18th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces (ICFSI-18)
History
18th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces (ICFSI-18) 

History ICFSI-18

The ICFSI series was initiated in 1985 in Marseille, France by an initiative of Prof. G. Le Lay who was the chairman of ICFSI-1. The ICFSI conferences following in series took place in:

  • Marseille, France in 1985; chaired by Prof. G. Le Lay
  • Takarazuka, Japan in 1988; chaired by Prof. A. Hiraki
  • Rome, Italy in 1991; chaired by Dr. P. Perfetti
  • Jülich, Germany in 1993; co-chaired by Profs. H. Lüth and W. Mönch
  • Princeton, NJ, USA in 1995; co-chaired by Prof. A. Kahn and Dr. R. Ludeke
  • Cardiff, Wales, UK, in 1997; chaired by Prof. R. Williams
  • Göteborg, Sweden in 1999; chaired by Prof. P. O. Nilsson
  • Sapporo, Japan in 2001; chaired by Prof. H. Hasegawa
  • Madrid, Spain in 2003; chaired by Prof. F. Flores
  • Aix en Provence, France in 2005; co-chaired by Profs. P. Soukiassian and G. Le Lay
  • Manaus, Brazil in 2007; co-chaired by Profs. E. F. da Silva Jr. and A. Ferreira da Silva
  • Weimar, Germany in 2009; co-chaired by Profs. D.R.T. Zahn (University of Technology Chemnitz) and F. Bechstedt (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
  • Prague, Czech Republic in 2011; co-chaired by Profs. P. Jelinek and V. Chab
  • Gyeongju, South Korea in 2013; co-chaired by Profs. H. W. Yeom and C. Y. Park
  • Hiroshima, Japan in 2015; chaired by Prof. A. Kimura
  • Hannover, Germany in 2017; chaired by Prof. H. Pfnür (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
  • Shanghai, China in 2019; chaired by Prof. Qi-Kun Xue (Tsinghua University, China)
Karl-Marx-Monument in Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt)
The ICFSI-18 will take place again in Germany. The conference hosted in Chemnitz and will be chaired by Profs. T. Seyller, Ch. Tegenkamp, and D.R.T. Zahn (Chemnitz University of Technology). Chemnitz in the foothills of the Ore Mountains can look back on over 200 years of industrial history and is today a technology centre with a focus on the automotive and supplier industry, information technology and mechanical and plant engineering.
In 2025, the Saxon industrial city of Chemnitz will be the European Capital of Culture. The 38 partner municipalities from Central Saxony, the Ore Mountains and the Zwickau region form the Capital of Culture region. A rich shared cultural and industrial heritage connects Chemnitz and the surrounding region.