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Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: International Plasma Technology Joint Conference 2025 (IPTJC2025)
Location: Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Contact: Kenji Ishikawa, Jyh-Wei Lee

The International Plasma Technology Joint Conference 2025 is a prestigious event that gathers researchers and engineers worldwide. It will be held from June 25 to 28, 2025, at Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan. This conference combines three famous international conferences: the Global Plasma Forum from Japan, the International Workshop on Plasma Cryo Etching Processes from Europe, and the International Forum in Plasma and Thin Film Technologies for Sustainable Development Goals from Taiwan. The conference covers various plasma, plasma etching, coating, thin film, surface engineering, and surface modification subjects, making it an important event for researchers and engineers worldwide.

Monday, June 30, 2025, 8AM - 3PM EST

Event: IUVSTA Workshop: Oxides for Energy Applications: Bridging Experiment and Theory to Understand Functionality
Location: ZCAM- UNIZAR, Campus Actur C/ Mariano Esquillor s/n Edificio I+D 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Contact: Maria Veronica and Ruben Perez

The shift to sustainable energy depends on improving renewable energy efficiency, scalability, and cost. Advanced energy materials, especially oxides, are key due to their catalytic, electronic, and structural properties, as well as their abundance and affordability. Oxides support applications in catalysis, photovoltaics, batteries, and fuel cells. Research focuses on tailoring surfaces, tuning bandgaps, enhancing stability, and improving charge transport. The proposed workshop will unite experimentalists and theorists to address knowledge gaps, with topics like AI-guided material design, photoelectrochemistry, solid-state batteries, and defect dynamics—promoting collaboration to advance oxides for sustainable energy solutions.

Tuesday, July 08, 2025, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: 38th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC 2025)
Location: Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Contact: Agust Valfells

The International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference addresses topics related to vacuum nanoelectronics: Fundamental science, applications, and device fabrication. It consists of oral presentations with plenary talks and tutorials integrated into the agenda. There is also a single poster session. It is organized so that there are no parallel sessions.

Thursday, July 17, 2025, 1PM - 2PM EST

Event: AVS Professional Development Webinar: Useless Meetings End Here: Lead and Participate Like a Pro
Location: Virtual/Online
Contact: Angela Klink
Web: https://avs.swoogo.com/avsplc0725

Meetings take up a large part of our work calendars, and all of us have questioned the utility of many of those meetings. If you are leading the meeting, what can you do to maximize its efficiency and inclusivity? If you are a participant, what can you do in the moment to stop the meeting from derailing, in a way that feels fair to all? This webinar covers strategies to maximize the utility of meetings, so that we are not leading or participating in meetings that could have just been an email.

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Monday, August 04, 2025, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: Gallium Oxide Workshop (GOX 2025)
Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact: Mike Scarpulla, Sriram Krishnamoorthy

The 8th US Gallium Oxide Workshop (GOX 2025) is the premier forum to highlight domestic research in the rapidly emerging field of gallium oxide and related materials with high critical field strength. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a platform for reporting recent advances in materials and device development and identify scientific gaps remaining. The intent is to create actionable coordination across government, industry and academia to enable rapid transitional technologies in this field.

Thursday, August 07, 2025, 8AM - 5PM EST

Event: 2025 AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium
Location: Lake Forest College, 555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest, IL.
Contact: Veronika Walkosz, Jessica McChesney

The 2025 AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium will be held at Lake Forest College on Thursday, August 7, 2025. We will have outstanding presentations covering a broad range of topics of general interest to the AVS community, as well as a poster session with cash prizes and a scientific equipment exhibit.

For Meeting information, program and registration, visit https://www.lakeforest.edu/avs.

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Monday, August 11, 2025, 8AM - 5PM EST

Event: Physical Electronics Conference (PEC 2025)
Location: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Contact: Anibal Boscoboinik, Kristen Burson

The 84th Physical Electronics Conference, including the prestigious Nottingham Prize Competition for the best presentation based on doctoral research, will be held at the Brookhaven National Lab. This topical conference provides a yearly forum for the dissemination and discussion of novel and fundamental theoretical and experimental research in the physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering of surfaces and interfaces. The conference will begin on the evening of August 11 and conclude on the morning of August 14, 2025.

