Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

ICEC 2026 – the 33rd International Conference on Electrical Contacts will be held in Trondheim, Norway in June 2026.

Prospective authors are invited to submit a brief abstract (200 words maximum) within the topics listed below. Contributions should be technical and free from commercialism.

Accepted papers will be presented at the conference, either orally or in a poster session. All accepted papers will be printed in the ICEC 2026 Conference Proceedings which will be treated as an Open Access (OA) publication with the papers freely accessible online.

Topics and Technical Areas

  • Fundamentals and Basic Phenomena
    • Contact Resistance
    • Tribology
    • Sliding and Fretting
    • Thermal Effects and Diffusion
  • Arcing Contacts
    • Arc Behaviour
    • Dynamic Welding
    • Contact Erosion
    • Relays
    • DC Switching
  • Current Interruption
    • Circuit Breakers
    • Vacuum Interrupters
    • Switching in Air and Other Gases
    • Contactors
    • Micro-Arcing
    • Hybrid Switches
    • Arc Quenching Systems
  • Non-Arcing Contacts
    • Power Connectors
    • Spring-Loaded Terminals
    • Crimp Terminals
    • Bus-Bar Joints
    • Aluminium Connectors
    • Electronic Connectors
    • High Frequency Connectors
  • Contact Materials
    • Base Materials
    • Surface Coating
    • Composites
    • Noble Metal Use
  • Interactions between Arc, Contact and Insulating Materials
    • Wear of Insulation
    • Partial Discharges
    • Dielectric Breakdown
  • Modelling and Simulation
    • Thermal and Magnetic Effects
    • Electrical Field Stress
    • Switching Arc Simulation
  • Sliding Contacts
    • Slip Ring / Brush
    • Lubricants
    • Materials
    • Wear
  • Specific Application Fields
    • Automotive
    • Batteries
    • Photovoltaic
    • Medical
    • Aerospace
    • MEMS
    • HVDC Switches
  • Environmental Effects
    • Contaminations
    • Vibration / Shock
    • Corrosion
  • Diagnostics and Reliability
    • Arc Fault Detection
    • Degradation Mechanisms
    • Monitoring
    • Life Prediction
    • Failure Statistics

Submission

Abstracts are to be submitted via our submission portal:

Submission Portal

Important Dates

Important Dates

Call for abstracts: January 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 15 September 2025
Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 October 2025
Deadline for complete paper: 15 January 2026
Final acceptance of papers: 31 March 2026
Conference: 21–25 June 2026

Organisers RSB

Organisers

SINTEFNTNU - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyUppsala Universitet