26th International Conference on Wear of Materials and Biotribology
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada | 4-8 April 2027
The 26th International Conference on Wear of Materials is a prestigious, long-established conference which provides a unique international forum for researchers and practicing engineers from different disciplines to interact and exchange their latest results.
The conference will focus on advances in the understanding of both the fundamental and applied aspects of wear and friction of materials. It is unique for its paper submission process with full peer review in collaboration with the Elsevier journal Wear to ensure the technical quality of presentations.
Previous delegates have said:
“It is a prestigious international conference that provides a unique international forum for researchers and practice engineers from different disciplines to interact and exchange their latest results.”
“This conference has a great reputation in which a large and diversified group of delegates from all over globe take in part.”
“It is the most focused conference in the field of wear.”
Oral and poster abstracts are now invited on the following topics and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system. Deadline: 8 June 6
Conference Topics:
This 26th International Conference on Wear of Materials is not associated or related to any other conferences with similar conference names.
Conference Chair/BOD
- Martin Dienwiebel, KIT and Fraunhofer IWM, Germany
Program Chair/BOD
- Stefanie Hanke, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Editorial Chair/BOD
- Wenjun Cai, Virginia Tech, VA, USA
- Gianandrea Vittorio Messa, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Treasurer/BOD
- Steve Shaffer, Shaffer Tribology Consulting, CA, USA
Secretary/BOD
- Laura Peña-Parás, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
Immediate Past Chair/BOD
- Richard Chromik, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Conference Historian/BOD
- Peter Blau, Blau Tribology Consulting, NC, USA
Conference Historian/BOD
- Peter Blau, Blau Tribology Consulting, NC, USA
Poster Chairs
- Gianandrea Vittorio Messa, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Vincent Fridrici
Awards Chairs
- Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Tutorial Co-Chairs
- Pantcho Stoyanov, Concordia University, Canada
- Max Marian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile/Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
BioTribology Committee
- Co-chair Markus Wimmer
- Co-chair Marc Masen
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