The 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
The 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
NDT for Digital Transformation, Diagnostics, and Preservation
Part of the International Conference on Non-Destructive Testing series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer TimeAbstract Submission Deadline
3 April 2026
Abstract Acceptance Notification
30 April 2026
Registration Deadline
29 June 2026
NDT Methods, NDT Applications, Data-driven Approaches, Automation and Robotics, Structural Health Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning, Materials Characterization, Numerical Modeling and Simulation
The ICNDT 2026 is Now Open for Abstract Submission and Registration
Click here to submit your abstracts by 3 April 2026.
Click here to register for the conference by 29 June 2026.
For any inquiries, please contact us at icndt2026@mdpi.com.
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear NDT Community,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the 1st International (Online) Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT 2026), which will be held online from 1 to 3 July 2026.
The theme of this conference is "NDT for Digital Transformation, Diagnostics, and Preservation." We aim to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and industrial experts to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of non-destructive testing. It will provide an interdisciplinary platform for presenting and discussing the most recent innovations, trends, and challenges encountered, as well as solutions adopted in the field.
We anticipate stimulating discussions on a range of topics, including, but not limited, to the following:
S1. Digitalization of NDT Data: Exploring advancements in data acquisition, management, and analysis, including big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT) in NDT.
S2. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for NDT: Focusing on the application of AI and ML techniques for automated detection, characterization, and predictive maintenance.
S3. Advanced Sensing Technologies: Covering innovations in NDT sensors, including novel materials, micro- and nano-sensors, and smart sensors.
S4. Robotics and Automation in NDT: Addressing the use of robotic systems and automated solutions for efficient and reliable NDT inspections.
S5. NDT for Structural Health Monitoring: Examining the role of NDT in the continuous monitoring of the integrity of structures and components.
S6. NDT for Additive Manufacturing: Investigating the challenges and solutions of NDT in ensuring the quality of additively manufactured parts.
S7. NDT in Cultural Heritage Preservation: Discussing the application of NDT techniques for the diagnostics and preservation of historical artefacts and monuments.
S8. Data Fusion and Integration: Exploring the synergistic combination of data from diverse NDT techniques and complementary sources to improve the accuracy, reliability, and efficiency of measurements.
We believe that ICNDT 2026 will provide a valuable platform for fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among researchers and practitioners in the field of non-destructive testing. We look forward to receiving your contributions and welcoming you to the conference.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti
School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, London, UK
School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, London, UK
The Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing, University of West London, London, UK
Prof. Dr. Andreas Loizos
Laboratory of Pavement Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Pavement Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece
Dr. Luca Bianchini Ciampoli
Department of Civil, Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies Engineering, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
Department of Civil, Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies Engineering, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
The Chairs of the 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
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Event Chairs
School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, UK,
The Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing, University of West London, UK
Bio
Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti is a Registered Chartered Engineer, a Professor of Civil Engineering at the School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London (UWL), London, U.K., and the Director of “The Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing” at UWL. His research interests include the development of new algorithms, methodologies, and models for geoscience applications and the non-destructive and remote sensing assessment of civil and green infrastructure, as well as cultural heritage. He has authored/co-authored over 250 research publication records and delivered numerous keynote speeches and invited lectures. Prof. Tosti was a recipient of the ECSs Award, presented by the European Geosciences Union (EGU), in 2017 and several Best Paper Awards at international conferences, including the TSP 2020, IEEE AGERS 2021, and GIRST 2023. He was the General Co-Chair of the Int. Workshop on Signal Processing Techniques for GPR Applications (SPT4GPRA) in 2024, 2022, and 2020. He has also led technical sessions at over 50 international conferences. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of NDT (MDPI) and an Associate Editor of various international peer-reviewed journals.
Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti is a Registered Chartered Engineer, a Professor of Civil Engineering at the School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London (UWL), London, U.K., and the Director of “The Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing” at UWL. His research interests include the development of new algorithms, methodologies, and models for geoscience applications and the non-destructive and remote sensing assessment of civil and green infrastructure, as well as cultural heritage. He has authored/co-authored over 250 research publication records and delivered numerous keynote speeches and invited lectures. Prof. Tosti was a recipient of the ECSs Award, presented by the European Geosciences Union (EGU), in 2017 and several Best Paper Awards at international conferences, including the TSP 2020, IEEE AGERS 2021, and GIRST 2023. He was the General Co-Chair of the Int. Workshop on Signal Processing Techniques for GPR Applications (SPT4GPRA) in 2024, 2022, and 2020. He has also led technical sessions at over 50 international conferences. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of NDT (MDPI) and an Associate Editor of various international peer-reviewed journals.
Laboratory of Pavement Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Bio
Andreas Loizos is a Pavement Engineering Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). His research interests include pavement and material engineering, roadway and airfields pavement evaluation, structural and functional assessment of pavements, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and pavement monitoring systems, geophysical and GPR inspection surveys of pavements, performance-based evaluation of pavement materials and aspects of railway track assessment. He is an Associate Editor in the International Journal of Pavement Engineering (IJPE) . He has been among others the Chair of the BCRRA17 International Conference as well as Co -Chair of the ASCE19 International Event in Road & Airfield pavements as well as author of over 200 Journal technical Papers. He is a founding and Board member of the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE).
