EM2014 report - XV International Conference on Electron Microscopy

EM2014 report - XV International Conference on Electron Microscopy

XV International Conference on Electron Microscopy, EM2014
15-18 September 2014, Kraków
XV International Conference on Electron Microscopy was held in Kraków from the 15th to the 18th of September 2014
as the accompanying event of the IMC 2014. This cyclic conference is traditionally held in Poland every three years. The
EM2014 was organized jointly by the AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH-UST), particularly the
International Centre of Electron Microscopy for Materials Science and the Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial
Computer Science in cooperation with the Polish Society for Microscopy and the Committee of Materials Science of the
Polish Academy of Sciences. The conference was participated by 251 participants from 20 countries. The opening
ceremony took place in the Main Hall of the AGH-UST. The conference was opened by the Vice Rector for Science of
the AGH-UST, Prof. Zbigniew Kąkol. The opening remarks were given by the President of IFSM, Prof. C. Barry Carter and
the President of PTMi, Prof. Aleksandra Czyrska-Filemonowicz. The plenary lecture „TEM - it's always in situ”, given by
Prof. C. Barry Carter, gave excellent introduction to problems encountered in modern electron microscopy. The wide
range of topical areas was reflected in the conference programme, consisting on invited and keynote lectures, oral
presentations and posters. The invited and keynote talks of internationally leading scientists gave highlights on the
latest developments in Advances in SEM microscopy (Prof. Ludek Frank, Prof. Michal Żelechower), Instrumentation
and computing methods in electron microscopy (Prof. Maximilian Haider), HRTEM and electron holography (Prof. Knut
Urban, Prof. Hannes Lichte, Prof. Joachim Mayer, Prof. Ulrich Dahmen, Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Dr Martin Hÿtch),
Analytical electron microscopy (Prof. Philippe Buffat, Prof. Ferdinand Hofer, Prof. Eva Olsson, Prof. Cecile Hebert),
Electron tomography (Dr Bart Goris, Dr Adam Kruk), Materials Science: applications (Prof. Paul A. Midgley, Prof. Velimir
Radmilović, Prof. Guilermo Solorzano, Prof. Robert Sinclair, Prof. Christine Leroux, Dr Ana M. Sanchez, Prof. Wolfgang
Jäger, Prof. Piotr Dłużewski, Prof. Boris Straumal) and Life Sciences: applications (Dr Grzegorz Tylko, Prof. Andrzej
Marszałek).
The facilities of Galaxy Hotel in Kraków, where the conference was held, allowed the organization of the scientific
sessions close to the commercial exhibition, bringing together 13 companies producing electron microscopes, as well as
equipment and software related with microscopy. During the conference dinner the awarding of several prizes took
place. The PTMi prizes were awarded to three PhD students for their outstanding research presentations. The winners
of the competition are: Krishnan Dileep (Jawaharial Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, India), Joanna
Gryboś (Jagiellonian University, Poland) and Joanna Karbowniczek (AGH-UST, Poland). Three prizes for the best poster
contributions, sponsored by COMEF company, were awarded to young scientists. The best images, selected in photo
competition, were also awarded.
The EM2014 conference was supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish Academy of
Sciences, European Microscopy Society as well as FEI and JEOL companies. Thanks to the very nice atmosphere created
by all the participants during the scientific sessions and social events, the conference provided an opportunity to
exchange knowledge, establish new friendships and initiate cooperation.
Beata Dubiel, Tomasz Moskalewicz and Grzegorz Michta