Day:
Synoptic Programme
| Time | Wednesday, 03 June 2026 | ||
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Attendees Registration | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Opening Ceremony
Adolfo Malaga (BV) · Basque Government Representative · Javier Barriga (TEK) · Ian Sherrington (JOST)
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| 09:30 – 10:00 |
ROOM 0B
Plenary Speaker: Mar Combarro
IQL
Where sustainability meets performance: gear oil case study.
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| Room 0B | Room 0C | Room 0D | |
| 10:05 – 10:30 | Keynote Speaker | ||
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Lubricants 1
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Tribology 1
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Conditioning 1
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break - Posters Presentation | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 |
Lubricants 2
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Tribology 2
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Conditioning 2
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | Stand Visit | ||
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Keynote Speaker | ||
| 15:00 – 16:00 |
Lubricants 3
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Tribology 3
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Conditioning 3
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:20 – 17:20 |
Lubricants 4
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Tribology 4
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Conditioning 4
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| 20:30 – 23:30 | Gala Dinner: The Artist Grand Hotel of Art | ||
Detailed Programme
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Lubricants 1
Room 0B
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Attendees Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Opening Ceremony
Adolfo Malaga (BV) · Basque Government Representative · Javier Barriga (TEK) · Ian Sherrington (JOST)
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| Chairperson: Javier Barriga — Tekniker | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Plenary Speaker: Mar Combarro
IQL
Where sustainability meets performance: gear oil case study.
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| 10:05 – 10:30 |
Keynote
Borja Armendariz
Tekniker
Copper oleate–EP synergy in low-viscosity lubricants: antiwear comparison with commercial oils
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| 10:30 – 10:50 |
Challenges in the Analysis and Evaluation of Industrial Oils
Stefan Mitterer,
OELCHECK GmbH
Thomas Dr. Fischer
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| 10:50 – 11:10 |
Race for clean oil – filter efficiency tests
Steffen D Nyman,
C.C.JENSEN
Steffen D Nyman
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| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Chemometrics as a powerful quality tool for OCM
Jose I. Ciria,
Lubrication Management - Bureau Veritas
Ibon Zubicaray
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break - Posters Presentation |
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Lubricants 2
Room 0B
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| 12:00 – 12:20 |
Unraveling the reaction mechanisms of the ZDDP anti-wear additive by machine learning molecular dynamics
Clelia Righi,
University of Bologna
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| 12:20 – 12:40 |
From Thermal Stress to Varnish: Lab Tools for Lubricant Deposit Assessment
Vincent BOUILLON,
Eurofins BfB Oil Research
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| 12:40 – 13:00 |
Lubricant Varnish: What We’ve Learned and What We Still Don’t Know
Greg Livingstone,
Fluitec
Sanya Mathura
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | Stand Visit |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
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Lubricants 3
Room 0B
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Keynote
Gema Del Olmo
FUCHS LUBRICANTES SAU
Sustainability in Lubricants Development
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| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Intelligent forecasting of oil changes with onsite oil analysis leads to maintenance cost savings
Daniel Walsh,
Ametek Spectro Scientific
Lisa Williams
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| 15:20 – 15:40 |
Solubility enhancers a solution needed by Lubes Oil companies to Drive efficiency improvements in production processes
Juan Jose Salaberri,
Fluitec
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| 15:40 – 16:00 |
Modification of stability behavior of friction-stressed lubricating greases
Erik Kuhn,
Hamburg Univerity of Appl. Sc.
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee Break |
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Lubricants 4
Room 0B
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| 16:20 – 16:40 |
Progress and Evolution of Coolant Usages in Industry Applications
Yesid Antonio GOMEZ,
Bureau Veritas Spain - OCM
Adolfo MALAGA, Pablo ARCE, Yesid Antonio GOMEZ
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| 16:40 – 17:00 |
Overview of the Latest Developments Affecting the Grease Industry
Terry Dicken,
ELGI
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| 17:00 – 17:20 |
Balancing sustainability with reliability for hydraulic oils in wind turbines
Jo Ameye,
Fluitec NV
Greg Livingstone, Sanya Mathura
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| End of Session | |
| 20:30 – 23:30 |
Gala Dinner: The Artist Grand Hotel of Art
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Tribology 1
Room 0C
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| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Opening Ceremony
Adolfo Malaga (BV) · Basque Government Representative · Javier Barriga (TEK) · Ian Sherrington (JOST)
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| Chairperson: Javier Barriga — Tekniker | |
| 10:05 – 10:30 |
Keynote
Prof. Dr. Tim Hosenfeldt
Schaeffler AG
Holistic Tribology for Sustainable and Efficient Motion.
