PLENARY SPEAKERS
Jay FINEBERG
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
"Friction, fracture and earthquakes"
Jean-François JOANNY
Collège de France, France
"Protein friction"
Valérie MASSON-DELMOTTE
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France
Co-President of Workgroup I of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
"What is the state of knowledge on global climate change: observations, process-based understanding, projections?"
Nicholas D. SPENCER
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
"Cartilage-inspired lubrication with polymer brushes and gels"
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Zhou FENG
Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, China
"Tribology of interfacial soft matters"
Michael MOSELER
University of Freiburg, Germany
"Controlling friction in carbon and ceramic systems by covalent mechano-chemistry"
Hong LIANG
Texas A&M University, United States
"Strengthening materials for ultimate resistance to wear"
Luis SAN ANDRES
Texas A&M University, United States
"Lubricated bearing/seal elements and their impact on rotordynamics"
PLATINUM SPONSOR SPEAKERS
Sophie BIRÉ
TOTAL Marketing & Services, France
"The importance of tribology to TOTAL's Group ambition"
Victoria VAN CAMP
SKF, Sweden
"The role of artificial intelligence in rolling bearings"