SVC TECHCON 2017 - April 29 - May 4, 2017 FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - OVERVIEW - as of 3-14-17 (subject to updates) Date Saturday, April 29, 2017 7:30 AM 9:30 AM Registration Open for Tutorial Courses 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-103 Introduction to Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processes (Shah) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-205 Introduction to Optical Coating Design (Sargent) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: V-207 Practical Aspects of Vacuum Technology: Operation and Maintenance of Production Vacuum Systems (Langley) 7:00 AM 8:00 AM SVC Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting Omni 7:00 AM 5:00 PM SVC Foundation Strategic Planning Meeting Omni 7:30 AM 9:30 AM Registration Open for Tutorial Courses 8:15 AM 9:45 AM SVC Education Committee Breakfast Meeting Omni Sunday, April 30, 2017 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-208 Sputter Deposition in Manufacturing (Glocker) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-217 Practical Production of Optical Thin Films (Willey) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-322 Characterization of Thin Films (Christensen) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: V-204 Vacuum Systems, Materials, and Operation (O Hanlon) 10:00 AM 3:30 PM SVC Spring Board Meeting Omni 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Conference Registration Open 7:00 AM 6:00 PM Conference Registration Open 7:00 AM 6:00 PM SVC Networking Lounge 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Coatings and Surface Engineering for Medical Applications 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Fabrication and Performance for Optical Coatings 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Process Control and Process Monitoring 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Gas/Moisture Permeation Barrier Layers 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Coffee Service for Attendees 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Concessions Open 8:00 AM 10:30 AM SVC Foundation Board Meeting Omni 8:30 AM 9:10 AM Don M. Mattox Tutorial Presentation 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-203 Sputter Deposition 2-Day Tutorial Course Monday and Tuesday (Greene) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-323 High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (Ehiasarian/Anders) Page 1
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Companions Orientation Meeting Omni 9:10 AM 9:20 AM Break (no refreshments) Monday, May 01, 2017 9:20 AM 10:00 AM Keynote Presentation: Tribocorrosion of Orthopedic Implants 10:00 AM 10:20 AM Refreshment Break 10:20 AM 12:20 PM Breakout Session (Symposium): Coatings for Healthcare, Biometric Monitoring, and Bio-Interfaces 10:20 AM 12:20 PM Breakout Session: Optical Coatings I 10:20 AM 12:20 PM Breakout Session: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High- Applications I 12:20 PM 1:30 PM Lunch (attendees on own) 12:30 PM 1:30 PM Young Members Group Social / Luncheon Omni 1:00 PM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-341 Processing on Flexible Glass Challenges and Opportunities PM (Junghähnel) 1:40 PM 3:40 PM Breakout Session: Optical Coatings II 1:40 PM 3:40 PM Breakout Session: Coatings and Processes for Biomedical & Environmental Applications I 1:40 PM 3:40 PM Breakout Session: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings I 3:40 PM 4:00 PM Refreshment Break 4:00 PM 5:40 PM Breakout Session: Optical Coatings III 4:00 PM 5:40 PM Breakout Session: Coatings and Processes for Biomedical & Environmental Applications II 4:00 PM 5:40 PM Breakout Session: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings II 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Awards Ceremony Omni 7:00 PM 8:30 PM Welcome Reception Omni 7:00 AM 6:00 PM Conference Registration Open 7:00 AM 6:00 PM SVC Networking Lounge 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Energy Conversion and Storage 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Magnetron Sputtering 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Modern Coating Sources 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Optical Coating Design 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Tribological Coatings 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Coffee Service for Attendees 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Concessions Open 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes Page 2
8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: Plasma Processing I 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings III Tuesday, May 02, 2017 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High- Applications II 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-203 Sputter Deposition 2-Day Tutorial Course Monday and Tuesday (Greene) 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: C-210 Introduction to Plasma Processing Technology AM (Baránková & Bárdos) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-337 ITO and Alternative TCO: From Fundamentals to Controlling Properties (Bright) 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: C-338 Applications of Reactive Sputtering (Bandorf/Gerdes) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: V-208 Basic Analysis of Mass Spectrometer Spectra (Langley) 10:00 AM 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open 11:10 AM 11:50 AM Keynote Presentation: Plasma Medicine 11:50 AM 1:00 PM Industry-Government Symposium Forum / Lunch 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Meet the Experts Corner 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Oral Poster Presentations 2:00 PM 3:30 PM Poster Session / Ice Cream Social 3:30 PM 5:00 PM HEURÉKA! Session 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Reception with Exhibitors 6:30 PM 9:30 PM Networking Event at the Biltmore Hotel Biltmore 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Conference Registration Open 7:00 AM 6:00 PM SVC Networking Lounge 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Optical Coatings Omni 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Plasma Processing Omni 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Coatings and Processes for Biomedical & Omni Environmental Applications 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Omni Processes 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Emerging Technologies Omni 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: HIPIMS Omni 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Large Area Coatings Omni 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings Omni 7:00 AM 8:15 AM TAC Breakfast Meeting: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High- Omni Applications 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Coffee Service for Attendees Page 3
8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: Large Area Coatings I 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: Plasma Processing II 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Breakout Session: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings IV Wednesday, May 03, 2017 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-311 Thin Film Growth and Microstructure Evolution (Greene) 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-329 Properties and Applications of Tribological Coatings (Matthews & Doll) 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: C-333 Practice and Applications of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) AM 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: M-102 Introduction to Ellipsometry AM (Hilfiker) 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Exhibitor Meeting 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open 11:10 AM 11:50 AM Keynote Presentation 11:30 AM 1:30 PM SVC Hosted Lunch with Exhibitors 12:30 PM 1:00 PM SVC Business Meeting 1:00 PM 3:40 PM Session: Fundamental Aspects of Coatings (joint session with ICMCTF) 1:00 PM 4:30 PM Tutorial: C-306 Non-Conventional Plasma Sources and Methods in Processing Technology PM (Baránková & Bárdos) 1:00 PM 3:40 PM Vendor Innovators Showcase 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Meet the Experts Corner 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Beer Blast in the Exhibit Hall 5:30 PM 7:30 PM SVC Program Committee Meeting Omni 7:00 PM 9:30 PM SVC Program Committee Dinner Omni 7:00 AM 12:30 PM Conference Registration Open 7:00 AM 6:00 PM SVC Networking Lounge 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Atmospheric Plasma Technologies 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Coatings for Thin Film Photovoltaics 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) Coatings 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Industrial Challenges: Uptime, Yield and Consistency 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Technology Forum Breakfast: Transparent Conductive Materials (TCM) 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Coffee Service for Attendees 8:30 AM 9:10 AM Keynote Presentation 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: C-316 Introduction to Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Processes, Chemistries, and Applications AM (Willis) Page 4
Thursday, May 04, 2017 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: C-320 Diamond Like Carbon Coatings from Basics to Industrial Realization AM (Schuelke & Stein) 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Tutorial: C-326 Manufacture of Precision Evaporative Optical Coatings AM (Oliver) 9:20 AM 10:40 AM Breakout Session: Emerging Technologies I 9:20 AM 10:40 AM Breakout Session: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) I 9:20 AM 10:40 AM Breakout Session: Large Area Coatings II 10:40 AM 11:00 AM Refreshment Break 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Breakout Session: Emerging Technologies II 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Breakout Session: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) II 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Breakout Session: Large Area Coatings III 1:00 PM Conference Concludes 1:30 PM 2:45 PM SVC Wrap-Up Luncheon (Board and Committee Chairs) Omni 3:00 PM 6:00 PM SVC Strategic Planning Prep Meeting Omni Page 5