ECNDT 2026 | European Conference on non-destructive testing

ECNDT 2026, the European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, is a prominent congress gathering experts, academics and industry professionals to share innovation, research and cutting-edge technologies for the future of inspections and quality control.

ECNDT is EFNDT’s (European Federation for Non-Destrcutive Testing) premier international event.

ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED BY: Vincenza A.M. Luprano 1, Anna Marzo1, Alessandro Marzani 2, Antonio Palermo 2

ORGANIZATION: 1. ENEA- Department for Sustainability – Anthropic and Climate Change Impacts on the Territories SSPT-IMPACT,
2 University of Bologna – Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering – DICAM

OBJECTIVE AND TOPICS: Concrete and masonry structures, whether part of modern infrastructure or heritage assets, require reliable diagnostic and monitoring tools to ensure safety and durability. This need is especially critical for regular inspections and for post-event assessments following catastrophic events such as floods, earthquakes or fires. In this context, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) approaches offer unique capabilities to detect damage, characterize material degradation, and evaluate structural integrity in a truly non-destructive manner.
This Special Session highlights methodological and technological advances in in-situ NDT for concrete and masonry, with a focus on their integration into next-generation assessment frameworks. Topics of interest include fracture and damage evolution analysis, material characterization, sensor network design, and hybrid approaches combining NDT with numerical simulations. Emphasis will be given to applications involving digital twin platforms, artificial intelligence, and physics-informed machine learning for data interpretation and predictive modelling.
Case studies, methodological innovations, and interdisciplinary contributions are especially encouraged. The session aims to foster exchange between researchers and practitioners to advance the broader implementation of NDT in intelligent, data-driven structural diagnostics and decision-making. The Special Session is intended also to share and discuss the results of European projects like MULTICLIMACT and REHOUSE.

Contributions are invited on (but not limited to) the following areas:
• In-situ Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods for concrete and masonry structures
• Post-catastrophic event inspections (e.g., floods, earthquakes, extreme weather events)
• Regular inspection and maintenance strategies supported by NDT
• Sensor network design and deployment for structural health monitoring
• Hybrid approaches combining NDT with numerical simulations and predictive models
• Integration of NDT data into Building Information Models (BIM) and Digital Twins
• Artificial intelligence and physics-informed machine learning (PIML) for NDT data interpretation
• Interdisciplinary approaches for intelligent, data-driven diagnostics and decision-making NDT

All the instructions for paper submission are included in the conference website: https://www.ecndt2026.org