Confirmed Speakers

Plenary Lecture

  • “Limits of boundary lubrication”
    Hugh SPIKES (Imperial College, UK)

Invited Keynote Speakers

  • “Nano- and micro-meter scale interface-roughness-layer and its role in nanotribology”
    Kyung-Suk KIM (Brown University, USA)
  • “Micro-bubble behaviors in nano-scale lubricating films under external electric field”
    Jianbin LUO (Tsinghua University, China)
  • “AFM studies of Model Boundary Lubricants-Alkane Liquids Near a Graphite Surface”
    Sean O’SHEA (A* STAR, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore)
  • “Tribological properties of carbon nanotubes and onions depending on applied forces”
    Nobuo OHMAE (Kobe University, Japan)
  • “Tribological challenges in micro-systems”
    John WILLIAMS (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • “Supertough nanocomposite coatings for high temperature wear protection”
    Xianting ZENG (A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore)