Welcome to POLYTRIB 2024

Thank you for your participation in the POLYTRIB 2024 conference!

Captured moments from the Polytrib 2024 conference can be found in the POLYTRIB 2024 Photo Gallery.

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The 5th International Conference on Polymer Tribology, PolyTrib 2024 was held in Portorož, Slovenia on October 3rd and 4th, 2024.

The PolyTrib 2024 conference, which took place on 3 and 4 October 2024 in Portorož, Slovenia, was a great event that brought together 75 experts in polymer tribology from 16 countries around the world, almost half of them came from the industry.

This year marked the 10th anniversary of the first PolyTrib conference, which took place in the city of Bled, Slovenia in 2014, and showed an obvious overall growth with ever increasing quality of the conference. PolyTrib 2024 hosted excellent speakers, whom we would like to take this opportunity to thank once again.

The aim of PolyTrib 2024 was to facilitate in-depth discussions on polymer tribology, covering polymer production, applications and user aspects. Over two days, the conference offered a rich programme of lectures, technical presentations, poster sessions, exhibitions and networking opportunities.

Participants discussed in depth a wide range of topics including polymer wear, automotive and transmission applications, sustainability in polymer-based materials, applications in the energy sector, recycling strategies and the circular economy of tribological components made from polymer materials. Other topics included bio-based polymer composites, solid lubricants, 3D-printed polymers, polymers in hydrogen technology and biotribology. The breadth of knowledge exchanged emphasised the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in tackling the current challenges in polymer tribology.

As we reflect on the learnings from PolyTrib 2024, we look forward to continuing our journey within this vibrant community and applying what we learnt to advance the field of polymer tribology.

Since 2022 PolyTrib alternates every two years between Slovenia and Sweden, thus we hope you will join us in Sweden in 2026 at PolyTrib 2026!

PolyTrib 2024 Chairs:

Mitjan Kalin and Nazanin Emami