Andreas Loizos is a Pavement Engineering Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). His research interests include pavement and material engineering, roadway and airfields pavement evaluation, structural and functional assessment of pavements, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and pavement monitoring systems, geophysical and GPR inspection surveys of pavements, performance-based evaluation of pavement materials and aspects of railway track assessment. He is an Associate Editor in the International Journal of Pavement Engineering (IJPE) . He has been among others the Chair of the BCRRA17 International Conference as well as Co -Chair of the ASCE19 International Event in Road & Airfield pavements as well as author of over 200 Journal technical Papers. He is a founding and Board member of the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE).
Department of Civil, Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies Engineering, Roma Tre University, Italy
Bio
Dr. Luca Bianchini Ciampoli is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Roma Tre University, Italy, specializing in non-destructive testing (NDT) and remote sensing for transport and heritage infrastructure monitoring and assessment, and holding the MSc Course of Airport Infrastructure Design. With a PhD in Civil Engineering, his research focuses on the use of ground-based non-destructive methods and Earth Observation techniques for enhancing infrastructure resilience and promoting preventive archaeology. He has authored over 85 indexed publications and led research projects at the national and international level.
Dr. Luca Bianchini Ciampoli is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Roma Tre University, Italy, specializing in non-destructive testing (NDT) and remote sensing for transport and heritage infrastructure monitoring and assessment, and holding the MSc Course of Airport Infrastructure Design. With a PhD in Civil Engineering, his research focuses on the use of ground-based non-destructive methods and Earth Observation techniques for enhancing infrastructure resilience and promoting preventive archaeology. He has authored over 85 indexed publications and led research projects at the national and international level.
Sessions
S2. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for NDT
S3. Advanced Sensing Technologies
S4. Robotics and Automation in NDT
S5. NDT for Structural Health Monitoring
S6. NDT for Additive Manufacturing
S7. NDT in Cultural Heritage Preservation
S8. Data Fusion and Integration
ECR. Early Career Researcher Session
Registration
The registration for ICNDT 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance at all conference sessions.
Please register using your academic email address, as this helps accelerate the registration process. If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 29 June 2026.
Only registered authors will be able to apply for the conference awards.
Please register using your academic email address, as this helps accelerate the registration process. If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 29 June 2026.
Only registered authors will be able to apply for the conference awards.
Instructions for Authors
Procedure for Submission
The 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT 2026) will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadlines
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 3 April 2026.
2. Abstract Acceptance Notification: 30 April 2026.
2. Abstract Acceptance Notification: 30 April 2026.
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission
- The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
- All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
- You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
- Abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals, or else it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
- The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
- Please ensure that all co-author information is thoroughly completed when submitting your abstract to prevent any omissions.
- The requirements for full affiliation include:
(1) Department/School/Faculty/Campus;
(2) University/Company/Institute;
(3) City;
(4) Post/ZIP code or equivalent, where available;
(5) Country.
- Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
- The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
- All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
- You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
- Abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals, or else it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
- The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
- Please ensure that all co-author information is thoroughly completed when submitting your abstract to prevent any omissions.
- The requirements for full affiliation include:
(1) Department/School/Faculty/Campus;
(2) University/Company/Institute;
(3) City;
(4) Post/ZIP code or equivalent, where available;
(5) Country.
- Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Oral Presentation and Slides Submission
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 minutes, leaving at least 3 minutes for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Presentation
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
- Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. NDT Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in the journal NDT (ISSN: 2813-477X), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. For more information, please visit the website here. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in the journal NDT (ISSN: 2813-477X), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. For more information, please visit the website here. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing in the Engineering Proceedings (ISSN: 2673-4591, CiteScore 1.2); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4–8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the ICNDT 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Engineering Proceedings.
The proceeding paper template can be downloaded HERE.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the ICNDT 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Engineering Proceedings.
The proceeding paper template can be downloaded HERE.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 4 awards, including 2 Early Career Researcher Awards, 1 Best Oral Presentation Award, and 1 Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Awards
Number of Awards Available: 2
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Awards are given to outstanding contributions from early career researchers.
Eligibility: Undergraduate student, postgraduate (Master's/PhD) student, or a scientist who has received their highest degree (Bachelor/Master's/PhD) within five years prior to 1 July 2026.
There will be two awardees selected for ECR Awards: one winner, and one runner-up. The awardees will receive a certificate and the following prizes:
There will be two awardees selected for ECR Awards: one winner, and one runner-up. The awardees will receive a certificate and the following prizes:
- ECR Award winner: 400 CHF
- ECR Award 1st runner-up: 200 CHF
Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award
Number of Awards Available: 2
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be two winners selected for these awards.
The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF prize each.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Suphakorn Suphapolthaworn
Mr. Hobart Mu
Email: icndt2026@mdpi.com
Mr. Hobart Mu
Email: icndt2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
