REGISTRATION FEE

Calendar of Events

The early registration fee for regular participants will be520 EUR per person. The reduced early fee for students
and retirees will be 250 EUR per person.

First announcement►Registration starts►
Second announcement►
GEC abstract deadline►
Application student support►
Deadline for student travel support ►Notification of acceptance►
Final announcement / program►

AccomModation
Room contingents in different hotels are pre-reservedfor conference participants. Please check the webpage
www.gec2016.de/hotels for further information.

Workshops1) Future Challenges in Plasma Physics
Uwe Czarnetzki et al.
2) Plasma Kinetics
Toshiaki Makabe et al.
3) Pulsed high power plasmas for the synthesis ofnanostructured thin films
Peter Awakowicz et al.

Executive Committee
Chair: M. Vukovic, TEL Technology Center America
Chair Elect: T. Kirchner, York University
Secretary: U. Czarnetzki, Ruhr-University Bochum
Secretary Elect: E. Scime, West Virginia University
Past Secretary: K. Bartschat, Drake University
Treasurer: M. Schulz, Missouri University of Science &Technology
DAMOP: T. Miller, Boston College Inst. for Sci. Res.
A. Bourdon, Ecole Polytechnique
A. Harris, Illinois State University
Kallol Bera, Applied Materials, Inc.
Matthew Hopkins, Sandia National Laboratories
Mounir Laroussi, Old Dominion University
Koichi Sasaki, Hokkaido UniversityJanuary 2016
Feb 15, 2016
April 2016
June 10, 2016
June 10, 2016
June 10, 2016
August 2016
Sept. 2016

Plasma School
The International School on Low Temperature Plasma
Physics: Basics and Applications will be held at
Physikzentrum Bad Honnef October 1-6. Its Master Class"Plasma synthesis of nanoparticles" will be October 7-8.
Further information can be found at plasma-school.org

Organizing Committee
Uwe Czarnetzki (Chair)
Dirk Luggenhölscher (Vice-Chair)
Susanne Hentrich (Organization)
Verena M. Scharf (Organization)

69th Annual Gaseous

Electronics ConferenceFirst Announcement
October 10-14, 2016
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany► www.gec2016.deMarc Böke
Ralf Peter Brinkmann
Thomas Mussenbrock
Volker Schulz-von der Gathen
Achim von Keudell
Jörg Winter

GEC-69 OFFICE
Research Department„Plasmas with Complex Interactions“
Building NABF 05/692
Universitätsstraße 150 | D-44801 Bochum
Fon +49 (0)234 32-26218
Fax +49 (0)234 32-14175
gec2016@rub.de
www.gec2016.desponsored byConference Topics
1 Atomic and molecular processesGeneral Information
The 69th GEC will be hosted by Ruhr-Universität Bochum
at October 10-14, 2016. Located in the midst of thedynamic, hospitable metropolitan area of the Ruhr, inthe heart of Europe, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
with its 20 faculties, RUB’s disciplinary institutional units,
is home to 5,600 employees and over 41,000 students
from 130 countries. All the great scientific disciplines
are united on one compact campus.

TopicsFor 68 years, the GEC has been an invaluable resource
to the plasma and collision community, and continues
to have a leadership presence in traditional areas suchas plasma phenomena, low pressure processes, plasma
chemistry, surface interactions, atomic and molecularinteractions, simulation, and diagnostics. In recent years,
the GEC has also taken a leadership role in emerging areasof plasma science including biological and environmental
applications and atmospheric plasma systems. The GEC69 will consist of a series of oral sessions (composed ofboth invited and contributed papers), poster sessions
and arranged sessions on selected topics (workshopson Monday). Sessions will be organized around coherent
subjects in order to facilitate useful discussions and focus
on appropriate solutions to problems.

▪▪ 1.1 Electron and photon collisions with atoms and 		molecules: excitation▪▪ 1.2 Electron and photon collisions with atoms and 		molecules: ionization▪▪ 1.3 Heavy particle collisions▪▪ 1.4 Dissociation, recombination and attachment▪▪ 1.5 Distribution functions and transport coefficients forelectrons and ions▪▪ 1.6 Other atomic and molecular collision phenomena

2 Plasma science▪▪ 2.1 Non-equilibrium kinetics of low temperature plasmas▪▪ 2.2 Basic plasma physics phenomena in low-temperatureplasmas▪▪ 2.3 Plasma boundaries: sheaths, double layers, others▪▪ 2.4 Gas phase plasma chemistry▪▪ 2.5 Plasma-surface interactions▪▪ 2.6 Plasma diagnostic techniques▪▪ 2.7 Plasma modeling and simulation▪▪ 2.8 Glows: DC, pulsed, microwave, others▪▪ 2.9 Capacitively coupled plasmas▪▪ 2.10 Inductively coupled plasmas▪▪ 2.11 Magnetically-enhanced plasmas: ECR, helicon,
magnetron, others▪▪ 2.12 High pressure discharges: dielectric barrier 		discharges, coronas, breakdown, sparks▪▪ 2.13 Microdischarges: DC, RF, microwave▪▪ 2.14 Thermal plasmas: arcs, jets, switches, others▪▪ 2.15 Plasmas in liquids▪▪ 2.16 Negative ion and dust particle containing plasmas▪▪ 2.17 Other plasma science topics

3 Plasma Applications▪▪ 3 Plasma applications▪▪ 3.1 Plasmas for light production: laser media, glows,arcs, flat panels and novel sources▪▪ 3.2 Plasma etching▪▪ 3.3 Plasma deposition▪▪ 3.4 Plasma ion implantation▪▪ 3.5 Green plasma technologies: environmental and 		energy applications▪▪ 3.6 Plasma processing for photovoltaic applications▪▪ 3.7 Biological and biomedical applications of plasmas▪▪ 3.8 Plasma propulsion and aerodynamics▪▪ 3.9 Plasmas for nanotechnologies, flexible electronics
and other emerging applications

Contributed Papers
Contributed papers will be presented as 15-minuteoral talks or in poster sessions. Authors are requested
to submit a GEC-style abstract to the APS website byJune 10, 2016. A preference for oral/poster may beindicated. The final decision will be communicated to thecorresponding author.

Abstracts and Proceedings
Participants will be given APS Bulletin with the conference
program and abstracts of invited and contributed talks
and posters.