Abstract Deadline: May 28, 2025

Saturday, August 23, 2025, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: 39th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE 2025)
Location: Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Contact: Ganes Balakrishnan, Sadhvikas Addamane

The North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE) is a prominent international forum for reporting scientific and technological developments in Molecular Beam Epitaxy research. The conference showcases important results from fundamental materials and device research, technological applications, and production. NAMBE features award presentations for MBE Innovator, Young Investigator, and Best Student Paper. Vendors will exhibit the latest equipment available for material growth and characterization. Exhibits will surround the coffee breaks and poster presentations, providing opportunities for discussions between attendees and vendors. Short topical workshops are also being considered the day before the main conference.

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 8AM - 6PM EST

Event: AVS Pacific Northwest Chapter 36th Annual Symposium
Location: Alder Hall at The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Contact: Arthur Barnard, Ajay Karakoti

36th Annual Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNWAVS) of AVS, The Science and Technology Society will be held in Alder Hall at The University of Washington, Seattle Washington on August 28 and 29, 2025.

PNWAVS hosts a symposium each year to discuss the latest developments in surface, interface, and vacuum research in the Pacific Northwest region. The 2025 symposium will be held at Alder Hall on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. UW is one of the oldest universities established on the west-coast and is now a high-ranking, major research university in the Pacific Northwest. The location, Seattle, is a vibrant urban center and global hub of technology and research innovation. The theme of this meeting will highlight fundamental and applied collaborative research to understand the interactions occurring at surfaces and interfaces. The goal of this symposium is to promote interactions among all participants from industry, national laboratories, and universities.

The 2025 Annual Symposium will hold several events including a dedicated 1.5 day technical program with invited speakers, contributed oral presentations, and poster sessions and graduate and undergraduate student poster competitions.

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Sunday, September 21, 2025, 7AM - 12PM EST

Event: AVS 71st International Symposium & Exhibition
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Contact: Yvonne Towse

The AVS International Symposium and Exhibition has been developed to address cutting-edge issues associated with vacuum science and technology in both the research and manufacturing communities. The Symposium is a week long forum for science and technology exchange featuring papers from technical divisions and technology groups, and topical conferences on emerging technologies. The equipment exhibition is one of the largest in the world and provides an excellent opportunity to view the latest products and services offered by over 200 participating companies. More than 3,000 scientists and engineers gather from around the world to attend. Short courses are offered in conjunction with the International Symposium providing specialized training in specific areas of vacuum science and related technologies. A Career Workshop and Job Center are also offered to all attendees. The Workshop covers such topics as résumé preparation, job search skills, networking, interviewing skills, and more. The Job Center provides the opportunity for job seekers to submit their résumés and meet with potential employers.

Sunday, September 21, 2025, 8AM - 4PM EST

Event: AVS Board of Directors’ Meeting
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Contact: Yvonne Towse

In conjunction with the AVS 71st International Symposium & Exhibition.

Monday, September 22, 2025, 10AM - 5PM EST

Event: AVS National Short Course Program
Location: Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC
Contact: Heather Korff

AVS National will be offering the 4-day Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology courses.

These courses will be held in conjunction with the AVS 71st International Symposium and Exhibition.

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Saturday, October 25, 2025, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: TACT2025 International Thin Films Conference
Location: GIS TAIPEI TECH Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Contact: Sea-fue Wang

Since being established on September 3rd, 1999, the Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology (TACT) has been growing into the most active society in the field of thin-film and coating technology in Taiwan. TACT 2025 is an important biennial event for knowledge exchange and offers an interactive platform of networking and collaboration for the community from academia and industry. It will cover a wide spectrum of research topics related to thin-film, coating and plasma technologies for sustainable energy, semiconductors, optoelectronics, flexible devices, and protective, tribological, organic, biological and functional coatings.

