| Speaker Name | Presentation Title |
| Dr Ali Erdemir, Argonne National Laboratories, USA |
Innovative Surface Engineering Strategies for Mitigating Wear of Materials Under Extreme Conditions |
| Dr Michael Moseler, FhG-IWM Freiburg, Germany |
Atomistic understanding of wear in carbon tribomaterials |
| Dr Phil Shipway, Nottingham University, UK |
Wear of cermets and cermet coatings – the role of microstructure |
| Dr Bikramjit Basu, Indian Institute of Science, India and Dr Mitjan Kalin, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Engineering ceramics and their composites - tailoring material variables for tribological application |