International Water Mist Conference 2026 will take place in Prague, call for papers published

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Annual International Water Mist Conference returns this October

Max Lakkonen (IFAB), President of the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) has announced that the 25^th International Water Mist Conference (#IWMC2026) will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 7^th and 8^th October 2026.

The event schedule is now available on the IWMA webpage. The first important date was 15th December, when the call for papers was issued. Another important date: 15^th April 2026 – the abstract deadline!

See call for papers here.

15^th April is also the date when the conference webpage will be activated and the ticket sale starts.

Companies wishing to support the event can already book tabletops for the exhibition, which will run alongside the conference.

The conference will be held at The Grand Hotel International. IWMA President Max Lakkonen will open the event.

One of the conference’s highlights will be the bestowal of the 2026 Ragnar Wighus Award with which IWMA honours young scientists who dedicate their master or Ph.D. thesis to water mist.

The deadline to submit applications for the Ragnar Wighus Award is 31^st March. In 2026, this prestigious award will be presented to the author of the best master thesis related to water mist technology.

The IWMA Scientific Council, chaired by Kemal Sarp Arsava (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) will evaluate the submissions. The winner will be invited to present the winning thesis in Prague.

IWMA can look back at a successful 2025 event with nearly 170 attendees from 25 countries. Max Lakkonen commented: “We have been positively surprised by the number of attendees and sponsors, which clearly demonstrates the strong momentum of our industry.”

The organization’s aim is now – obviously – to repeat this success in Prague.

For more details regarding the call for papers, speaker slots, sponsorship booking forms, the Ragnar Wighus Award, please contact the IWMA headquarters in Hamburg. We are also happy to help you with other enquiries regarding smaller droplets to fight fires.

Other opportunities to meet in 2026:

• Fire Sprinkler International, Paris, France, 22^nd and 23^rd April 2026
• The Fire Safety Event, Birmingham, UK, 28^th – 30^th April 2026
• Interschutz 2026, Hanover, Germany, from 1^st to 6^th June 2026