Wednesday, November 05, 2025, 9AM - 6PM EST

Event: AVS Rocky Mountain Chapter Short Course Program
Location: Denver-Westminster Double Tree Hotel, Westminster, CO
Contact: Neil Peacock; e-mail: neil_peacock@avs.org

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of AVS will be putting on a short course program November 5-7, 2025 at the Denver-Westminster Double Tree Hotel on US36 in Westminster, Colorado.

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Thursday, November 06, 2025, 9AM - 6PM EST

Event: AVS Rocky Mountain Chapter Symposium
Location: Denver-Westminster Double Tree Hotel, Westminster, CO
Contact: Neil Peacock; e-mail: neil_peacock@avs.org

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of AVS will be holding its Symposium on November 6, 2025 at the Denver-Westminster Double Tree Hotel on US36 in Westminster, Colorado. In addition to the Symposium, the RMC will be putting on a short course program the November 5-7, 2025 at the same location.

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Sunday, December 07, 2025, 12PM - 4PM EST

Event: AVS Board of Directors’ Meeting (via Zoom)
Location: Online/Virtual
Contact: Yvonne Towse

Virtual Meeting

Sunday, January 11, 2026, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: 15th International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces (IWOX XV)
Location: Stoweflake Mountain Resort and Spa, Stowe, VT
Contact: Eric Altman, Yingge Du

International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces (IWOX) is the leading international forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge basic research in the physics and chemistry of oxide surfaces. The scientific topics will include: surfaces interacting with gases and liquids, two-dimensional materials and thin films, supported oxide and metal clusters, adsorption and surface functionalization, and energy conversion and storage applications. The program will include invited, and contributed talks, several poster sessions, and two afternoons with free format discussions in the comfort of the hotel or on the ski lifts at this beautiful location. Participation of students and postdocs is strongly encouraged.

Abstract Deadline: October 17, 2025

Sunday, January 25, 2026, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: 51st International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-51 2026)
Location: La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contact: Alex Demkov, Stefan Zollner

The annual PCSI conference is devoted to achieving a fundamental understanding of the physical, chemical, biological, structural, optical, magnetic, and electrical properties of surfaces and interfaces. These studies include novel growth processes and interfacial phenomena, new characterization tools, transport, and functionality of the structures for future devices. Generous amounts of discussion time will be included in the program in order to emphasize the workshop character and to stimulate the exchange of new ideas.

Monday, March 16, 2026, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: Frontiers in Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics (FCMN 2026)
Location: Monterey Marriott, Monterey, California
Contact: James Liddle, Alain Diebold

The FCMN will bring together scientists and engineers interested in all aspects of the characterization technology needed for nanoelectronic materials and device research, development, integration, and manufacturing. All approaches are welcome: chemical, physical, electrical, magnetic, optical, in situ, and real-time control and monitoring. The semiconductor industry is evolving rapidly: the conference will highlight major issues and provide critical reviews of important materials and structure characterization and nearline/inline metrology methods, including hardware, data analysis, and AI and machine learning, as the industry both extends the technology deep into the nanoscale and increases the diversity of devices and systems.

Sunday, March 29, 2026, 8AM - 8PM EST

Event: Area Selective Deposition Workshop (ASD 2026)
Location: Albany, NY, USA
Contact: Christophe Vallée, Kandabara Tapily

The ASD conference is a workshop dedicated to Area Selective Deposition – mainly by ALD and CVD.
It occurs between March and April every year. It is a 2 Days Meeting (monday. tuesday) with 2 additional days: tutorials on Sunday and an all-day invited talks on Wednesday (not only on ASD), with an attendance of 100-150 people each year.

Sunday, April 19, 2026, 8AM - 8PM EST

Event: ICMCTF'26- International Conference On Metallurgical Coatings & Thin Films
Location: Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA
Contact: ICMCTF Information

The ICMCTF is internationally recognized as a vibrant technical conference that integrates fundamental and applied research focused on thin film deposition, characterization, and advanced surface modification techniques. ICMCTF is the premier international meeting in the field promoting global exchange of information among scientists, technologists, and manufacturers. The conference draws more than 800 attendees each year with multiple oral technical sessions and a well attended poster session which is a major component of the technical program.

