The 8th International Congress on Technical Diagnostics – ICTD 2026
The International Congress on Technical Diagnostics (original Polish name: Międzynarodowy Kongres Diagnostyki Technicznej) is a series of meetings bringing together representatives of academia and industry to discuss the latest developments and solutions in technical diagnostics. The Congress is held every four years in different cities across Poland. Its aim is to provide an international platform for the exchange of ideas and new concepts in the diagnostics of machines, vehicles, structures, materials and industrial processes, as well as in the maintenance of all types of technical facilities. Previous editions of the Congress have been held in the following cities: Gdańsk (1996), Warsaw (2000), Poznań (2004), Olsztyn (2008), Kraków (2012), Gliwice (2016) and Radom (2022).
The 8th International Congress on Technical Diagnostics (ICTD 2026) took place from 23 to 25 September 2026 in Gdańsk, attracting over 100 participants from several countries. The Congress programme included 85 presentations, comprising plenary lectures, technical session presentations, posters and sponsor presentations. The abstracts were published in a book of abstracts by the IMP PAN Publishing House, while selected papers were published as articles in international scientific journals.
The Congress was organised by the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk, the Naval Academy in Gdynia and the Polish Society for Technical Diagnostics. The event was held under the honorary patronage of three committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences: the Committee on Machine Construction, the Committee on Acoustics and the Committee on Transport.
More information is available on the Congress website: https://ictd2026.imp.gda.pl
Detailed congress programme: PDF file
Informational poster: PDF file
The ICTD 2026 congress is co-financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland under the ministerial programme Wektory Nauki, on the basis of Agreement No. WNK/SP/0146/2025/01. The funding provided by the Ministry amounts to PLN 83,140, while the total project value is PLN 207,140.
Projekt finansowany ze środków budżetu państwa, przyznanych przez Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach Programu Wektory Nauki.