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| 10:30 – 10:50 |
The "Tribology Literacy" Gap: Why Industry 4.0 Fails Without Culture
Yannis Ben Mahmoud,
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| 10:50 – 11:10 |
Tribological behavior of low viscosity synthetic ester base oils for Electric Vehicles (EVs) under pure sliding electrified conditions
Claudia Martínez de Castilla Delgado,
Fundación Tekniker
Bihotz Pinedo, Eduardo Tabares, Vanesa Alonso, Marta Hernaiz, Borja Armendariz, Ainara López-Ortega, Javier Barriga
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| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Engine oil stress as a consequence of DPF regeneration on urban service vehicles and maintenance improvement aided by AI
Bernardo Tormos,
CMT - Clean Mobility & Thermofluids (UPV)
Ramón Sanchez-Marquez, Santiago Ballester, Alvaro Nueválos
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break - Posters Presentation |
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Tribology 2
Room 0C
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| 12:00 – 12:20 |
Influence of counterpart and lubricant on wear of DLC coated differential shafts for electric vehicles
Pauline Faura,
IREIS / HEF Group
Johnny Dufils, Etienne Macron, Christophe Héau
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| 12:20 – 12:40 |
Effects of aerospace-grade steel surface topography and coating on lubricated friction coefficient
Aitor Arana,
Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Mikel Iribecampos, Ibai Ulacia, Julen Maza
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| 12:40 – 13:00 |
The Cr diffusion treatment plates produced layers with strong adhesive bonding to the counterpart material and is chemically active parameters
Paul Olaru,
AGIR-UNIV. POLITEHNICA Bucuresti
Paul Dr.Ing. habil.Olaru
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | Stand Visit |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
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Tribology 3
Room 0C
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Keynote
Anna Andersson
ABB
Towards grease-free lubrication in electrical switching
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| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Assessment of the tribological performance of materials under high pressure hydrogen gas
Johnny Dufils,
IREIS / HEF Group
Bogdan Munteanu, Etienne Macron
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| 15:20 – 15:40 |
Ageing mechanism of non-fossil base oils
Ichiro Minami,
Jessica Pichler, Adam Agocs, Lucia Pisarova, Marcella Frauscher, Nicole Dörr, Francesco Pagano
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| 15:40 – 16:00 |
Hydrogen related mechanisms influencing the galling behaviour of austenitic stainless steels in threaded components
Beatriz Fernandez-Diaz,
Tekniker
Xana Fernández, Fernando José López-Uruñuela, Gemma Mendoza
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee Break |
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Tribology 4
Room 0C
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| 16:40 – 17:00 |
Prediction and Measurement of Space Lubricant Lifetimes in Angular Contact Bearings
Dhanushka Hewaralalage,
University of Lancashire
Ian Sherrington, Nathalie Renevier, Mara Bernabei, Ali Ghanbari
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| 17:00 – 17:20 |
Simple Models for Mixed and Boundary Friction
Ian Sherrington,
University of Lancashire
Ian Taylor
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| End of Session | |
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Conditioning 1
Room 0D
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| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Opening Ceremony
Adolfo Malaga (BV) · Basque Government Representative · Javier Barriga (TEK) · Ian Sherrington (JOST)
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| Chairperson: Javier Barriga — Tekniker | |
| 10:05 – 10:30 |
Keynote
Marc Vila Forteza
Petronor
A Proportional Hazards Models perspective on MTBF estimation for centrifugal pumps
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| 10:30 – 10:50 |
Good manners and practices for successful multivariate data analysis in oil condition monitoring (OCM)
Alberto Villar Verguizas,
Tekniker
Jose Ignacio Ciria, Ibon Zubicaray
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| 10:50 – 11:10 |
Optimizing the Life Cycle of Online Oil Sensors: Installation, Maintenance Strategies and Performance Management
Guillermo Miró,
Atten2 Advanced Monitoring Technologies SL
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| 11:10 – 11:30 |
Lessons Learned from Online Oil Contamination Monitoring
Jan Novák,
KLEENTEK, spol. s r.o.
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break - Posters Presentation |
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Conditioning 2
Room 0D
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| 12:00 – 12:20 |
Maintenance 5.0
Riccardo Tognoni,
BETA FILTRATION
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| 12:20 – 12:40 |
Reducing Commissioning and Downtime Through Advanced Flushing and Lubrication System Cleaning Techniques
Cristian Schmid,
Sicelub Ibérico SL
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| 12:40 – 13:00 |
Lubrication Practices, Condition vs. Assumption
Haris Trobradovic,
SDT Ultrasound
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | Stand Visit |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
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Conditioning 3
Room 0D
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Keynote
Sofia Bastidas
Virtual Vehicle
Investigating combustion engine wear during running-in and an overview of journal bearing performance prediction using a hybrid model approach.
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| 15:00 – 15:20 |
The dilemma between being or seeming.
José Luis Nuño Martos,
AceX Consulting Group
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| 15:20 – 15:40 |
Integrating Fluid Analysis with CMMS & Business Systems (+Case Studies)
Gwyn Simmonds,
POLARIS Laboratories Europe
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| 15:40 – 16:00 |
Trends in Used Oil Analysis: Insights from MOL-LUB’s Diagnostic Laboratory Over the Last Decade
Mária Valentné Dr. Sutyinszki,
MOL-LUB Ltd.
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee Break |
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Conditioning 4
Room 0D
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| 16:20 – 16:40 |
Modern grease analysis in industry
Wojciech Jewula,
Ecol Sp. z o.o.
Jakub Chłodek, Wojciech Majka, Piotr Farbiszewski
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| 16:40 – 17:00 |
Lubrication Management in CEE II Overview
Zoltán Kecskés,
MOL-LUB Ltd
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| 17:00 – 17:20 |
The
Hidden Value in Your Machines: How Lubrication and
Reliability Turn Assets into Profit
Remigio Domenico Sena Mesa,
PRAGMA AMERICAS
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| End of Session | |
| 20:30 – 23:30 |
Gala Dinner: The Artist Grand Hotel of Art
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