The key themes of the conference will be:

• Theme 1: The VIP Challenge - Materials and Manufacturing
• Theme 2: VIP Innovations - Product Development
• Theme 3: VIPs in Practice - Industry Needs and Case Studies
• Theme 4: VIP Performance - Optimisation, Testing, and Modelling
• Theme 5: VIPs in Service - Monitoring and Evaluation
• Theme 6: VIP product demonstrations
• Theme 7: Associated Vacuum Technologies

All abstracts were reviewed by the IVIS International Scientific Committee.

Abstracts received for the 9th Annual International Vacuum Insulation Symposium:

• The economic case for VIPs
  Ray Ogden and Chris Kendrick
• A Parametric Feasibility Study on Active Vacuum Insulation Panels for Buildings
  Alex Muir, Mauro Overend
• A parametric study of a metal sandwich VIP
  Kjartan Gudmundsson
• A Vacuum thermal insulation structurally stiffened by pressurized air
  M. Yeganeh
• Accelerated lifetime testing of vacuum insulation panels
  D. M. Smith, S. Wallace, D. Martinez, and Q. Shrimpton
• Beyond Vacuum Insulation Panels - How May It Be Achieved ?
  Bjørn Petter Jelle, Arild Gustavsen and Ruben Baetens
• Comparison of Laboratory Investigations and Numerical Simulations of Vacuum Insulation Panels in Various Wall Structure Arrangements
  Steinar Grynning, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Sivert Uvsløkk, Ruben Baetens, Vivian Meløysund, Thomas Haavi and Arild Gustavsen
• Development Status of Vacuum Insulation Panel Technology in China
  Yong-Gang Wen, Xian-Rong Wang, Jian-Bin Yang, Guang-Qi Chen
• Dynamic Simulation of Moisture and Heat Transport in Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIP)
  Andreas Beck, Oswald Frank, Markus Binder
• EPS Encapsulated VIPs - A Thermal Performance Study
  Martin Tenpierik, Hans Cauberg, Wim van der Spoel
• How laminates with Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol film (EVOH) improve the performance of VIPs
  Cynthia Teniers
• Fibre-powder composite as core material for vacuum insulation panel
  Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, M. Kumar Kumaran, Nicole Normandin, David van Reenen
• How to identify a high quality VIP - methods and techniques to guarantee high quality in production and application
  Gregor Erbenich
• Insulation as an object in Building Information Models
  Neill Pawsey
• Its not just the VIP its the Whole Systems Offering
  Tim Hall
• Microscopic Investigation of Laminates for Vacuum Insulation panels
  Samuel Brunner, Michael Stiefel
• New Gen3 Long Life High Performance Vacuum Insulation Panel for Construction Applications
  Stan Rusek
• On the Analysis of (Vacuum Insulation Panel) VIP's Life-span
  Zhang An, Li Zhi Qin, Hu YongNian
• Quality assurance and declaration of Vacuum Insulation for building application
  Samuel Brunner, Markus Erb, Hans Simmler
• Revisiting Service Life Prediction of Vacuum insulation panels
  Samuel Brunner, Mark Zimmermann, Hans Simmler
• Structural Vacuum Insulation Panels
  Dwight S. Musgrave
• Tests of VIPs in Simulation, Laboratory and Practice
  Georg Wilhelm Mainka, Heiko Winkler
• The Development of High Thermal Efficiency Panels for Glazed Facades
  Peter Smith, Phil Deighton
• The development of prefabricated masonry walls using traditional materials and incorporating vacuum insulated panels
  Paul Rogatzki
• The use of High performance vacuum insulated panels as the core of concrete sandwich panels
  Scott Green
• Thermal Conductivity Measurement and Service Life Evaluation Of VIP Based On Fiberglass Core Material
  Yong-Gang Wen, Xian-Rong Wang, Jian-Bin Yang, Guang-Qi Chen
• Vacuum insulation panels applied in freezing rooms
  Samuel Brunner, Roger Vonbank, Hans Simmler
• VIPs with overlapping edges, and other improvements in the ways a VIP can be manufactured
  Roland Caps
• VIP-Insulation of a Mixed-Use Building with 7 Storeys in Munich
  Martin Pool
• VIP-PROVE - Vacuum Insulation for Buildings in the practical Application
  Ulrich Heinemann, Ronny Kastner
• What the Residential Building Sector needs from a VIP
  Clifford Fudge
• Vacuumatics - architectural structures and form
  Frank Huijben
• Regulatory and other barriers to overcome
  Rupert Scott
• Making the most of Permitted Development Rights with Vacuum Insulation
  Stephen Ibbitson