International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) 2025 Schedule

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Time	Mon May 12	Tue May 13	Wed May 14	Thu May 15	Fri May 16
8:00 AM	MoPL 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 1 session 2 papers Timeline	TuM 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 6 sessions 45 papers Timeline	WeM 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM 7 sessions 46 papers Timeline	ThM 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM 6 sessions 50 papers Timeline	FrM 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 2 sessions 11 papers Timeline


9:00 AM


10:00 AM	MoM 10:00 AM - 12:20 PM 5 sessions 26 papers Timeline


11:00 AM		TuEx 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline


12:00 PM


1:00 PM	MoKYL 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline		WeKYL 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline
	MoKYL 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline			ThA 1:20 PM - 5:00 PM 5 sessions 25 papers Timeline
	MoA 1:40 PM - 5:40 PM 7 sessions 62 papers Timeline	TuA 1:40 PM - 5:20 PM 7 sessions 39 papers Timeline
2:00 PM			WeA 2:00 PM - 5:40 PM 6 sessions 48 papers Timeline


3:00 PM


4:00 PM


5:00 PM				ThP 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 9 sessions 130 papers

			WeHL 5:45 PM - 7:05 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline
6:00 PM


7:00 PM

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Topic Code	Topic Title
CM	Topic CM Abstract Book	Advanced Characterization, Modelling and Data Science for Coatings and Thin Films
EX	Topic EX Abstract Book	Exhibitors Keynote Lecture
HL	Topic HL Abstract Book	Awards Ceremony and Honorary Lecture
IA	Topic IA Abstract Book	Surface Engineering - Applied Research and Industrial Applications
KYL	Topic KYL Abstract Book	Keynote Lectures
MA	Topic MA Abstract Book	Protective and High-temperature Coatings
MB	Topic MB Abstract Book	Functional Thin Films and Surfaces
MC	Topic MC Abstract Book	Tribology and Mechanics of Coatings and Surfaces
MD	Topic MD Abstract Book	Surface Engineering of Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Regenerative Materials
PL	Topic PL Abstract Book	Plenary Lecture
PP	Topic PP Abstract Book	Plasma and Vapor Deposition Processes
TS	Topic TS Abstract Book	Topical Symposium on Sustainable Surface Engineering

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ICMCTF 2025 Schedule

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Time	Sun May 11			Mon May 12					Tue May 13					Wed May 14						Thu May 15				Fri May 16
7:00 AM	Short Course Registration 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Room Sunset 4			Attendee & Short Course Registration 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer
					Exhibitor Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Room Town & Country Foyer				Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Room Town & Country Foyer					Attendee & Short Course Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Room Town & Country Foyer						Attendee & Short Course Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Room Town & Country Foyer				Attendee Registration 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Room Town & Country Foyer
						Morning Coffee 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Room Town & Country Foyer
8:00 AM		ASED Executive Committee Meeting 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room Palm 5-6 (Invitation Only)	Short Course: Introduction to Plasmas - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Room Town & Country Foyer				Plenary Lecture: “Past, Present and Future of All Solid State Batteries – Challenges and Opportunities," Shirley Meng, Argonne National Lab, The University of Chicago, USA 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room Town & Country A	Short Course: Understanding and Control Stresses in PVD Thin Films - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Room Town & Country Foyer		Short Course: Ion-Solid Interactions/Fund of Sputter Deposition - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Room Town & Country Foyer	Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 5:20 PM Room See Program/Mobile App				Short Course: Electron Microscopy - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Room Town & Country Foyer	Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 5:40 PM Room See Program/Mobile App					Short Course: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: Principles, Sources, and Applications - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Room Town & Country Foyer	Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Room See Program/Mobile App			Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room See Program/Mobile App
																										AVS Board of Directors' Meeting 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Room Palm 5-6

