Conference Overview

The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) is internationally recognized as the premier international conference focused on thin-film deposition, characterization, and advanced surface engineering. It brings together scientists, engineers, and technologists from academia, government laboratories, and industry, thereby merging cutting-edge research with real-world applications. The conference consistently draws more than 700 attendees each year within 42 oral technical sessions and a well-attended poster session.

ICMCTF 2016 will be organized in eight concurrent technical symposia A through H and six topical symposia, addressing experimental, theoretical, and manufacturing issues associated with the development of new coating materials and processes, and evolving approaches to scale-up for commercial applications.

In addition to the technical program, the conference features a two-day industrial exhibition, open to the public on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26-27, showcasing the latest in equipment, materials and services used for the deposition, monitoring, and characterization of coatings and thin films. Short courses and Focused Topic Sessions (FTS) will be offered throughout the conference week.

Each year, the R.F. Bunshah Award Laureate and three outstanding Graduate Student Award winners are celebrated during a special convocation at the ICMCTF.

The Town and Country Resort Ho and Convention Center, located in sunny San Diego of Southern California, will be the official conference venue, providing a relaxed atmosphere for discussion and networking among the attendees.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in ICMCTF 2016. We very much look forward to seeing you there.

Suneel Kodambaka and Christian Mitterer

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Technical Symposia

Contributed papers are solicited for 42 sessions, within eight concurrent symposia A through H and six special topical symposia, which span an extensive collection of subjects. Abstracts will be evaluated for their potential interest to the conference attendees and on the quality of their technical content. More than 60 invited speakers with international recognition in their respective fields will strengthen the program.

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Plenary Speaker

The conference opens with a Plenary Session on Monday at 8:00 a.m. presented by:

• Zhong Lin Wang, Hightower Chair in Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA., USA
  
  "Nanogenerators as New Energy Technology and Piezotronics for Smart Systems"
  
  

Exhibits
An extensive equipment exhibition of the premier international companies is offered in conjunction with the Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26-27, 2016. The exhibition promotes technical interchange of information on the science, technology, and application of coatings, thin films, and surface modification methods. Companies interested in exhibiting should contact Jeannette DeGennaro at jeannette@avs.org for more information.

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Exhibitor Keynote Speaker
The Exhibition is introduced Tuesday morning at 11:00 a.m. by the Keynote Speaker:

• Wolfgang Diehl, Vice-Director of Fraunhofer IST, Braunschweig, Germany and SVC president (2014-2016)
  
  "Functional Coatings Produced by Plasma Processes- Technology and Recent Applications"

R.F. Bunshah Award & ICMCTF Lecture
The ASED division of AVS honors an individual scientist or engineer for outstanding research and technological innovation in the field of surface engineering, coatings, thin films and related areas of interest to ASED.

The award consists of a $1500 cash prize, an engraved statuette stating the nature of the award and an honorary lectureship at the ICMCTF conference. The laureate shall also receive up to six nights lodging at the Town & Country Ho, travel support reimbursement up to $1500 and a complimentary meeting registration.

The Awards Convocation is held on Wednesday, late afternoon, with a reception following the Convocation and Honorary Lecture in the evening.

Detailed information and nomination procedures are available on the ASED website: http://divisions.avs.org/ased/

Poster Session
The conference includes a well-attended poster session on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Authors show a detailed summary of their work. During the two hour session, authors will be standing with their posted materials to lead discussions and answer questions.

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Conference Proceedings
Authors are encouraged to submit scientific papers for the Conference Proceedings which will be published as special issues of the two Elsevier journals Surface and Coatings Technology (SCT) and Thin Solid Films (TSF). Manuscripts, prepared according to the journals’ Guidelines for Authors, should be submitted electronically and will be subject to a strict scientific journal standards peer review. Accepted manuscripts will be published and posted on the journals website for complimentary worldwide access and retrieval in late December or early January.

Continuing this year, ICMCTF has ensured a one year open-access of the Conference Proceedings in TSF and SCT on line. This will increase the articles’ world-wide visibility as well as the chances for citations. Anyone will be able to read and download the papers from the Journals’ web-sites (SCT and TSF). All attendees will be notified via when the proceedings appear on-line.


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