Motto and focus topics
The AOFKA covers all areas of surface and solid state analysis and focuses on the application of the latest instrumental methods in basic research as well as in applied research and technology. The conference will provide information on the manifold research activities in this field through invited lectures and oral and poster presentations by the participating scientists.
This year, the organizers of AOFAK2025 in Kaiserslautern are holding the conference under the motto
“Applied Surface and Solid State Analysis for Future Technologies"
This is intended to emphasize the important position of the cross-sectional discipline of “analytics” for future scientific challenges in research and development. In particular, AOFKA2025 will focus on the following topics
- Electro mobility & battery technology
- hydrogen technology
- Research for sustainable technologies
The traditional AOFKA key topics such as
Advanced Materials / Surface Science & Imaging / Thin Films & Batteries / Biomaterials /
Nanostructures & Quantum Materials / Depth Profiling Analysis / Microanalysis & Imaging / Ion Methods (FIB, SIMS, SNMS) /
Photon Methods (LA-ICP-MS, LIBS, XRF, XAFS) / Electron Methods (XPS, EPR, SEM/TEMs)
will of course not disappear, but will be fully and appropriately integrated into the various key topics.
Key note lectures and invited speakers
The 3 main topics will be spread over the 3 days of the event, each with two keynote speeches, one accentuated from the perspective of industry and the other from the perspective of science and research.
A special highlight of the conference is certainly the plenary lecture at the beginning of the program, on the occasion of this year's 50th anniversary of the two conference series AOFA and FKA, from which the current AOFKA evolved.
This anniversary speech will be presented by the Professors Kopnarski (Kaiserslautern) and Friedbacher (Vienna), who themselves organized the two meetings as conference chairs for many years in the past, in the form of a relaxed discussion with certainly some personal anecdotes
Talks and posters
After the morning keynote sessions, the following thematic lecture blocks will each start with an invited speaker. This speaker will come from a scientific background and have the relevant technical and scientific expertise to meet the requirements of the scientific character of the AOFKA.
Based on the planning to date, eight invited speakers will enrich the conference program, two each from the fields of “Electromobility & Batteries” and “Hydrogen Technologies” and four from the more general part of “Research for Sustainable Technologies”.
The numerous contributions to AOFKA2025 that are expected to be submitted will be allocated to the individual lecture sessions according to topic. Of course, there will also be a poster session for you as a participant.
Join AOFAK2025 with a oral presentation or a poster contribution
The registration for your contribution to AOFKA 2025 is open.
Please register it and upload your abstract by simply clicking the button below.
Deadline for registration of your contribution – April 30, 2025
Guidelines for the abstract
Your abtract should be written in English
The maximum size of the abstract including possible images, quotations and headings in the intended font ARIAL 12 Pt is one page.
Please use the appropriate document template (A download is possible below).
The abstract can also contain images or references within the available space.
Note:
An official registration for attending the AOFAK2025 conference must be made separately via the online registration.
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DVG AOFKA Best Poster Award
Among all participants of the poster session, the 3 best poster presentations will be honored with the Dimand, Platin and Gold prizes.
These prizes are also associated with a prize money of 300,- € / 200,- € / 100,- € each.
This prize including the prize money is offered by the German Vacuum Society DVG e.V.