9:00 AM


10:00 AM			Short Course: Surface Engineering: Where to Start - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer			Technical Sessions 10:00 AM - 5:40 PM Room See Program/Mobile App	Short Course: Ellipsometry - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer			Short Course: Plasma Sources - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer					Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Golden State Ballroom		Exhibition 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Golden State Ballroom	Short Course: Design and Deposition of Hard and Superhard Coatings - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer			Morning Coffee Break 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Room Town & Country Foyer		Short Course: Stress Evolution during Thin Film Growth - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer


11:00 AM												Exhibition Keynote Lecture: "Surface Engineering and Rocket Science –Surface Engineering Solutions to Protect Spacecrafts and Ground Infrastructure Against Terrestrial and “Extraterrestrial” Harsh Environments, Juan Flores Preciado, SpaceX, USA 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room Town & Country A


12:00 PM										Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last) 12:00 PM - 1:40 PM Golden State Ballroom		Exhibition 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM Golden State Ballroom
															Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last) 12:20 PM - 2:00 PM Golden State Ballroom						ICMCTF 2026 Information & Planning Session 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM Room Town & Country D

1:00 PM	Short Course: Control of Microstructure - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer						Keynote Lecture I: "Bill Sproul Award Lecture: The Ion and Material Design Revolution – Songs of Innocence and Experience," Arutiun P. Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, UK 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Room Town & Country A	Short Course: Arc Plasma PVD - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer					Short Course: X-ray Diffraction - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer					Keynote Lecture II: "Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition for High Throughput Industrial Production of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Photovoltaic Cells," Emanuele Sortino, Beneq, USA 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Room Town & Country A	Short Course: Reactive Magnetron Sputter Deposition - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer				Short Course: Nanomechanics and Tribology of Thin Film Coatings - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer


2:00 PM


3:00 PM	Short Course: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer						Short Course: Nucleation and Thin Film Growth - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer			Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Thin Film Deposition - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer					Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Plasmas - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer						Short Course: In Silico Materials Characterization: From Electrons to Microstructure - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Room Town & Country Foyer
									Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM Golden State Ballroom
					Afternoon Coffee Break 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer															Afternoon Coffee Break 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer
4:00 PM
		Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Room Town & Country Foyer

5:00 PM																				Poster Session & Reception 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Golden State Ballroom
									Exhibition Reception 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Golden State Ballroom
					Welcome Mixer 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Room Flamingo Lawn									Awards Ceremony 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM Room Town & Country A
6:00 PM


7:00 PM
														Awards Reception 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Room Town & Country Foyer

