Professor Eduard Arzt   
University of California San Diego, Materials Science and Engineering, USA, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Plenary Speech
Title: Bioinspired surfaces – from new materials to sustainable robotics

Professor Katsuyuki Fukutani
Group Leader, Surface and Interface Science Group, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic energy Agency President, Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science Scientific Director, International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications

Plenary Speech
Title: Hydrogen absorption in metal oxide thin films

Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore President’s Chair in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

Plenary Speech
Title: Hydrogen effects on the mechanical behaviour of high entropy alloys probed using nanoindentation

Professor Zhu Jiaqi   
Harbin Institute of Technology, China Group leader, Infared Thin Films and Crystals Vice Chairman of the Surface Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vice Chairman of the Thin Film and Coating Branch of the Chinese Silicate Society

Plenary Speech
Title: Infared Transparency and Conductivity

Professor Dong-Sing Wuu   
Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Plenary Speech
Title: Gallium oxide semiconductors: thin film deposition, material characterization, and device applications