Invited Speakers


Prof. Andreas Almqvist, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Editor-in-Chief for the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
Presentation title: Topological optimisation of slider bearing geometry
Prof. Ali Erdemir, Texas A&M University, USA
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and President of the International Tribology Council
Presentation title: Frontiers of superlubricity research: Recent developments and future prospects
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carsten Gachot, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Head of the Tribology Research Group at the Institute for Engineering Design and Logistics Engineering
Presentation title: On the in-situ formation of transition metal disulphides in a lubricated tungsten nitride coating contact
Prof. Jean Michel Martin, University of Lyon, France
Emeritus Professor in LTDS at Ecole Centrale de Lyon and Tribology Gold Medal Laureate
Presentation title: The supreme lubrication power of glycerol for green superlubricity