Conferences and exhibitions

At the start of this year's Symposium on Vacuum based Science and Technology Dr.-Ing Ralf Bandorf, Group Manager of Highly Ionized Plasmas and PECVD at the Fraunhofer IST and a long-time member of the Society of Vacuum Coaters SVC, will be giving a tutorial course on sputtering. It will cover topics such as the fundamentals of sputtering, HIPP processes like HIPIMS and reactive as well as non-reactive sputtering. Furthermore he will complement the scientific program with a lecture on ”Gas-Flow Sputtering – a flow regime dominated sputtering process for films up to several ten microns”.

The symposium enables scientists to exchange research results and expertise in the field of vacuum and plasma-based science. The four-day event will take place in Kołobrzeg, Poland, and will offer participants a wide range of on-site activities.

The programme includes lectures by internationally renowned scientists on the following topics:

• Materials and technologies for hydrogen generation, storage and fuel cells
• New trends and concepts in plasma-based surface treatment and deposition processes
• Plasma physics and techniques
• Protective thin film coatings
• Additively manufactured components – plasma-based surface treatment
• Thin films and surface treatment for biomedical applications
• Thin-film solar cells and sensors