18th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-18)

18th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-18)

August 23-27, 2010

International Convention Center, Beijing, China

Official website:

3rd Announcement

Sponsored by: International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique

and Applications (IUVSTA)

Organized by: Chinese Vacuum Society (CVS)

Joint international conferences:

International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICN+T 2010)

14th International Conference on Surfaces Science (ICSS-14)

Vacuum and Surface Sciences Conference of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA-5)

General Chair: Jianguo Hou, President of Univ. of Sci. and Technol. of China

Co-Chairs: Lars Montelius, Lund University, Sweden

Qikun Xue, Tsinghua University. China

Tatsuo Okano, Tokyo University, Japan

Main topics of IVC-18/ICN+T2010/ICSS-14/VASSCAA-5

􀁺 Surface Science

􀁺 Nanometer Science

􀁺 Applied Surface Science

􀁺 Thin Films

􀁺 Electronic Materials

􀁺 Advanced Surface Engineering

􀁺 Plasma Science and Technology

􀁺 Vacuum Science and Technology

􀁺 Bio-Interfaces

Important Updates:

􀁺 Many leading scientists will come to give Invited Lectures (see website)!

􀁺 Selected papers will be published in Special Issues of Thin Solid Films,

Applied Surface Science, or Vacuum after peer review.

􀁺 Short courses will be held during the congress.

􀁺 Online Registration and Accommodation are available.

􀁺 Deadline for Abstract Submission has been postponed to April 15, 2010

We would appreciate very much if you can forward this announcement to

your colleagues, and invite him/her to participate in this exciting event.

Looking forward to welcoming you in Beijing!