Introduction

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

The meeting aimed 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

• Tribology and surface chemistry
• Engine and transmission lubricants
• Low environmental impact technology
• Fuel and lubricant additives
• Biofuels and fluids

Scientific Committee

• Alan Armour, Climax Molybdenum Ltd, UK (chair)
• Ian Bell, Afton Chemical, UK
• Richard Biggin, RJCB Consulting Ltd, UK
• Michael Gahagan, Lubrizol Ltd, UK
• Neal Milne, Infineum UK 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
• Chris Warrens, BP International Ltd, UK 

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, I.S.P. Institute for Fuels & Lubes Testing, Germany/France
• Anders Röj, Volvo, Sweden
• Hugh Spikes, Imperial College, UK
• My Hang Truong, Lubrizol Corporation, USA

Gold Sponsor

We would like to thank our Gold Sponsor, Infineum, for their generous support of the conference.

Co-sponsors

We are grateful to the Tribology Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Tribology Group of the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Surface Engineering Division of the Institute of Minerals, Materials and Mining (IOM3) for their co-sponsorship support of the conference.