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
