Technical Tracks

Use the links below to view sessions for each of the individual tracks:

Aerospace
AI and Machine Learning in Tribology
Biotribology
Tribology of Biomaterials
(Biotribology and Materials Tribology Joint Session)
Commercial Marketing Forum
(Purchased Time Slots Only)
Condition Monitoring
Contact Mechanics
Electric Vehicles, Engine, Drive Train
Environmentally Friendly Fluids / Synthetic Lubrication
Fluid Film Bearings / Seals
Gears
Grease

Lubrication Fundamentals
Materials Tribology
Metalworking Fluids
Nanotribology
Nonferrous Metals
Power Generation, Hydraulics and Ocean Tribology - NEW
Rheology
Rolling Element Bearings
Surface Engineering
Sustainability in Motion
Tribochemistry
(Materials Tribology and Nanotribology Joint Session)
Tribotesting
Wear

The deadline for podium presentations has now passed click below to join the waitlist.

If you are interested in presenting at STLE's 2026 Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Innovating Through Tribology & Lubrication, please submit a 100-150-word abstract (1,000 characters). Notification of acceptance will be sent if you abstract has been accepted. While you do not need to prepare a full manuscript to be included on the meeting technical program, you are invited and encouraged to submit a manuscript for review and possible publication in STLE's peer-reviewed journal, Tribology Transactions.

For more information, please contact Merle Hedland by email at mhedland@bacon-hedland.com or call (630) 428-2133.