SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | AVS Staff Dinner (Staff Only) | Independence (H) |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 7:30 a.m. | – | AVS Board of Directors’ Meeting Executive Session (Closed Session-Board Only) | Providence I (H) |
| 8:00 a.m. | – | AVS Board of Directors’ Meeting |
Providence I (H) |
| 12:30 p.m. | – | AVS Board of Directors’ Lunch | Sharon (H) |
| 3:00 p.m. | – | Biomaterials Plenary Session and Reception | 210 W (CC) |
| 3:00 p.m. | – | Nanoscale Science & Technology Division Plenary Session, Awards Competition and Reception |
209 F W (CC) |
| 6:00 p.m. | – | ASTM E-42 Business Meeting | Providence III (H) |
| 7:00 p.m. | – | ASTM E-42 Workshop | Providence III (H) |
| 7:00 p.m. | – | AVS President’s Reception (Invitation Only) | Presidential Suite (H) |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 7:00 a.m. | – | Professional Leadership Committee Meeting and Breakfast | Harris (H) |
| 12:15 p.m. | – | 2022 AVS Program Committee Meeting and Lunch | Providence III (H) |
| 2:40 p.m. | – |
2020 AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award Lecture: Rehan Kapadia, “Efficient Graphene Hot Electron Devices: Electrochemistry and Electron Emission” |
209 F (CC) |
| 4:00 p.m. | – | Publications Committee Meeting | Queens (H) |
| 5:30 p.m. | – |
Plenary Lecture, Alec Wodtke, “Pump-Probe Experiments with Neutral Matter: A New Approachto the Kinetics of Surface Reactions” |
Ballroom AD (CC) |
| 6:30 p.m. | – | Welcome Mixer | Ballroom BC (CC) |
| 7:00 p.m. | – | Applied Surface Science Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Tyron (H) |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | Publications Committee Meeting and Dinner (Invitation Only) | Providence III (H) |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | Thin Film Division Panel Discussion of Student Opportunities and theThin Film Division Harper Award TED-Talk Competition | 207 D W (CC) |
| 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | – | Member Lounge – Free Refreshments* for 2021 Members | 201 (CC) |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 7:00 a.m. | – | AVS Membership Committee Meeting and Breakfast | Morehead (H) |
| 8:40 a.m. | – |
2020 AVS Gaede-Langmuir Award Lecture: David Ruzic, “How Advances in High-Power Magnetron Impulse Sputtering (HiPIMS) Can Control Ion Energy, Ionization, and have High Deposition Rates”. |
208 (CC) |
| 10:00 a.m. | – | Session Coffee Break* | Hall A (CC) |
| 12:00 p.m. | – | Awards Committee Lunch | Queens (H) |
| 12:20 p.m. | – | Exhibit Hall Lunch* | Hall A (CC) |
| 12:30 p.m. | – | Chapters, Divisions, and Groups Meeting and Lunch (Invitation Only) | Providence I (H) |
| 12:30 p.m. | – | Manufacturing Science and Technology Group Committee Meeting and Lunch | Morehead (H) |
| 1:30 p.m. | – | AVS Compensation Committee Meeting (Invitation Only) | Presidential Suite (H) |
| 3:40 p.m. | – | Session Refreshment Break* | Hall A (CC) |
| 5:30 p.m. | – | President’s Dinner (Invitation Only) | Presidential Suite (H) |
| 6:20 p.m. | – | Biomaterial Interfaces Division Business Meeting | 210 W (CC) |
| 6:25 p.m. | – | Electronic Materials and Photonics Division Business Meeting | 207 ABC W (CC) |
| 6:25 p.m. | – | Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division Business Meeting | 208 W (CC) |
| 6:25 p.m. | – | Nanoscale Science and Technology Division Business Meeting | 209 F W (CC) |
| 6:25 p.m. | – | Surface Science Division Business Meeting | 209 B W(CC) |
| 6:25 p.m. | – | Thin Film Division Business Meeting | 207 D W (CC) |
| 6:30 p.m. | – | Poster Session and Refreshments | Ballroom BC (CC) |
| 7:00 p.m. | – | MEMS and NEMS Technical Group Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Kings (H) |
| 7:00 p.m. | – | Nanoscale Science and Technology Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Harris (H) |
