The “Brightness Award” was established in 2003 as a prize designed to recognize and encourage innovative and significant recent achievements in the fields of ion source physics and technology. First suggested and sponsored by Bergoz Instrumentation, Saint Genis Pouilly, France, the Award has been presented concurrently with ICIS conferences every two years since. Bergoz Instrumentation continued its sponsorship until 2013. We are extremely grateful to Julien Bergoz for his strong support of our community for these many years. Sponsorship for the 2015 round has been generously provided by the Kejin Taiji New Technology Co., Ltd. of Lanzhou, China. Incidentally, the “Brightness Award” name was proposed by Reinard Becker, from the Institut für Angewandte Physik, Goethe-Universität, Germany.
Nominations are solicited in the spring of the ICIS-conference year and are evaluated by the entire International Advisory Committee. The awardee is announced prior to the conference, is presented with a cash prize and...