Conferences

66th German Tribology Conference of the GfT

Friction, Lubrication and Wear

HKK Hotel Wernigerode , Wernigerode, Germany, 29 September – 1 October 2025

Smart Surface Summit 2025

Material and technology-bridging platform for surface engineering

Technologie- und Forschungszentrum, building A, 1st floor, Viktor-Kaplan-Straße 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 22 October 2025

The Summit will address current developments in coating technologies: from sustainable, bio-based, and PFAS-free materials to innovative processes such as plasma oxidation, radiation curing, and nanotechnology, to smart, sensor-integrated surfaces. The future in terms of resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness will be outlined and supplemented by data science, chemistry policy, environmental simulation, and resource utilization.

25th International Colloquium Tribology

Bridging Science and Industry – Driving a Sustainable Future with Tribology

TAE, Ostfildern/Stuttgart, Germany, 27-29 January 2026

WTC 2026 - 8th World Tribology Congress

WTC 2026 will bring together academic and industrial experts in tribology research to discuss state-of-the-art developments and future trends in the field, with a particular focus on the role of tribology for net-zero energy. 

The Windsor Convention & Expo Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-25 September 2026

Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology 2025

50th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology

University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2-4 September 2025

Symposium 2023

Tribologie in Industrie und Forschung – Zukunftsweisende Tribometrie & Analytik

23. November 2023

Symposium 2022

Tribologie in Industrie und Forschung – Zukunftsweisende Tribometrie & Analytik

15. September 2022

Proceedings

Proceedings of the previous annual meeting for participants

Media

Media of the previous symposium for participants