of the
statutes. On March 19, 1982 new objectives like
Surface Science, Thin Films and Plasma Science
were entered into the statutes. On November 26,
1991 the possibility of a second re-election of
members of the board to ensure continuity was
entered into the statutes.
The main purpose and objectives of the OEGV
are to bring together and to support all those
interested in production, measurement and
application of vacuum, to distribute information,
and to organise courses, meetings and seminars.
The support is especially focused to young society
members who can apply for grants given for travel
to improve international contacts and experience.
As a society, the OEGV is represented by the
President. The board consists of the President,
Vice-President, Aktuar (Secretary), Quaestor
(Treasurer) and several co-opted members
(at least two members from industry), each
serving a two-year term.
The current number of members is presently
about 60. The members are individuals (90%),
organisations, companies and distributors (10%).
The proportion of industrial involvement was very
important during the formation of the OEGV. In
the beginning about 50 percent of the members
were coming from industry. The proportion has
changed continuously. Presently most of the
members are coming from the universities who
dominate now the scientific structure of the
society.
The scientific and technical areas covered by the
OEGV have changed in parallel to the working
fields of the individual members. In the beginning
of the OEGV, vacuum technology in general was
the main field of interaction. Nowadays surface
science, nanometer structures, thin films and
plasma science are the fields of main activity in
the OEGV.
The OEGV has sponsored a considerable
number of activities. Courses for technicians
and engineers have been organised at
university institutes and industrial plants.
Examples are: “Production and measurement
of vacuum” (Vienna, 1970), “Vacuum technique
in electricaltechnical industry” (Vienna, 1971),
“Fundamentals of vacuum technique and
production of thin films” (Vienna, 1973) and
“Fundamentals and application of vacuum
technique” (Kapfenberg, 1980).
In 1977 the OEGV, together with the
Oesterreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf
Ges.m.b.H. and the Technische Universitaet
Wien, was responsible for the organisation of
the 7th International Vacuum Congress (IVC)
and the 3rdInternational Conference on Solid
Surfaces (ICSS) in Vienna at the Congress
Centre Hofburg on September 12-16, 1977.
This congress, attended by more than
1,300 participants, was a main activity in the
first decade of the OEGV.
The 3rdEuropean Vacuum Conference was
organised in September 1991 in Vienna. In 1993
the OEGV was responsible for the 9thInternational
Conference on Thin Films (ICTF-9) in Vienna.
The 1999 European Conference on Surface
Science (ECOSS-18) was held in Vienna
under sponsorship of the OEGV as well as the
11thEuropean Conference on Applications of
Surface and Interface Analysis (ECASIA’05)
September 2005 on TU Vienna. September 2007
The “Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Vakuumtechnik” (OEGV) – the Austrian Vacuum
Society – was founded in 1969 during an informative meeting on the “Atominstitut” of the
University of Vienna by a group of scientists and industrial managers, headed by F. Viehboeck.
AUSTRIAN VACUUM SOCIETY
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Vakuumtechnik (OEGV)
M. Leisch