SolMech 2026

44th Solid Mechanics Conference

September 7–10, 2026, Kraków, Poland






Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in the 44th Solid Mechanics Conference, which will be held in Kraków on September 7–10, 2026.

The Solid Mechanics Conferences are a series of biennial international conferences, which have been organized by the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN) since 1953. They aim at maintaining high scientific standards and providing a friendly atmosphere, facilitating discussions of research topics on solid mechanics. This time, the Conference is hosted and co-organized by the Cracow University of Technology.

We are looking forward to receiving your abstract and meeting you in Kraków.

Yours sincerely,

Katarzyna Kowalczyk-Gajewska

Conference Chair

Jerzy Pamin

Conference Co-Chair




Organizers

Cracow University of Technology



Under the auspices of

Committee on Mechanics Polish Academy of Sciences
Committee on Mechanics
Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish Association for Computational Mechanics
Polish Association for
Computational Mechanics



Sponsors


Minister Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego

Program Wektory Nauki

The Conference is co-financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland in the framework of the ministerial programme “Wektory Nauki” on the basis of the agreement no. WNK/SP/0159/2025/01. Funding from the Ministry: PLN 165440.00. Project value: PLN 670120.00.

Projekt finansowany ze środków budżetu państwa, przyznanych przez Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach Programu Wektory Nauki.



Honorary Patronage

Miasto Krakow
Prezydent Miasta Krakowa

Dr Aleksander Miszalski



Cracow University of Technology

Rector of
the Cracow University of Technology

Prof. Andrzej Szarata, DSc, PhD, Eng.

Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

Director of
the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research
of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Prof. Tadeusz Burczyński, DSc, PhD, Eng.