Plenary Speakers (confirmed):
J.L. de Segovia, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (former IUVSTA President), Spain
“History of Vacuum” (see abstract)
Guglielmo Fortunato, Flexidis and IMM- CNR, Italy
“Low temperature polysilicon TFTs on polyimide substrates for flexible electronics" (see abstract)
Ron Naaman , The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
“Cooperative Molecular Field Effect- A Source for New Electronic Properties at Interfaces” (see abstract)
Geoff Thornton, London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, UK
"Nanoscale science on metal oxide surfaces" (see abstract)
Marcel Rost, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands (see abstract)
"In-situ, Real-time Observation of Thin Film Deposition: Roughening, Zeno, Grain Boundary Crossing Barrier, and Steering"
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
“Elastodynamics of Inorganic and Polymeric Sculptured Thin Films” (see abstract)
Invited Speakers (7th IVM)
Pierre Jamotton, Facility Department, Low Temperatures Laboratory, Centre Spatial de Liege, Université de Liège, Belgium
"Planck Cryogenic Testing in CSL Premises, Helium Partial Pressure Management" (see abstract)
Wolfgang Jitschin, University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany
"Precise flow measurement of arbitrary gas species over a wide range" (see abstract)
Lluis Miralles, CELLS Engineering Division, Barcelona, Spain
"ALBA Spanish Synchrotron Light Source- Vacuum System Status” (see abstract)
João Pedro Conde , Instituto Superior Técnico, and INESC Microssistemas e Nanotecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal
“Thin-film silicon MEMS” (see abstract)
Jose A. Martín Gago, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain
“Structure and self-organization of organic and bio molecules on single crystal Surfaces” (see abstract)
Nuno Peres, Department of Physics, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
“The electronic properties of graphene” (see abstract)
Jatin K. Rath, SID-Physics of Devices, RvdG Laboratory, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
"In-situ diagnostics in VHF PECVD process : A crucial aspect for fast fabrication of thin film silicon solar cells" (see abstract)
Olinda Conde, Department of Physics, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Pulsed Laser Deposition of Oxide-based thin films for spintronics" (see abstract)
Invited Speakers (5th ETCHC)
Ramón Escobar Galindo, Centro de Microanálisis de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
“Advanced characterisation of nanometer multilayers: depth profiling comparison of RBS, SIMS, XPS and GDOES” (see abstract)
Luis Rebouta, Department of Physics, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
“Superhard nanostructured coatings: structure and properties relations” (see abstract)
Tomas Polcar, University of Coimbra, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
“Transition metal dichalcogenides alloyed with carbon: a new class of self-lubricating coating” (see abstract)
Johan Böhlmark, CEO Chemfilt Ionsputtering AB Linköping, Sweden
"High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering – an overview of history, properties and current status" (see abstract)
Wolfgang Diehl, Fraunhofer-Institut für Schicht- und Oberflächentechnik, Braunschweig, Germany
"Hard coatings produced by plasma processes – technology and recent applications" (see abstract)
Fabien Bénédic, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux et des Hautes Pressions, CNRS, Université Paris 13, France
"Nanocrystalline diamond films: from growth to applications" (see abstract)
Philippe Steyer, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Industrielle, INSA de Lyon, France
"How to design nanostructured PVD nitrides based coatings for increasing the durability of steel?" (see abstract)
Rui Silva, CICECO, Ceramics & Glass Eng. Dept. University of Aveiro, Portugal
"Semi-Orthogonal Cutting of Hardmetal with CVD Diamond at Different Rake Angle" (see abstract)
Rafael Rodriguez, AIN-Centro de Ingeniería Avanzada de Superficies, 31191 Cordovilla, Pamplona, Spain
"New trends in decorative and funtional coatings" (see abstract)