PSE 2024

Review & Announcement

PSE2024 took place from September 2 – 5, 2024 at Trade Fair Erfurt in Germany. At PSE2024 we welcomed nearly 600 participants and 63 exhibitiors. We thank all speakers and poster presenters for their contributions. Thank you for an inspiring week with a lot of very fruitful discussion and informative and motivating talks.

After the Conference is before the Conference! – SAVE THE DATE

PSE2026 – 20th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering
August 31 – September 3, 2026 | Erfurt, Germany

PSE2024 Impressions

PSE 2026 Preview

Conference Topics

Plasma and ion sources
Process Technologies
Properties and applications
Characterization and simulation

MAIN TOPIC
“Surface engineering for clean energy solutions”

TREND TOPIC
„TBA“

Preview

Partner Country 2026
IBERIA – Spain & Portugal

PSE Awards

Poster Sessions

Matchmaking Event

Team of PSE 2026

Conference Chairwoman

Prof. Sandra Carvalho (Portugal)

Conference Co-Chairman

Dr. Ulf Seyfert (Germany)
Prof. Masafumi Ito (Japan)

Partner Country Chairman

Dr. Ramón Escobar-Galindo (Spain)

EJC/PISE Chairman

Michael Thomas (Germany)

Contact

News

European Joint Committee for Plasma and Ion Surface Engineering EJC/PISE confirmed PSE2026 Concept

April 30, 2025

PSE Conferences are organized by the EJC/PISE. The first preparations were already made in 2025 to pave the way for the next international conference. The new PSE2026 team created a new concept for a pioneering and engaging conference that involves the community with their ideas and needs and sets new standards.

We are delighted and are looking forward to the new announcements in September 2025 to provide initial insights into the upcoming event.

EJC/PISE

Acknowledgement, Downloads & Survey

September 6, 2024

The conference ended yesterday with a special highlight, the presentation of the PSE Leading Scientist Award. We congratulate all Award Winners of this year and thank them for the engagement and their work in the field of Plasma Surface Engineering.

Nearly 600 participants visited PSE2024 and 63 exhibitiors joined the accompanying exhibition. More than 200 oral talks and over 130 posters were presented. We thank all speakers and poster presenters for sharing their results. Thank you also to all sponsors and exhibitiors for the enrichtment of the conference by competent discussions and the presentation of usefull products and services. Thank you also to our committees, helping students and the Conference Chairman for organizing the program and special events during the conference. It was an interesting and inspiring week!

Now all Downloads are online. Please login with your personal login data to the online program or the conference app. You can find all downloads directly at the contribution presented via Download Buttons. The presentations will be available until November 30, 2024.

If you can not find your login or the password forgotten button can not help you, please send us your prefered username and password to pse-conferences@efds.org and we change your login to the fitting data.

Last but not least we would like to know your opinion about PSE2024. Please, send us your feedback in the following MAIN CONFERENCE SURVEY. We are interested in your view on the organization and the offered program and networking possibilities to develop the conference ongoing for you.

Link to MAIN CONFERENCE SURVEY