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  • Overview
    • Introduction & Greetings
    • Organizing Committee
      • Symposium & Session Chairs
    • Code of Conduct (PDF)
    • Call for Awards Nominations
      • Protocol for Graduate Student Awards
      • Protocol for R.F. Bunshah Annual Award & ICMCTF Lecture
      • Protocol for the Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF Lecture
    • Manuscripts
    • Photo Gallery
    • Promotional Tools
      • ICMCTF 2026 400 x 400 Banner (JPG)
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  • Program
    • Presentation Instructions
    • Special Events
      • Lecture Series: Plenary
      • Lecture Series: Exhibitors Keynote
      • Keynote Lectures
    • Symposia
      • Symposium PP: Plasma and Vapor Deposition Processes
      • Symposium MA (Materials A): Protective Coatings and High-Temperature
      • Symposium MB (Materials B): Functional Thin Films and Surfaces
      • Symposium MC (Materials C): Tribology and Mechanics of Coatings and Surfaces
      • Symposium MD (Materials D): Surface Engineering of Biomaterials, Medical Devices, and Regenerative Materials
      • Symposium CM: Advanced Characterization, Modelling and Data Science for Coatings and Thin Films
      • Symposium IA: Surface Engineering – Applied Research and Industrial Applications
      • TS1. Coatings for Batteries and Hydrogen Applications
      • TS2. Coatings and Surfaces for Renewable Energy Technology
      • TS3. Circular Strategies for Surface Engineering
  • Abstract Submission
    • Call for Abstracts (PDF)
    • Copyright Agreement (PDF)
    • Submission Guidelines
  • Exhibit
    • Exhibit Information & Opportunities
  • Sponsors
    • General Sponsors

Symposium & Session Chairs

SYMPOSIUM PP: PLASMA AND VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESSES

Symposium Chair: Anders Eriksson, Oerlikon Balzers, Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Liechtenstein, anders.o.eriksson@oerlikon.com

Symposium Chair: Jyh-Ming Ting, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, jting@mail.ncku.edu.tw

PP1: PVD Coating Technologies

Session Chairs:
Christian Kalscheuer, IOT, RWTH Aachen, Germany, kalscheuer@iot.rwth-aachen.de

Yen-Yu Chen, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, yychen@mail.npust.edu.tw

PP2: HiPIMS, Pulsed Plasmas and Energetic Deposition

Session Chairs:
Arutiun P. Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, a.ehiasarian@shu.ac.uk

Tetsuhide Shimizu, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, simizu-tetuhide@tmu.ac.jp

PP3: CVD, ALD, and Laser-based Deposition & Microfabrication Technologies

Session Chairs:
Carles Corbella, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA, carles.corbellaroca@nist.gov

Valentina Dinca, National Institute for Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Physics, Romania, valentina.dinca@inflpr.ro

Frederic Mercier, SIMAP, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, France, frederic.mercier@grenoble-inp.fr

Takayoshi Tsutsumi, Nagoya University, Japan, tsutsumi@plasma.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp

PP4: Greybox Models for Wear Prediction

Session Chairs:
Philipp Immich, IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V., Netherlands, pimmich@hauzer.nl

Ludvik Martinu, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, lmartinu@polymtl.ca

SYMPOSIUM MA (Materials A): PROTECTIVE AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE COATINGS

Symposium Chair: Rainer Hahn, TU Wien, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Austria, rainer.hahn@tuwien.ac.at

Symposium Chair: Justyna Kulczyk-Malecka, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, J.Kulczyk-Malecka@mmu.ac.uk

Symposium Chair: Jyh-Wei Lee, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan. jefflee@mail.mcut.edu.tw

Symposium Chair: Francisco Javier Pérez-Trujillo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, fjperez@ucm.es

MA1: Coatings for High Temperatures and Harsh Environment Applications

Session Chairs:
Sabine Faulhaber, University of California, San Diego, USA, sfaulhaber@eng.ucsd.edu

Gustavo García-Martín, REP-Energy Solutions, Spain, gustavo.garcia@rep-energysolutions.com

Dr. Vladislav Kolarik, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Germany, vladislav.kolarik@ict.fraunhofer.de

Dr. Kang N. Lee, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA, ken.k.lee@nasa.gov

Fernando Pedraza, Université de La Rochelle, France, fpedraza@univ-lr.fr

Eli Ross, Pratt & Whitney, USA, eli.ross@prattwhitney.com

MA2: Hard and Nanostructured Coatings

Session Chairs:
Norma Salvadores Farran, TU Wien, Austria, norma.salvadores@tuwien.ac.at

Stanislav Haviar, University of West Bohemia, Czechia, haviar@kfy.zcu.cz

Fan-Yi Ouyang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, fyouyang@ess.nthu.edu.tw

