In June 2020, the fifth CIRP Conference on Surface Integrity took place web-based. Andreas Tausendfreund, Julian Vorspohl, Lisa Ehle, Matthias Hettig, Ewald Kohls, Friedhelm Frerichs, Mehnoush Mohammadnejad, Tjarden Zielinski, Tobias Kinner-Becker and Matthias Meinke from our CRC participated.