Conference Summary
With almost 260 papers presented, distributed in over 120 oral presentations and 8 poster sessions, and attendance exceeding 250, IVEC 2009 was a great success, on the year that marked its tenth anniversary. It had the largest attendance for a conference outside the US and was the second biggest ever in terms of papers presented. This is very impressive considering the difficult times we are all facing.
IVEC has, once again, proven to be the main technical event in the vacuum electronics field. This is demonstrated by the wide scope of applications (space, science, telecom, radar, etc.) and devices (TWTs, klystrons, IOTs, gyrotrons, etc.) covered, by the international interest (more than 20 countries were represented), and, as always, by the high quality of the technical papers presented. The largest contribution to the papers presented has come from the US and China (more than 70 each), followed by the Russian Federation and then Italy. Attendance from the US was also the most significant, followed by China and Italy.
Some statistics of interest can be seen in the graphs below and it can be noted that there were more papers submitted than attendees from Asian countries, roughly the same attendance/paper ratio from the Americas and, as expected, more European participants than papers submitted.
You can also find some statistics on this year's conference and compare them with previous IVEC conferences.
Prof. Richard Carter, from Lancaster University (UK), was the recipient of the IEEE-EDS IVEC 2009 Award for Excellence in Vacuum Electronics “For a life-long commitment to education in vacuum electronics and visionary leadership in academia and technical research in the field.” This prestigious award recognises the international impact of Professor Carter’s work over a period of thirty years. His lectures delivered worldwide have been an invaluable source of knowledge within the international vacuum electronics and particle accelerator communities.
The Best Student Paper Award went to Bryan Ribaya, from Santa Clara University (USA), for the paper entitled "MEMS Templating Technique for Miniaturization of Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Guns".
On behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the IVEC 2009 Programme Committee, I would like to thank all the participants of the IVEC 2009 conference for having made this event a success and look forward to meeting you at IVEC 2010 in Monterey, CA.
Marinella Aloisio
General and Technical Program Chair
IVEC 2009
With almost 260 papers presented, distributed in over 120 oral presentations and 8 poster sessions, and attendance exceeding 250, IVEC 2009 was a great success, on the year that marked its tenth anniversary. It had the largest attendance for a conference outside the US and was the second biggest ever in terms of papers presented. This is very impressive considering the difficult times we are all facing.
IVEC has, once again, proven to be the main technical event in the vacuum electronics field. This is demonstrated by the wide scope of applications (space, science, telecom, radar, etc.) and devices (TWTs, klystrons, IOTs, gyrotrons, etc.) covered, by the international interest (more than 20 countries were represented), and, as always, by the high quality of the technical papers presented. The largest contribution to the papers presented has come from the US and China (more than 70 each), followed by the Russian Federation and then Italy. Attendance from the US was also the most significant, followed by China and Italy.
Some statistics of interest can be seen in the graphs below and it can be noted that there were more papers submitted than attendees from Asian countries, roughly the same attendance/paper ratio from the Americas and, as expected, more European participants than papers submitted.
You can also find some statistics on this year's conference and compare them with previous IVEC conferences.
Prof. Richard Carter, from Lancaster University (UK), was the recipient of the IEEE-EDS IVEC 2009 Award for Excellence in Vacuum Electronics “For a life-long commitment to education in vacuum electronics and visionary leadership in academia and technical research in the field.” This prestigious award recognises the international impact of Professor Carter’s work over a period of thirty years. His lectures delivered worldwide have been an invaluable source of knowledge within the international vacuum electronics and particle accelerator communities.
The Best Student Paper Award went to Bryan Ribaya, from Santa Clara University (USA), for the paper entitled "MEMS Templating Technique for Miniaturization of Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Guns".
On behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the IVEC 2009 Programme Committee, I would like to thank all the participants of the IVEC 2009 conference for having made this event a success and look forward to meeting you at IVEC 2010 in Monterey, CA.
Marinella Aloisio
General and Technical Program Chair
IVEC 2009
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