A total of 537 oral communication abstracts and 41 poster presentations have been approved, alongside 210 contributions associated with Special Sessions, reflecting the breadth and dynamism of the global scientific community engaged with ESREL 2026.

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Among the Methodology Areas, the strongest participation was recorded in Mathematical and Computational Methods in Reliability and Safety with 64 submissions, followed by Risk Assessment with 44 abstracts, Decision Making under Uncertainty with 38, Prognostics and System Health Management with 37, and Human Factors and Human Reliability with 35 submissions. Significant interest was also observed in Accident and Incident Modeling, Foundations of Risk and Reliability Assessment and Management, Maintenance Modeling and Applications, and Simulation for Safety and Reliability Analysis.

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Within the Application Areas, the most active topics include Civil Engineering and Energy, each receiving 30 submissions, closely followed by Maritime and Offshore Technology with 29 abstracts. Other highly represented themes include Occupational Safety, Land Transportation, Critical Infrastructures, and Aeronautics Aerospace, highlighting the multidisciplinary nature of the conference.

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The Special Sessions programme has also attracted considerable attention, especially in emerging and rapidly evolving fields. Topics such as Advancements in Strategic and Operational Risk Assessment for Maritime Traffic, Risk and Reliability Analysis in Hydrogen Systems, Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Simulation for Nuclear Systems, and Safety Challenges in Healthcare and Medtech Industries have generated strong engagement from the international community.

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The growing number of contributions related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Digital Twins, Cyber-Physical Systems, Predictive Maintenance and Climate Resilience demonstrates the increasing relevance of these themes in the future development of reliability and safety engineering.

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With contributions spanning academia, industry and applied research, ESREL 2026 is shaping up to deliver a rich and forward-looking scientific programme that reflects the latest challenges and innovations in risk, reliability and resilience.