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 and Biotribology 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 2026. 

Conference Topics:

  • Biotribology
  • Tool Wear
  • Wear in Transportation Systems
  • Erosion
  • Tribocorrosion including Erosion-Corrosion
  • Fretting Wear
  • Rolling Wear
  • Sliding Wear
  • Wear of Ceramics, Polymers and their Composites
  • Influence of Lubricants on Wear
  • Role of Third Bodies and Wear induced (Sub-)Surface Alterations
  • Correlations between Friction and Wear: Mechanisms & Metrics
  • Coatings for Wear Protection
  • Surface Engineering and Surface Treatments
  • Wear Testing, Monitoring and Data Evaluation
  • Modeling, simulation and AI applications for Wear Analysis*
  • Emerging Topics

*Experimental validation and physical explanations are required

This 26th International Conference on Wear of Materials is not associated or related to any other conferences with similar conference names.

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Committee

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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