28.5.2026

Workshop „Vakuummesstechnik: Wo stehen wir, wo wollen wir hin?“

Der Workshop findet im Hörsaal des Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gebäudes auf dem Gelände der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) im Zentrum von Berlin, Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, statt.

Programme overview

Vacuum Metrology in 2026: Where do we stand, where do we want to go?

• The perspective from the past

Karl Jousten (PTB): 60 years of vacuum metrology at PTB
Jay Hendricks (NIST): The development of vacuum research and service at NIST
Paolo Chiggiato (CERN): Past and future vacuum for the the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments

• The perspective from research

Yuanchao Yang (NIM China): The prospects of photonic measurement for pressure, temperature and gas density
Julia Scherschligt (NIST): At the low end of the pressure scale: Atom traps as primary standards
Tom Rubin (PTB): Completing the vacuum scale with photonic measurements: Ideas und needs

• The perspective from metrology and science

Domenico Mari (INRIM): Classical and optical vacuum metrology: Considerations for the future
Matthias Bernien (PTB): To where the digitalisation can lead us in vacuum metrology and service?
Karsten Danzmann (MPI-G): Shaking the vacuum: Gravitational waves

• The perspective from industry and users

Martin Wüest (INFICON AG): How vacuum gauges have to look like in the future?
van de Kerkhof (ASML): The past and future role of vacuum for the semiconductor industry