The Plasma Tech 2022 topics / sessions are as follow:

• Atomic and molecular processes in plasmas
• Collision cross sections
• Fundamentals of low temperature plasmas
• Plasma-surface interactions
• Catalytic reactions with plasmas
• Plasma sources design and characterization
• Plasma diagnostics
• Modelling and numerical simulations of plasmas and surfaces
• Atmospheric/high-pressure plasmas
• Plasmas in (contact with) liquids / plasma-liquid interaction
• Plasma processing of materials, including etching and deposition
• Plasma -deposited protective and tribological coatings
• Plasma -deposited coatings for optical, electronical and other functionalities
• Plasma application for nanotechnologies
• Plasma application for biology, medicine, and agriculture
• Plasma application for environmental issues and resource recovery

In addition to the main conference sessions covering the event topics, different focus sessions/symposia. These focus sessions offer the conference participants the opportunity to go more into depth with one specific topic. They are open for all the event attendees. PlasmaTech 2022 offers the follwong focus sessions:

1. Focus session on plasma physics/ diagnostics and modelling

Chairs: Prof. Luca Volpe, Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers, Spain

Keynotes speakers:

• Prof. Jochen Schein, University of Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany
• Prof. Stéphane Béchu, CNRS- Grenoble University, France
• Prof. André Anders, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Germany
• Prof. Olivier Eichwald, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse, France

2. Focus session on plasma-Assisted Materials Processing

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. Holger Kersten, University Kiel, Germany
• Prof. Mark J. Kushner, University of Michigan, USA
• Prof. Rajdeep Singh Rawat, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3. Focus session on plasma processed thin films and coatings

Keynote speakers:

• Dr. Fabio Palumbo, University of Bari, Italy
• Dr. Qi Hua Fan, Michigan State University, USA

4. Focus session on plasma application for biology, medicine and agriculture

Keynote speakers:

• Prof Klaus-Dieter Weltmann, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, Germany
• Prof. Pietro Favia, The University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Prof. Michael Keidar, The George Washington University, USA
• Dr. Cristina Canal, The Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
• Dr. Ita Junkar, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
• Dr. Eloisa Sardella, CNR-NANOTEC- Bari, Italy

5. Focus session on plasma catalysis

Keynote speakers:

• Prof Sylvain Coulombe, McGill University, Canada
• Prof. Vasco Guerra, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal