Informativos
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WTC 2026 - New Deadlines
On behalf of the VIII World Tribology Congress (WTC 2026) Committee, we extend our warmest New Year greetings for 2026. We wish you ongoing scientific progress and impactful research in the coming year, and we look forward to your valued participation in WTC 2026.
We encourage you to join this prestigious technical program. Please submit your abstract by 31st January 2026 to ensure your contribution.
Exhibition & Sponsorship Opportunities
WTC 2026 offers a unique platform for companies and organisations to showcase their products, technologies, and services to an international audience. As exhibition spaces and sponsorship opportunities are limited, we encourage early reservations. For further details, please visit the WTC 2026 web page.
Conference venue/ Accommodation
WTC 2026 will take place at The Windsor Convention & Expo Centre, just steps from the beach in Barra da Tijuca.
Authors are invited to submit abstracts in all areas of tribology, tribomaterials, and surface engineering, including, but not limited to:
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Surfaces Engineering.
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Sustainable Tribology - Green Tribology and Energy Transition
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Surface Metrology and Contact Mechanics
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Nanoscale Mechanisms of Friction and Lubrication
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Advances in Tribochemistry and Lubrication Mechanisms: Emerging Insights into Lubricants and Additives.
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Tribology in Manufacturing, Mining, Transport Systems and Integrated Circuits.
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Tribology of Extreme Environments: Aero-tribology, Ocean tribology and Space Tribology.
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Biotribology, Biomimetics & Food Tribology.
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Tribo-Induced Surface and Sub-Surface Transformations.
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Multiscale Approaches for Multiphysics Modelling and In Situ Experiments in Tribology.
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Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Energy and Sensors
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Tribomechadynamics, Tribotests and Monitoring.
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AI-STLE - Artificial Intelligence for Smart Tribology and Lubrication Engineering.
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Forum Young Tribologists.
Important deadlines
Deadline for submission of extended abstracts. 31st January 2026
Provisional acceptance notification, Extended Abstracts. 28th February 2026
Deadline for submission of the final extended abstracts. 30th April 2026
Final acceptance notification of extended abstracts. 31st May 2026
Early bird registration ends. 1st May 2026.
WTC 2026 Program available online. 15th June 2026
We encourage you to join us in Rio de Janeiro for insightful lectures, technical panels, and high-level networking opportunities with the international tribology community.
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