Keynote Speakers

Robert Carpick, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Talk Title: Exploring Nanoscale Wear Methods Using in situ Approaches.

Christian Greiner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Talk Title: How diffusion and its pathways are controlling tribologically-induced oxidation

Andre McDonald, University of Alberta, Canada
Talk Title: Wear Mechanisms and Damage of Cold-sprayed Metal Matrix Composite Coatings

Kathryn Wahl, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Talk Title: Tribocorrosion processes in sliding contacts to stainless steel

Dinner Speaker

Peter J. Blau, WoM Historian, Blau Tribology Consulting, USA
Talk Title: A Brief History of WoM and its Future in the Information Age