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- 19 July 2025
Trento, Itay
Summer School "Multifunctional and Smart Coatings for corrosion protection"
EFC Event No. 527
organised by EFC Working Party 14 on Coatings
Scope: The Summer school is devoted to the development of smart coatings for the corrosion protection of metals.
The program includes frontal lectures (morning session) and laboratory activity (afternoon session).
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4
- 6 September 2025
University of Stavanger, Norway
EFC Corrosion Summer School "Challenges of corrosion failure analysis, monitoring and maintenance"
EFC Student event
Tailored for graduate students, post-docs, and early-career engineers eager to deepen their understanding of corrosion failure analysis, monitoring, and maintenance.
Scope: Expert-led lectures on failure mechanisms and advanced monitoring techniques; On-site visits providing real-world insights into corrosion challenges; Career development session.
Registration is now open!
21
- 23 October 2025
Vienna, Austria
Tribocorrosion 2025
EFC Event No. 521
Organised by the Austrian EFC Member Society ASMET; initiative proposed by EFC Working Party 18.
Scope: International conference on the topic of tribocorrosion (addressed to scientists and industry). Prior to the conference, a specialization course will be offered targeting postgraduate students.
3
- 7 November 2025
Sendai, Tohoku Region, Japan
9th International Workshop on Long-term Prediction of Corrosion Damage in Nuclear Waste Systems (LTC 2025)
EFC Event No. 501
Organised by JSCE, NUMO and EFC WP4
Scope: Overview on national disposal programmes with emphasis on similarities, common challenges and different approaches, regulatory issues, retrievability, etc. Development of and long-term performance assessment of high-level waste disposal containers. Experimentation with candidate materials, including laboratory tests, full-scale demonstration, in-situ testing, methodology, modelling, monitoring and design.
2nd Announcement
19
- 20 November 2025
Edegem, Belgium
FUTURE SURFACES 2025, Benelux knowledge & networking event for Surface Finishing
EFC Event No. 533
organised by the EFC Members VOM and Vereniging ION
Scope: FUTURE SURFACES is the Benelux event par excellence to share knowledge & expertise on the challenges companies need to take up to prepare for 2030 and the targets imposed by Europe under the Green Deal. In addition to the latest developments in materials and surface treatment, the event will also focus on regulations and guidelines that entrepreneurs need to comply with. In the lead-up to the event, VOM and Vereniging ION invite you to a live and interactive webinar on Tuesday 24 June, from 1 PM. Register for the webinar: FUTURE SURFACES 2025: interactive info session online | VOM Calendar