| 7:15 p.m. | – | Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Brevard (H) |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | Applied Surface Science Division Business Meeting | Providence III (H) |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | Plasma Science and Technology Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Providence I (H) |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | Surface Science Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Sharon (H) |
| 7:30 p.m. | – | Thin Film Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Providence II (H) |
| 7:45 p.m. | – | Biomaterial Interfaces Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Queens (H) |
| 7:45 p.m. | – | Electronic Materials and Photonics Division Executive Committee Meeting and Dinner | Independence (H) |
| 8:00 p.m. | – | ASTM E-42 and Applied Surface Science Division Joint Workshop: “The Influence of Martin Seah’s Leadership and Guidance in the Development of Quantification in Surface Analysis and International Standards” | Providence III (H) |
| 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | – | Member Lounge – Free Refreshments* for 2021 Members | 201 (CC) |
| 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | – | Equipment Exhibition | Hall A (CC) |
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 7:30 a.m. | – | AVS Diversity & Inclusion Committee Breakfast | Morehead (H) |
| 10:00 a.m. | – | Session Coffee Break* | Hall A (CC) |
| 12:20 p.m. | – | Exhibit Hall Lunch* | Hall A (CC) |
| 12:25 p.m. | – | Plasma Science and Technology Division Business Meeting and 2022 Plasma Prize Award Announcement | 211 W (CC) |
| 12:30 p.m. | – | Governance Committee Meeting and Lunch | Morehead (H) |
| 2:20 p.m. | – | ASSD Charles S. Fadley Memorial Session |
209 C (CC) |
| 3:40 p.m. | – | Session Refreshment Break* | Hall A (CC) |
| 4:30 p.m. | – | E&M Reception (Invitation Only) | Hall A (CC) |
| 5:00 p.m. | – |
2021 AVS Medard W. Welch Award Lecture: Tony Heinz, “Probing and Controlling Excitons in 2D Semiconductors |
206 A (CC) |
| 6:30 p.m. | – | AVS Awards Ceremony and Reception | Ballroom AD (CC) |
| 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | – | Member Lounge – Free Refreshments* for 2021 Members | 201 (CC) |
| 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | – | Equipment Exhibition | Hall A (CC) |
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 7:00 a.m. | – | Surface Science Spectra Editorial Board Breakfast | Harris (H) |
| 10:00 a.m. | – | Session Coffee Break* | Hall A (CC) |
| 11:40 p.m. | – |
2020 AVS Medard W. Welch Award Lecture: Mark Hersam, “Chemically Tailoring Interfaces in Two-Dimensional Heterostructures“ |
206 A (CC) |
| 12:20 p.m. | – | Exhibit Hall Lunch*/Finale | Hall A (CC) |
| 12:20 p.m. | – | Plasma Science and Technology Division Coburn and Winters Award Ceremony | 211 W (CC) |
| 12:20 p.m. | – | Surface Science Division Mort Traum Awards Ceremony | 209 B W (CC) |
| 12:30 p.m. | – | 2022 AVS Program Committee Chairs’ Meeting and Lunch | Harris (H) |
| 12:30 p.m. | – | AVS Business Meeting | 206 A W (CC) |
| 4:30 p.m. | – | Nano-education Workshop | 209 F W (CC) |
| 4:30 p.m. | – | Poster Session and Refreshments | Ballroom BC (CC) |
| 6:30 p.m. | – | 2021/2022 AVS Program Committee Reception and Dinner | Providence II (H) |
| 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | – | Member Lounge – Free Refreshments* for 2021 Members | 201 (CC) |
| 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | – | Equipment Exhibition | Hall A (CC) |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
Key: (H) = Westin, (CC) = Charlotte Convention Center | *Whiles Supplies Last
| Time | Event/Meeting | Location | |
| 9:00 a.m. | – |
2021 AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award Lecture: Novel Bharat Jalan, “MBE Approaches for Atomically Precise Synthesis of “Stubborn” Metal Oxides” |
207 D (CC) |
| 9:40 a.m. | – |
2021 AVS John Thornton Award Lecture: Darrell Schlom,” Oxide MBE Rocks! Reflections on 35+ Years of Oxide MBE |
207 D (CC) |