8:00 PM


9:00 PM

Start	Event	End	Room
Sunday, May 11, 2025 7:00 AM	Short Course Registration	11:00 AM	Sunset 4
Sunday, May 11, 2025 8:00 AM	ASED Executive Committee Meeting	12:00 PM	Palm 5-6
Sunday, May 11, 2025 8:00 AM	Short Course: Introduction to Plasmas - Registration Required	10:00 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Sunday, May 11, 2025 10:15 AM	Short Course: Surface Engineering: Where to Start - Registration Required	12:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Sunday, May 11, 2025 1:00 PM	Short Course: Control of Microstructure - Registration Required	3:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Sunday, May 11, 2025 3:15 PM	Short Course: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy - Registration Required	5:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Sunday, May 11, 2025 4:30 PM	Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration	6:30 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 7:00 AM	Attendee & Short Course Registration	6:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 7:30 AM	Exhibitor Registration	3:30 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 7:45 AM	Morning Coffee	8:45 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 8:00 AM	Plenary Lecture: “Past, Present and Future of All Solid State Batteries – Challenges and Opportunities," Shirley Meng, Argonne National Lab, The University of Chicago, USA	9:45 AM	Town & Country A
Monday, May 12, 2025 8:00 AM	Short Course: Understanding and Control Stresses in PVD Thin Films - Registration Required	10:00 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 10:00 AM	Technical Sessions	5:40 PM	See Program/Mobile App
Monday, May 12, 2025 10:15 AM	Short Course: Ellipsometry - Registration Required	12:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 1:00 PM	Keynote Lecture I: "Bill Sproul Award Lecture: The Ion and Material Design Revolution – Songs of Innocence and Experience," Arutiun P. Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, UK	2:00 PM	Town & Country A
Monday, May 12, 2025 1:00 PM	Short Course: Arc Plasma PVD - Registration Required	3:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 3:15 PM	Short Course: Nucleation and Thin Film Growth - Registration Required	5:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 3:40 PM	Afternoon Coffee Break	4:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Monday, May 12, 2025 5:45 PM	Welcome Mixer	7:00 PM	Flamingo Lawn
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 7:30 AM	Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration	3:30 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 8:00 AM	Short Course: Ion-Solid Interactions/Fund of Sputter Deposition - Registration Required	10:00 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 8:00 AM	Technical Sessions	5:20 PM	See Program/Mobile App
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:15 AM	Short Course: Plasma Sources - Registration Required	12:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 11:00 AM	Exhibition Keynote Lecture: "Surface Engineering and Rocket Science –Surface Engineering Solutions to Protect Spacecrafts and Ground Infrastructure Against Terrestrial and “Extraterrestrial” Harsh Environments, Juan Flores Preciado, SpaceX, USA	12:00 PM	Town & Country A
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 12:00 PM	Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last)	1:40 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 12:00 PM	Exhibition	7:00 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 1:00 PM	Short Course: X-ray Diffraction - Registration Required	3:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 3:15 PM	Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Thin Film Deposition - Registration Required	5:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 3:20 PM	Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall	4:00 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 5:30 PM	Exhibition Reception	7:00 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 7:30 AM	Attendee & Short Course Registration	3:30 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8:00 AM	Short Course: Electron Microscopy - Registration Required	10:00 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8:00 AM	Technical Sessions	5:40 PM	See Program/Mobile App
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:00 AM	Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall	11:00 AM	Golden State Ballroom
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:00 AM	Exhibition	2:00 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:15 AM	Short Course: Design and Deposition of Hard and Superhard Coatings - Registration Required	12:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 12:20 PM	Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last)	2:00 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 1:00 PM	Keynote Lecture II: "Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition for High Throughput Industrial Production of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Photovoltaic Cells," Emanuele Sortino, Beneq, USA	2:00 PM	Town & Country A
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 1:00 PM	Short Course: Reactive Magnetron Sputter Deposition - Registration Required	3:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 3:15 PM	Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Plasmas - Registration Required	5:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 5:45 PM	Awards Ceremony	7:15 PM	Town & Country A
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 7:30 PM	Awards Reception	10:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:30 AM	Attendee & Short Course Registration	3:30 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:00 AM	Short Course: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: Principles, Sources, and Applications - Registration Required	10:00 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:00 AM	Technical Sessions	5:00 PM	See Program/Mobile App
Thursday, May 15, 2025 10:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break	10:20 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 10:15 AM	Short Course: Stress Evolution during Thin Film Growth - Registration Required	12:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 12:20 PM	ICMCTF 2026 Information & Planning Session	1:20 PM	Town & Country D
Thursday, May 15, 2025 1:00 PM	Short Course: Nanomechanics and Tribology of Thin Film Coatings - Registration Required	3:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 3:15 PM	Short Course: In Silico Materials Characterization: From Electrons to Microstructure - Registration Required	5:15 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 3:40 PM	Afternoon Coffee Break	4:00 PM	Town & Country Foyer
Thursday, May 15, 2025 5:00 PM	Poster Session & Reception	7:00 PM	Golden State Ballroom
Friday, May 16, 2025 7:30 AM	Attendee Registration	9:00 AM	Town & Country Foyer
Friday, May 16, 2025 8:00 AM	Technical Sessions	12:00 PM	See Program/Mobile App
Friday, May 16, 2025 8:30 AM	AVS Board of Directors' Meeting	3:30 PM	Palm 5-6