IGDSS Albi

The International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium 2010 has been held August 22nd (Sun) - 27th (Fri), 2010, at the Centre Universitaire Jean-François Champollion in Albi, France. This meeting was also the final technical GLADNET meeting. The conference gave the GLADNET ESR's and ER's a splendid opportunity to present their work performed during their appointment period to a panel of glow discharge users and experts in the field. The conference featured presentations by experts as

• Arne Bengtson, Swerea KIMAB, Korrosions-och Metallforskningsinstitutet AB, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Annemie Bogaerts, University of Antwerp, Chemistry Department, Belgium.
• Jean-Pierre Boeuf, Laplace, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie, Toulouse, France.
• Patrick Chapon, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Longjumeau, France.
• Volker Hoffmann, IFW, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, Germany.
• Gary Hieftje, Indiana University, Chemistry Department, USA.
• Michael Köster, TAZ GmbH, Germany
  
• Kim A. Marshall, LECO Corporation, USA.
• Ken. R. Marcus, Clemson Univeristy, USA
• Zdeněk Weiss, LECO Instrumente, Plzeň, Czech Republic.
• All ESR's and ER's of GLADNET
  

During the conference the Gladnet prize, student award, for the best presentation was awarded to:

Deborah Alberts
Varvara Efimova
Aranka Derzsi

Congratulation for their excellent work !