Scientific Program of the Conference will consist of Invited Lectures (45 min), Topical Invited Lectures (30 min), Progress Reports (20min) and Contributed Papers (poster presentations). The Proceedings of Contributed Papers with Abstracts of Invited Lectures and Progress reports will be published and will be available at the Conference, while the Book of Invited Lectures and Progress Reports will be published after the Conference. Contributed Papers will be refereed by the Scientific Committee. The official language of the conference is English.

Timetable of the SPIG and XiBiGP 2018 can be found here.

Detailed program of the SPIG and XiBiGP 2018 can be found here.

Topics

Section 1. ATOMIC COLLISION PROCESSES
1.1. Electron and Photon Interactions with Atomic Particles
1.2. Heavy Particle Collisions
1.3. Swarms and Transport Phenomena

Section 2. PARTICLE AND LASER BEAM INTERACTION WITH SOLIDS
2.1. Atomic Collisions in Solids
2.2. Sputtering and Deposition
2.3. Laser and Plasma Interaction with Surfaces

Section 3. LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS
3.1. Plasma Spectroscopy and Other Diagnostic Methods
3.2. Gas Discharges
3.3. Plasma Applications and Devices

Section 4. GENERAL PLASMAS
4.1. Fusion Plasmas
4.2. Astrophysical Plasmas
4.3. Collective Phenomena

List of Plenary and Topical Lecturers and Progress Reports from several previous SPIG conferences can be found here.