MA3: High Entropy and Other Multi-principal-element Materials

Session Chairs:
Frederic Sanchette, University of Technology of Troyes, France, frederic.sanchette@utt.fr

Pavel Soucek, Masaryk University, Czechia, soucek@physics.muni.cz

MA4: Boron-containing Coatings

Session Chairs:
Martin Dahlqvist, Linköping University, Sweden, martin.dahlqvist@liu.se

Anna Hirle, TU Wien, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Austria, anna.hirle@tuwien.ac.at

SYMPOSIUM MB (Materials B): FUNCTIONAL THIN FILMS AND SURFACES

Symposium Chair: Jirí Houska, University of West Bohemia, Czechia, jhouska@kfy.zcu.cz

Symposium Chair: Tomas Kubart, Uppsala University, Sweden, Tomas.Kubart@angstrom.uu.se

MB1: Optical Materials and Thin Films

Session Chairs:

Rajiv Pethe, Vital Chemicals, USA, rajiv.pethe@vitalchemusa.com

Juan Antonio Zapien, City University of Hong Kong, apjazs@cityu.edu.hk

MB2: Thin Films for Emerging Electronic and Quantum Photonic Devices

Session Chairs:
Spyros Kassavetis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, skasa@physics.auth.gr

Ufuk Kilic, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA, ufukkilic@unl.edu

MB3: Low-Dimensional Materials and Structures

Session Chairs:
Clio Azina, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, azina@mch.rwth-aachen.de

Ondrej Kylian, Charles University, Czechia, ondrej.kylian@gmail.com

Vladimir Popok, Aalborg University, Denmark, vp@mp.aau.dk

SYMPOSIUM MC (Materials C): TRIBOLOGY AND MECHANICS OF COATINGS AND SURFACES

Symposium Chair: Michael Chandross, Sandia National Laboratories, USA, mechand@sandia.gov

Symposium Chair: Carsten Gachot, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, carsten.gachot@tuwien.ac.at

Symposium Chair: Pantcho Stoyanov, Concordia University, Canada, pantcho.stoyanov@concordia.ca

MC1: Friction, Wear, Lubrication Effects, and Modeling

Session Chairs:
Pierluigi Bilotto, TU Wien, Austria, pierluigi.bilotto@gmail.com

Carsten Gachot, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, carsten.gachot@tuwien.ac.at

Julien Keraudy, Oerlikon Surface AG, Liechtenstein, julien.keraudy@oerlikon.com

MC2: Mechanical Properties and Adhesion

Session Chairs:
Nagamani Jaya Balila, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, jayabalila@iitb.ac.in

Chia Lin-Li, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan, chialinli@mail.mcut.edu.tw

Michael Meindlhumer, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, michael.meindlhumer@unileoben.ac.at

MC3: Tribology of Coatings and Surfaces for Industrial Applications

Session Chairs:
Osman Levent Eryilmaz, Argonne National Laboratory, USA, eryilmaz@anl.gov

Stephan Tremmel, University of Bayreuth, Germany, stephan.tremmel@uni-bayreuth.de

SYMPOSIUM MD (Materials D): SURFACE ENGINEERING OF BIOMATERIALS, MEDICAL DEVICES, AND REGENERATIVE MATERIALS: HEALTH, FOOD, AND AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS

Symposium Chair: Jean Géringer, Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne – Université de Lyon, France, geringer@emse.fr

Symposium Chair: Jessica Amber Jennings, University of Memphis, USA, jjnnings@memphis.edu

Symposium Chair: Mathew T. Mathew, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford and Rush University Medical Center, USA, mtmathew@uic.edu

MD1: Development and Characterization of Bioactive Surfaces/Coatings

Session Chairs:
Po-Chun Chen, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, cpc@mail.ntut.edu.tw

Hamdy Ibrahim, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA, Hamdy-Ibrahim@utc.edu

Sangeeta Kale, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), India, sangeetakale2004@gmail.com

MD2: Coatings and Sensors for Health, Food and Agriculture: Antibacterial, Bioactive, and Flexible Interfaces

Session Chairs:
Valentim Barão, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, vbarao@unicamp.br

Phaedra Silva-Bermudez, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico, phaedrasilva@yahoo.com

Diego Mantovani, Université Laval, Canada, Diego.Mantovani@gmn.ulaval.ca

SYMPOSIUM CM: ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION, MODELLING, AND DATA SCIENCE FOR COATINGS AND THIN FILMS

Symposium Chair: David Holec, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, david.holec@unileoben.ac.at

