Introduction

This is the sixth international meeting in a series organised in conjunction with the RSC Industry and Technology Forum's Applied Materials Group.  

The last edition, in 2007, attracted almost 200 delegates from 18 different countries.

The aim of the meeting is to bring together the automotive, lubricant and chemical industries with academia and provide a multi-disciplinary forum for chemists, engineers and tribologists to share ideas for future developments in the science and technology of fuels and lubricants.  

Themes

• Fuel and lubricant additives
• Tribology and surface chemistry
• Engine and transmission lubricants
• Low environmental impact technology
• Biofuels: the additive challenge

Scientific Committee

• Alan Armour, Climax Molybdenum Ltd, UK (chair)
• Ian Bell, Afton Chemical, UK
• Richard Biggin, UK
• Michael Gahagan, Lubrizol Ltd, UK 
• Philip Mitchell, University of Reading, UK  
• Martin Priest, University of Leeds, UK 
• Paul Shayler, University of Nottingham, UK
• Moray Stark, University of York, UK
• Robert Ian Taylor, Shell Global Solutions (UK) Ltd

International Advisory Committee

• Vicky Denton, F&L Asia Inc., Philippines
• Oscar Farng, Exxon Mobil, USA
• Weimin Liu, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, China
• Jean-Michel Martin, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
• Masabumi Masuko, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Heribert Nasch, Institute for Fuels and Lubes Testing, Germany
• Anders Röj, Volvo, Sweden
• Hugh Spikes, Imperial College, UK
• My Hang Truong, Lubrizol Ltd, USA

Co-sponsor

We are grateful to the Tribology Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Tribology Group of the Institute of Physics (IOP) for their co-sponsorship support of the conference. IMechE and IOP members will be eligible to register at RSC member rate.