| （1） | Science of Tribology |
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Organizer: Mark Robbins
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Friction fundamental | |
| b) Lubrication fundamental | |
| c) Wear fundamental | |
| d) Tribochemistry | |
| e) Tribophysics | |
| f) Nano-tribology | |
| g) Superlubricity | |
| h) Contact mechanics | |
| （2） | Wear & Surface Engineering |
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Organizer: Ali Erdemir
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Wear | |
| b) Coatings | |
| c) Texturing | |
| d) Heat treatment | |
| e) Surface modification | |
| f) Surface exploration | |
| g) Tribo-corrosion | |
| h) Tribo-materials | |
| （3） | Lubrication and Lubricants |
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Organizer:Hugh A. Spikes
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Chemistry of lubricants | |
| b) Rheology of lubricants | |
| c) Solid lubricants | |
| d) Liquid lubricants | |
| e) Additives | |
| （4） | Biotribology & Biomimetics |
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Organizer: John Fisher
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Lubricants and lubrication in biotribology | |
| b) Artificial joints | |
| c) Tribology of mouth | |
| d) Hair & Skin | |
| e) Tactile | |
| f) Biomimetic | |
| （5） | Tribology in Manufacturing |
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Organizer: Dohda Kuniaki
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Machining | |
| b) Metal forming | |
| c) CMP and surface processing | |
| d) Remanufacturing | |
| e) Advanced processing | |
| （6） | Engine and Transmission Tribology |
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Organizer: Victor Wong
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Engine | |
| b) Fluid-film bearings | |
| c) Rolling bearings | |
| d) Gas bearings | |
| e) Sealing | |
| f) Gears | |
| g) Tribology materials | |
| （7） | Industrial Tribo-systems |
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Organizer: Georg Jacobs
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Automotive tribology | |
| b) Railway | |
| c) Space and aerospace | |
| d) Energy equipment | |
| e) Heavy machinery | |
| f) Green tribology | |
| g) Hard disk drives and microsystems | |
| （8） | Tribotest and Monitoring |
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Organizer: Takahisa Kato
Co-organizer: |
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| a) Tribotest | |
| b) Condition monitoring | |
| c) Sensors and instruments | |
| d) Data analysis and fusion | |
| e) Tribotest system development | |
| （9） | Forum of Young Tribologists-Organized by CTI & STLE |
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Organizer: Yu Tian, David Burris
Co-organizer: |
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| “Tribology in future" | |
