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We are delighted to announce the 5^th International Tribology Symposium of IFToMM (International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science), ITS-IFToMM 2024, will be held from May 6^th to 8^th 2024 in Salerno, Italy, jointly with the 9^th AIT (Italian Tribology Association) Workshop “Tribology and Industry” (8^th May 2024). 

This will be the 5^th ITS-IFToMM following the 1^st (Beijing, China, 2008), 2^nd (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2010), 3^rd (Lulea, Sweden, 2013) and 4^th (Jeju, Korea, 2017) ITS-IFToMM.

The aim of ITS-IFToMM 2024 is to provide the opportunity for scientists and engineers from all over the world to come together and exchange the latest information on a wide range of topics relevant to tribology. The topics will include all the major themes of tribology and other related fields. 

We expect ITS- IFToMM 2024 to be exciting and fruitful for all the attendees from academia as well as industry.

We invite all of you to participate in this event and we look forward to hosting you in the beautiful framework of Salerno from 6^th to 8^th May 2024.

Sincerely,

Prof. Alessandro Ruggiero
Chair of ITS-IFToMM 2024 

Prof. Enrico Ciulli,
Honorary Chair of ITS-IFToMM 2024  

Chair of IFToMM Technical Committee for Tribology

(*) To the authors who will receive the final decision on their paper after this date, the Early Bird fee is guaranteed  for 7 days after the day of the final decision.