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General information

The Congress will combine the scientific program with an industrial exhibition which will be held next to the lecture rooms together and mixed with poster sessions and coffee breaks in order to generate fruitful exchanges throughout the conference.

ICTF 2026 provides excellent sponsorship opportunities to help manufacturers and all companies of the THIN FILMS community to show-case their instruments and know-how. Companies and organizations are invited to present their products, services and the lastest developments in the fields of surface treatment, materials, thin films deposition, plasmas and coatings, surface analysis, imaging and microscopy, vacuum systems...

The exhibition will be opened on Tuesday 9 June in the morning until Thursday 11 June 2026.

The Exhibition & Sponsorship Brochure will be available in October 2025.

EXHIBITION AREA

• 20 exhibition spaces with one table and 3 chairs (no modular scheme) 
• Atlantique area, level 0 of the Espace Bellevue (Biarritz Congress Centre)

DAYS & HOURS

Set up: Tuesday 9 June 2026, from 08:00 to 12:00
Commercial exhibition: From Tuesday 9 June at 12:00 to Thursday 11 June at 16:30 
Dismantling: Thursday 11 June, from 16:30 (after the coffee break) to 20:00

WHY EXHIBIT?

The exhibition offers companies an efficient place to:

• present new products
• interact with key decision makers
• strengthen existing relationships
• target new customers
• offer services

ALLOCATION OF THE EXHIBITOR SPACE

Space will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis

BOOTH & SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES

Prices and packs descriptions will be detailed soon.

Services include in your package

• Wi-Fi connexion
• Company description (5 lines & logo) in the final program distributed to all delegates
• Link to your company homepage from the exhibition page of the conference website
• 1 Free registration to the conference
• Invitation to the welcome reception on Monday evening
• 1 lunch for each day (from Tuesday to Thursday)
• 1 invitation (for one person) to the Conference dinner on Wednesday
• Complete attendee mailing list (Excel file) after the congress

*Additional furniture can be provided at an extra cost.

Rules and regulation

The 30% non-refundable deposit to SFV will validate your reservation.
As soon as your reservation is validated, your company will be added on the list of exhibitors posted on the website.

You will be contacted later to select your booth location on a first-come-first served basis.

 Consult the complete Rules and regulations with the exhibition form