Symposium Chair:  Naureen Ghafoor, Linköping Univ., IFM, Thin Film Physics Div., Sweden, naureen.ghafoor@liu.se

Symposium Chair:  Sebastian Siol, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, sebastian.siol@empa.ch

CM1: Spatially-Resolved and In-Situ Characterization of Thin Films and Engineered Surfaces

Session Chairs:
Damien Faurie, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France, faurie@univ-paris13.fr

Rebecca Janknecht, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, rebecca.janknecht@empa.ch

Barbara Putz, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, barbara.putz@unileoben.ac.at

Aparna Saksena, Max-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Germany, a.saksena@mpie.de

CM2: Advanced Mechanical Testing of Surfaces, Thin Films, Coatings, and Small Volumes

Session Chairs:
Hanna Bishara, Tel Aviv University, Israel, hbishara@tauex.tau.ac.il

Christoph Gammer, The Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science (ESI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, christoph.gammer@oeaw.ac.at

Matteo Ghidelli, Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM), CNRS France, matteo.ghidelli@lspm.cnrs.fr

CM3: Data-Driven Thin Film Design: High-Throughput Experimentation, Simulation, and Machine Learning

Session Chairs:
Kevin Kaufmann, Oerlikon, USA, kevin.kaufmann@oerlikon.com

Po-Liang Liu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, pliu@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

Prof. Davide Sangiovanni, Linko ping University, Sweden, davide.sangiovanni@liu.se

Sebastian Siol, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, sebastian.siol@empa.ch

SYMPOSIUM IA: SURFACE ENGINEERING – APPLIED RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Symposium Chair: Satish Dixit, Plasma Technology Inc., USA, s.dixit@ptise.com

Symposium Chair:  Tobias Brogelmann, IHI Ionbond AG, Netherlands, Tobias.Broegelmann@ionbond.com

Symposium Chair: Fan-Yi Ouyang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, fyouyang@ess.nthu.edu.tw

IA1: Advances in Application Driven Research and Hybrid Systems, Processes and Coatings

Session Chairs:
Hana Baránková, Uppsala University, Sweden, Hana.Barankova@angstrom.uu.se

Ladislav Bárdos, Uppsala University, Sweden, Ladislav.Bardos@Angstrom.uu.se

Vikram Bedekar, The Timken Company, USA, vikram.bedekar@timken.com

IA2: Surface Modification of Components in Automotive, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Applications

Session Chairs:
Jan-Ole Achenbach, KCS Europe GmbH, Germany, achenbach@kcs-europe.de

Satish Dixit, Plasma Technology Inc., USA, s.dixit@ptise.com

Susumu Kujime, Kobe Steel, Ltd., Japan, Kujime.susumu@kobelco.com

IA3: Innovative Surface Engineering for Advanced Cutting and Forming Tool Applications

Session Chairs:
Alessandro Berte, Lafer, Italy, berte@lafer.eu

Tobias Brogelmann, IHI Ionbond AG, Netherlands, Tobias.Broegelmann@ionbond.com

Markus Esselbach, Oerlikon Balzers, Liechtenstein, markus.esselbach@oerlikon.com

Fan-Yi Ouyang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, fyouyang@ess.nthu.edu.tw

SYMPOSIUM TS: TOPICAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE SURFACE ENGINEERING

Symposium Chair: Marcus Hans, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, hans@mch.rwth-aachen.de

Symposium Chair:  Martin Welters, KCS Europe, Germany, welters@kcs-europe.com

TS1: Coatings for Batteries and Hydrogen Applications

Session Chairs:
Chen-Hao Wang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, chwang@mail.ntust.edu.tw

Martin Welters, KCS Europe, Germany, welters@kcs-europe.com

Fan-Bean Wu, National United University, Taiwan, fbwu@nuu.edu.tw

TS2: Coatings and Surfaces for Renewable Energy Technology

Session Chairs:
Arnaud Le Febvrier, Uppsala University, Sweden, arnaud.lefebvrier@kemi.uu.se

Marcus Hans, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, hans@mch.rwth-aachen.de

TS3: Circular Strategies for Surface Engineering

Session Chairs:
Marcus Hans, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, hans@mch.rwth-aachen.de

Nina Schalk, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, nina.schalk@unileoben.ac.at

Key Dates

Call for Abstracts Deadline:
October 27, 2025

Awards Nomination Deadline:
October 27, 2025

Author Notifications:
December 1 , 2025

Early Registration Deadline:
March 2026

Housing Deadline:
April 2026

Manuscript Deadline:
June 30, 2026

Downloads

  • Code of Conduct (PDF)
  • Call for Abstracts (PDF)
  • Copyright Agreement (PDF)
  • Exhibit & Sponsor Form (PDF)

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