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On behalf of the International Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to announce that the 9<sup>TH</sup> INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THIN FILMS AND NEW IDEAS FOR PUSHING THE LIMITS OF RF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY will take place at Jefferson Lab, Newport News VA, October
20-23, 2020<br>
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The 9<sup>th</sup> workshop in this series will continue the goal of providing a forum for new initiatives in innovative thin films and related technology to advance future generations of superconducting RF accelerators. Present superconducting RF accelerator
technology remains predominantely based on bulk niobium. Thin film technology offers the prospect of considerable savings in fabrication and operation costs and opens the way with innovative technologies to engineer alternative superconducting materials with
enhanced intrinsic properties. Intensive and coordinated R&D effort is of decisive importance for the scientific community.<br>
The primary aim of the workshop is to support this initiative by providing a dedicated forum to bring together individuals and institutions working in this effort and infusing expertise of specialists from related disciplines (superconductivity, plasma physics,
material science, nanotechnology, RF engineering and industry). Reports on work<br>
from each participating group and extensive discussions on existing problems, new ideas and programs for the future will constitute the primary focus of the program.</span></p>
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A.- M. Valente-Feliciano (Jefferson Lab, USA), Workshop Chair<br>
C. Pira (INFN LNL, Italy)<br>
C. Antoine (CEA Saclay, France)<br>
A. Gurevich (Old Dominion University, USA)<br>
T. Kubo ( KEK, Japan)<br>
R. Vaglio (University of Napoli and CNR-SPIN, ITALY)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
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