Conference Topics

  • Design, preparation, and characterization of thin and multifunctional, hard multi-component, high-entropy, and multi-layer coatings;
  • Optimization of coating for several applications, including (but not limited to) tribological, high-speed machining, and cutting tools.
  • High-speed machining of coated tools;
  • 2D materials (graphene, MXenes, and so on) and their application;
  • Data mining, machine learning, and AI applied to advanced materials;
  • Multifunctional thin films and coatings to advanced sensors and other applications (e.g., virucidal and bactericidal materials)

 

Plenary Speakers (confirmed list)

  • Prof. Dr. Vladimir J. Trava-Airoldi, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
  • Prof. Dr. Qimin Wang, Guangdong University of Technology, China
  • Prof. Dr. Paul H. Mayrhofer from Technische Universität Wien, Vienna
  • Prof. Dr. Fernando Lázaro Freire Júnior, PUC-RIO, Brazil
  • Prof. Dr. Abdou Djouadi, University of Nantes, France
  • Prof. Dr. Douglas Soares Galvão, IFGW, Campinas, Brazi
  • Prof. Dr. Daniel Ugarte, IFGW-UNICAMP, Brazil
  • Prof. Dr. Zhiguang Guo, Hubei University, China
  • Prof. Dr. Songmei Yuan, Beihang University, China

 

Keynote Speakers (confirmed list)

  • Prof. Dr. Carlos Alejandro Figueroa, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
  • Prof. Dr. Jyh-Wei Lee, Ming Chi University of Technology (MCUT), Taiwan
  • Prof. Dr. Sara Aldabe Bilmes, INQUIMAE-University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Dr. Harry Westfahl Jr., LNLS – Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source – Sirius, Brazil 
  • Prof. Dr. Luiz Fernando Zagonel, IFGW- UNICAMP, Brazil
  • Prof. Dr. Tiberiu Minea,Université Paris-Saclay, France
  • Prof. Dr. Zaoli Zhang, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
  • Prof. Dr. Ana Sofia d’Oliveira,UFPR, Brazil
  • Prof. Dr. Roberto Martins Souza, USP, Brazil 
  • Prof. Dr. Xiuqing Hao, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
  • Prof. Dr. Tiegang Wang, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, China 
  • Prof. Dr. Kun Zhu, Peking University, China
  • Prof. Dr. Weizhou Li, Xiamen University of Technology, China
  • Prof. Dr. Wenfeng Ding, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China 
  • Prof. Dr. Lijuan Zheng, Guangdong University of Technology, China