Pre-Conference Workshop on Monday, October 19, will cover recent advances in theory and measurement of plasma transport coefficients with applications to plasma modeling

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Special Sessions deal with:

• Interaction of gaseous discharges with nanostructures --  co-organized with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY at Albany.  List of invited speakers: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC09/SessionIndex2/?SessionEventID=113257
  

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• Plasma Ion Implantation
  

Irving Langmuir lived and worked in Schenectady, NY, about 30 miles from Saratoga Springs.  In fact his home, a national historic landmark, still stands (it is a private residence, not a museum). 

Langmuir's work and life will be highlighted by the following events:

• Exhibition -- featuring some of his personal items and prepared by the Schenectady Museum
• Showing of a documentary 'Langmuir's world' (1 hour), directed, produced and edited by his grandson Roger R. Summerhayes
• Banquet talk by George Wise, GE historian
  

The GEC will offer two lunch-time tutorials:

• Intellectual property law and rights, in both US and worldwide, will be hosted by Tokyo Electron Limited
• Tech-X corporation, a long-time exhibitor at the GEC, will offer a hands on demonstration of their flagship product - 3D PIC simulator VORPAL.

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