Welcome to RIVA 2022

The RIVA 2022 – XII Iberian Vacuum and Applications Conference, is a biennial joint meeting of the Spanish Vacuum Society (ASEVA) and the Portuguese Vacuum Society (SOPORVAC), and follows the series started in Braga, Portugal, in 1988, alternatively changing the location between Portugal and Spain.

The Portuguese Vacuum Society (SOPORVAC) will organize in Braga the next edition, RIVA XII, during May 16-17 2022 at the Vila Galé Collection Hotel.

The event is of high relevance in scientific fields related to surface science and engineering, biointerfaces, plasma science, materials processing technologies involving vacuum equipment, such as thin films, nanostructures, amongst other fundamentals and applications in vacuum science technology.