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SPIG was initiated 46 years ago as an international conference in the fields of:

* Atomic Collision Processes - Electron and Photon Interactions with Atomic Particles, Heavy Particle Collisions, Swarms and Transport Phenomena;
* Particle and Laser Beam Interactions with Solids - Atomic Collisions in Solids, Sputtering and Deposition, Laser and Plasma Interaction with Surfaces;
* Low Temperature Plasmas - Plasma Spectroscopy and other Diagnostics Methods, Gas Discharges, Plasma Applications and Devices;
* General Plasmas - Fusion Plasmas, Astrophysical Plasmas and Collective Phenomena.

These four disciplines have strong interactions in numerous applications, however, due to the development of specialized international conferences, it has become increasingly rare that such a wide range of topics is covered at a single conference. As the four fields often overlap and merge in numerous fundamental studies and more importantly applications, SPIG serves as a venue for exchanging ideas in the four related fields. Besides the typical proceedings of contributed papers with abstracts of invited lectures and progress reports, the complete invited lectures and progress reports are published in book form under the title "Physics of Ionized Gases". The published papers are selected after peer review of the submitted manuscripts. These books have become not only a significant source of scientific information but also important textbooks for postgraduate students worldwide.