Israel Society for Plasma Science and Technology Applications

The 20th Israeli Conference on Plasma Science and Applications (IPSTA-2018) will be held on Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Tel Aviv University.

The Israel Society for Plasma Science and Technology Applications (IPSTA) is a division within the Israel Vacuum Society (IVS), serving as a home for those in the community of researchers who work in various areas related to the science and technology of plasma.

The idea of forming IPSTA was initiated in 1998 by Ray Boxman, who realized that there was quite a large number of groups in academia and in research institutes who were working in this area and who would like to share knowledge and expertise and seek an adequate platform.

As part of its activities, IPSTA arranges annual conferences, sponsored by IVS. So far, IPSTA has organized the following scientific meetings:

1. 1998 Tel Aviv University. Organizer:  Ray Boxman
2. 1999 Tel Aviv University. Organizer: Yitzhak Maron and Ray Boxman
3. 2000 Ben Gurion University. Organizer: Michael Mond
4. 2001 Technion. Organizer: Yakov Krasik
5. 2002 Weizmann Institute of Science. Organizer: Yitzhak Maron
6. 2003 Holon Academic Institute of Technology. Organizer: Amnon Fruchtman
7. 2004 Tel Aviv University, organizer: Ray Boxman
8. 2005 Ariel Academic Center of Samaria. Organizer: Yosi Pinchasi
9. 2006 Tel Aviv University. Organizer: Ray Boxman
10. 2008 Ben Gurion University. Organizer: Michael Mond
11. 2009 Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Organizer: Arie Zigler
12. 2010 Technion. Organizer: Yakov Krasik
13. 2011 Ariel Academic Center of Samaria
14. 2012 Weizmann Institute of Science
15. 2013 Holon Academic Institute of Technology
16. 2014 Tel Aviv University
17. 2015 Ariel University
18. 2016 Ben Gurion University
19. 2017 Hebrew University of Jerusalem
20. 2018 Tel Aviv University

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