Technical Tracks


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

 

 

Deadline for podium presentation abstracts is October 1, 2026.
The Robert Erk Presentation Competition (student posters) and Commercial Marketing Forum deadline is March 1, 2027.
 


If you are interested in presenting at STLE's 2027 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 STLE conference staff Gen Hedland-Hill at ghedland@bacon-hedland.com or call 630-428-2133.