10th VDE ITG International Vacuum Electronics Workshop (IVEW) 2026 and 16th International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference (IVeSC) 2026

Topics of the Conference
New developments and applications of vacuum electronic devices as well as materials, technologies
and manufacturing techniques such as:

• Electron Emission Phenomena and Modelling
• Vacuum Electronic and Discharge Devices and their Applications
• Technologies and Production Processes in Vacuum Electronics

Submitted papers should include but are not limited to the following areas of
interest

Electron Emission Phenomena and Modelling

• Thermionic and Field Emission
• Secondary Electron Emission
• Photo and Ferroelectric Emission
• Emission from Carbon
• Wide Bandgap Materials
• NEA/LEA Materials
• Hollow Cathodes for Ion Thrusters
• Gas Discharge Electrodes (lamps & lighting triple oxides, thoriated tungsten alternatives, electric propulsion)

Vacuum Electronic and Discharge Devices and their Applications

• Microwave Tubes (TWTs, Klystrons, Fast-Wave Devices …)
• Grid Controlled Tubes
• Vacuum Microelectronic and Nanoelectronic Devices
• Picture Tubes and Image Intensifiers
• X-Ray Tubes
• Pseudospark Devices
• Vacuum Arc Ion Sources
• High Current Diodes
• Pulsed Power Switching
• Gas Lasers and Gas Discharge Tubes
• Electric Space Propulsion
• Vacuum Interrupters and Spark Gaps

Technologies and Production Processes in Vacuum Electronics

• Laser-, Electron-Beam-, Ion-Beam- and Plasma Processing Systems
• Surface Analytics, Treatment, Evacuation and Getters
• Interconnection and Assembly Techniques
• Vacuum-Microelectronics and Vacuum-Nanoelectronics Technologies
• Cathode (production) Technologies, Materials and Characterization

Schedule

• Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: May 27, 2026  new deadline!
• Notification of Acceptance: June 10, 2026
• Deadline for Registration and Payment: July 17, 2026
• Submission of Presentations in .pdf format
• for the Electronic Proceedings: August 26, 2026

Registration

• Category 1* (3 days full board** and lodging at the Physikzentrum and 3-day-conference ticket, incl. conference evening event on the Rhine***) - €590.00
• Category 2 (3-day-conference ticket without lodging and breakfast, incl. conference evening event on the river Rhine) - €440.00
• Accompanying person (Participation of 3 days full board** and lodging in a double room at the Physikzentrum incl. conference evening event on the river Rhine) - €390.00

Additional Information

*PLEASE NOTE that accommodation capacity at the Physikzentrum is limited! The order of registration is important. As an alternative, please select Category 2 and book a hotel room in Bad Honnef, e.g. in nearby hotels („Seminaris“ or „Hotel the YARD“) or apartments.

**Physikzentrum full board: incl. 2 coffee-breaks, breakfast, lunch and dinner snack.

*** Conference evening event: 4-hour Rhine cruise with conference dinner (3-course menu) on board the ship „Filia Rheni“. For the exact departure time, see the conference program.