Sunday, June 28, 2026, 8AM - 7PM EST

Event: ALD/ALE 2026: AVS 26th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2026) featuring the 13th International Atomic Layer Etching Workshop (ALE 2026)
Location: Tampa, Florida
Contact: Della Miller

The AVS 26th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2026) featuring the 13th International Atomic Layer Etching Workshop (ALE 2026) will be a three-day meeting dedicated to the science and technology of atomic layer controlled deposition of thin films and now topics related to atomic layer etching. Since 2001, the ALD conference has been held alternately in the United States, Europe and Asia, allowing fruitful exchange of ideas, know-how and practices between scientists. This year, the ALD conference will again incorporate the Atomic Layer Etching 2026 Workshop (ALE 2026), so that attendees can interact freely. The conference will take place Sunday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Tampa, Florida.

As in past conferences, the meeting will be preceded by one day of tutorials and a welcome reception. Sessions will take place (Monday-Wednesday) along with an industry tradeshow. All presentations will be audio-recorded and provided to attendees following the conference (posters will be included as PDFs). Anticipated attendance is 800+.

Sunday, July 12, 2026, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: 24th International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (ICMBE 2026)
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Contact: Zetian Mi, Pallab Bhattacharya

The 24th International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (ICMBE 2026) provides a prominent international forum for reporting new developments in the areas of fundamental and applied molecular beam epitaxy research, including advances in the technique, synthesis of new materials, discovery of new physical properties, formation of novel heterostructures and nanostructures, and the development of innovative devices.

Sunday, August 02, 2026, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: International Workshop on Gallium Oxide and Related Materials (IWGO 2026)
Location: Washington, DC
Contact: Marko Tadjer

Since 2015, IWGO has been the premier international event for dissemination of research results related to the growth, processing, characterization, and theory of Gallium Oxide and related materials.

Sunday, September 20, 2026, 8AM - 8PM EST

Event: Liquid Metal Processing and Casting Conference
Location: Hotel Albuquerque, Albquerque, New Mexico
Contact: Jonathan Paras

The Liquid Metal Processing and Casting Conference (LMPC) was started by Sandia to disseminate knowledge from the scientific research conducted by our vacuum melt laboratory. The conference is peculiar in that 70% of the attendees are from industry rather than academic sources. The focus is on vacuum induction melting, vacuum arc remelting, and electroslag refining. We are looking to return it to the U.S.to revive vacuum metallurgy interest here among industrial and academic partners.

Sunday, November 08, 2026, 7AM - 12PM EST

Event: AVS 72nd International Symposium & Exhibition
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Contact: Yvonne Towse

Monday, January 25, 2027, 7AM - 7PM EST

Event: 52nd International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-52 2027)
Location: TBD
Contact: Alex Demkov

Sunday, April 25, 2027, 8AM - 8PM EST

Event: ICMCTF'27- International Conference On Metallurgical Coatings & Thin Films
Location: Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, CA
Contact: ICMCTF Information

Sunday, October 24, 2027, 7AM - 12PM EST

Event: AVS 73rd International Symposium & Exhibition
Location: Portland, Oregon
Contact: Yvonne Towse

Sunday, September 17, 2028, 8AM - 5PM EST

Event: International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS 2028)
Location: Montreal, Canada OR Monterey, California
Contact: Mellissa Passarelli, Michael Eller

Largest gathering of International SIMS experts in the field. Conference rotates between Asia, North America and Europe every 2 years. SIMS 2022 in Minneapolis was sponsored by AVS. We'd like to continue the strong association of SIMS with AVS. Event is typically Sunday to Friday, with Tutorials on Sunday, talks Mon-Fri, with a banquet event as well. Exhibit for vendors is an important component as well. Presentation of our bid must be made at the SIMS 2024 conference in early Sept 2024.