The 8th World Tribology Congress (WTC 2026) will be held in September in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, following previous WTC events in London (1997), Vienna (2001), Washington DC (2005), Kyoto (2009), Torino (2013), Beijing (2017) and Lyon (2022). WTC 2026 will bring together academic and industrial experts in tribology research to discuss state-of-the-art developments and future trends in the field, with a particular focus on the role of tribology for net-zero energy.
Abstract deadline: 31 January 2026
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