PSE 2024

Abstract Submission

The Abstract Submission for PSE2024 is open for poster presentations as well as invited speaker submissions until June 30, 2024.
We are looking forward to your poster contribution.

We thank the over 300 authors, who submitted their oral presentation abstracts in time. At the moment the committees work on the evaluation and prepare an interesting and balanced program. Authors will be informed in April about the results. First insights look very promising. We will have 22 sessions with 22 keynote presentations. That are two more sessions than 2022. Over 160 oral presentations will be scheduled. All 6 plenary speakers confirmed their talks. The complete program you will find here in May 2024.

For curious people first Abstract Statistics [PDF] on January 31, 2024.

Call for Abstracts

For Abstract Submission, please follow the steps of the Submission Tool

Register as author free of charge. With your login, you can manage your abstracts in your personal account.
Submit your abstract, when you signed in at your author account.
Your submission should be written in English.
You will need the following data for your abstract:
Choose a Conference Topic
Choose your preferred contribution form - poster presentation or oral presentation.
You want to publish a full paper in the PSE2024 Special Issue, when your abstract will be accepted?
Add all authors and their affiliations with the permission of the authors.
Add your abstract with abstract title and a structured abstract with not more than 2500 characters including spaces.
The Abstract should be structured in introduction, methods, results and conclusions.
You are able to add up to 2 figures or images to your abstract.
Add up to 5 keywords to your abstract.
When your abstract is finished, please submit your abstract.

For any Questions, please contact pse-conferences@efds.org or call the following phone number +49 351 8718374.

Deadline for POSTER Abstract Submission: June 30, 2024

PSE2024 Special Issue Publication

At PSE2024 presenters have the possibility to present their results at the conference and to submit a paper for the PSE2024 SPECIAL ISSUE. This Special Issue will be published by the Journal Surface and Coatings Technology from Elsevier. It will be published as open-access publication for one year.

Surface and Coatings Technology SCT is an international archival journal publishing scientific papers on significant developments in surface and interface engineering to modify and improve the surface properties of materials for protection in demanding contact conditions or aggressive environments, or for enhanced functional performance.

Authors will be asked during the abstract submission to declare their willingness to submit a paper for the Special Issue. Participation is voluntary. Use the chance and publish your results in this renowned journal.

We thank the Journal for their support.

Presentation Information

The official conference language is English. All oral and poster presentations as well as abstracts and manuscripts are required in English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.

Poster Presentations

The Poster Presentations (PO) are given in several sessions. The poster size is 90 cm width and 120 cm height (DIN A0), portrait format. The authors are requested to mount their poster in the morning of the day of their session, and to remove it at the end of the same day. Please make sure to bring the necessary material for mounting the poster (removeable tapes only!).

NEW – There will be the option to publish the poster in the online-program and add a video to your poster. Authors can be contacted via the conference app / E-Mail, when they agree to this possibility.

Oral Presentations

Scientific presentation will be given either as lectures or as poster.

The lecture duration of 15 min includes 5 min for discussion. The presentation of the lecture will be scheduled within 16 session. Computer with Microsoft Office Software (especially MS Power Point) and projector/beamer are available in every lecture room. Therefore we need a copy of your presentation. We kindly ask you to upload your presentation one week before PSE Conference to the provided link. The transfer by USB stick during the conference will not be possible. Please note, that it is not possible to use your own notebook. Please avoid movies and animations.

Presenting authors are asked to come to the respective lecture room before the session, to ensure a start of the session in time.

Invited Presentations

Invited scientific presentations can be Plenary Lectures, Keynote Lectures or Workshop Lectures for the Industrial Workshop or the Trend Workshop.

Speakers, will be directly invited to submit an abstract for these options.

– Plenary Lectures (PL), duration: 45 min. per lecture
– Keynote Lectures (KN), duration: 30 min. per lecture and
– Workshop Presentation (OR), duration: 15 min. per presentation

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