The International Conference on Technological Advances of Thin Films & Surface Coatings is a biannual event of knowledge exchange and interactive platform for researchers and engineers from industry, research laboratories and academia. ThinFilms2014 is the 7th of this series. Following its success as ThinFilms2002, ThinFilms2004, ThinFilms2006,ThinFilms2008, ThinFilms2010, and Thinfilms2012, ThinFilms2014 will again bring together state-of-the-art developments on all aspects related to the processing, characterization and applications of thin films and surface coatings. (The registration starts on 15th afternoon; technical presentations will be on 16th - 18th July 2014).