Fairs / Events

Prof. Bernd Valeske, Executive Director of Fraunhofer IZFP and Chairman of the Fraunhofer Transport Alliance, and Christine Hupperich are hosting a parliamentary discussion together with colleagues from the Fraunhofer Transport Alliance and with the support of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s central science policy department. The topic is “Autonomous Driving: How Germany Can Get into the Fast Lane.”

Welcome to ICASSP 2026 – Where Signals Meet Intelligence! Join us May 4–8 in Barcelona, Spain, for the premier event in signal processing excellence: the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Discover groundbreaking innovations, explore emerging research, and connect with experts from around the world – all in a place where signals meet intelligence.

The very first USES² training school is taking place this year, from the 25th to the 29th May 2026, at Université Gustave Eiffel, Nantes, France. It evolves around SHM, innovative sensors, advanced mechanical waves methods, smart structures and much more in the SHM and NDE fields.

With its most extensive range from sensors to finished test results and the offer of technical solutions for measuring, testing and monitoring tasks in all industrial sectors, SENSOR+TEST is the state-of-the-art and most comprehensive trade show worldwide. It is a fixed date in the calendars of all application industries, as they require more and more sensor, measuring, and testing systems for the development and production of their innovative products.

At this year's EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING exhibition, Fraunhofer IZFP, Fraunhofer FHR and Fraunhofer ITWM are is presenting a wide range of state-of-the-art exhibits.

Sub-divided into the five trade fair segments Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Public Transport, Interiors and Tunnel Construction, InnoTrans occupies all 42 halls available at Berlin Exhibition Grounds. The InnoTrans Convention, the event’s top-level supporting programme, complements the trade fair and will be streamed live. A unique feature of InnoTrans is its outdoor and track display area, where everything from tank wagons to high-speed trains are displayed on 3,500 metres of track. InnoTrans offers vehicle manufacturers the possibility to demonstrate buses on a static Bus Display area and the adjacent Demonstration Course. InnoTrans is organized by Messe Berlin. The fifteenth InnoTrans will take place from 22 to 25 September 2026.

Predictive maintenance goes hand in hand with the increasing digitalization across all industrial sectors. Particularly in cost-driven industries and within a challenging market environment, it has now established itself as a core maintenance strategy or is—in combination with other strategies—preferred for critical components. Thanks to intelligent sensor technology and sophisticated data analysis, understanding of a company’s own machinery is growing, and experienced maintenance technicians rave about the increased reliability, resilience, and availability of their processes. With its “Predictive Maintenance“ conference, TÜV SÜD provides a forum to learn about the latest state of the art and to facilitate exchange among experts from the chemical and process industries as well as the energy sector.