Organisation

Important dates

Call for papers opensNovember 2025
Abstract submission deadline16 January 2026
Confirmation to authorsApril 2026
Early bird registration deadline 1 June 2026
Author registration deadline1 June 2026
Advisory deadline for visa application10 July 2026
Regular registration deadline25 August 2026

Organising Committee

Gareth Hinds, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom (Chair)

Melanie Boyce, IOM3, United Kingdom

Carmel Breslin, University of Maynooth, Ireland

Julija Bugajeva, IOM3, United Kingdom

Pascal Collet, EFC Chief Operating Officer

David Culliton, South East Technological University, Ireland

Sorcha Donnelly, IOM3, United Kingdom

Brendan Duffy, TU Dublin, Ireland

Kate Harrison, IOM3, United Kingdom

Tony Horner, Rolls Royce, United Kingdom (IOM3 Corrosion Subgroup Chair)

James Lee, IOM3, United Kingdom

Michael Lyons, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Ben Magee, McFarland Consulting, United Kingdom

Noémie Ott, OST, Switzerland (Young EFC Chair)

Julian Wharton, University of Southampton, United Kingdom (ICorr Corrosion Science Division Chair)

León Zendejas Medina, KTH, Sweden (Young EFC)

International Committee

Gareth Hinds, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom (Co-Chair/EFC President)

Stefan Ritter, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland (Co-Chair/EFC STAC Chair)

Roman Bender, DECHEMA, Germany (EFC Scientific Secretary)

Rajan Ambat, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Ralph Bäßler, BAM, Germany

Christine Blanc, Université de Toulouse, France

Pierangela Cristiani, RSE, Italy

Jerome Crouzillac, BAC Corrosion Control, France

Iris de Graeve, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Johann Wilhelm Erning, BAM, Germany

Mathias Galetz, DECHEMA, Germany

Jürgen Heinemann, DIN CERTCO, Germany

Robert Lindsay, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Delphine Neff, CEA Saclay, France

Marjorie Olivier, Université de Mons, Belgium

Michael Raupach, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Philippe Refait, Université de La Rochelle, France

Manel Rodríguez Ripoll, AC2T Research, Austria

Philipp Schempp, TH Köln, Germany

Günter Schmitt, IFINKOR, Germany

Patrik Schmutz, EMPA, Switzerland

Elizabeth Szala, ALVANCE Aluminium Duffel, Belgium

Johan Tidblad, RiSE, Sweden

Marc Wilms, Shell, Netherlands

George Winning, Corrosion and Chemical Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom

Daniela Zander, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Mikhail Zheludkevich, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany

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