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International Congresses and Conferences in Poland – September 2026

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September 2026 will be one of the busiest months in this year’s calendar of international association and scientific meetings in Poland. According to monitoring conducted for the Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourism Organisation, as of 28 August 2026, at least 22 international congresses, conferences, scientific meetings and association assemblies have been identified in Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań and Szczecin.

The highest concentration of events has been recorded in Kraków, followed by Poznań and Warsaw. Their subject areas include medicine, technology, humanities, information and communications, economics and politics, and trade and services, in line with the classification used in the Polish Tourism Organisation/Poland Convention Bureau report Meetings and Events Industry in Poland.

The monitoring focuses on events with a genuinely international profile, with particular emphasis on association meetings, and also analyses them in the context of ICCA and UIA methodologies. This does not, however, mean that all the events described have already been officially classified in the databases of these two organisations. ICCA criteria include, among other requirements, regular recurrence, rotation between at least three countries or territories, and a minimum of 50 in-person participants.

The current UIA criteria are broader and are based primarily on the meeting’s connection with an international organisation listed in the UIA database.

Warsaw: dentistry, criminology and the materials of the future

One of the first major events of the month will be the 23rd World Congress on Dental Traumatology – WCDT 2026, taking place from 3 to 5 September at Hilton Warsaw City. The event is organised by the International Association of Dental Traumatology, with the Polish Academy of Paediatric Dentistry as its Polish partner. The Organising Committee is chaired by Dr Michał Sobczak, who is also the incoming President of IADT.

The programme includes scientific sessions, ten hands-on workshops, a welcome reception and a gala dinner.

WCDT also features an extensive programme enabling delegates to discover Warsaw and its surroundings. Options include sightseeing in the city, a visit to Wilanów Palace and a Fryderyk Chopin-themed excursion to Żelazowa Wola and Brochów. Delegates will also receive a complimentary three-day Warsaw public transport pass, provided through cooperation with the City of Warsaw and the Warsaw Tourism Organisation.

The congress secretariat is managed by Mazurkas Congress Management, a company included on the current list of Recommended Professional Congress Organisers of the Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourism Organisation for 2025–2026.

From 9 to 12 September, the University of Warsaw will host the 26th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology – EUROCRIM 2026. Organisers expect approximately 1,800 participants from around the world. It will be one of the largest scientific events ever held at the University of Warsaw and the first EUROCRIM edition to take place in Warsaw.

The conference will make use of several distinctive University of Warsaw venues. The opening ceremony will take place in the Auditorium Maximum, the welcome reception in the University of Warsaw Library Garden, while part of the conference programme will be hosted in the Old Library and the building at 55 Dobra Street. The farewell dinner is planned at the Palace of Culture and Science.

Thanks to cooperation between the City of Warsaw and the Warsaw Tourism Organisation, EUROCRIM participants will also receive complimentary public transport tickets for the duration of the conference. The organisers have additionally published information on support for people with specific accessibility requirements, including those related to hearing, vision and mobility between event venues.

Dr hab. Dagmara Woźniakowska, Professor at the University of Warsaw, is involved in the organisation of EUROCRIM and coordinates preparations on behalf of the University. She is also a Polish Congress Ambassador, nominated in 2025 in the field of social sciences.

From 14 to 17 September, the Main Building of Warsaw University of Technology will host the E-MRS Fall Meeting 2026 of the European Materials Research Society. The programme will include symposia featuring invited experts, oral and poster presentations, a plenary session and an exhibition dedicated to materials science.

Another new event included in the September overview is the International Conference of the European Association of Lawyers – AEA-EAL, scheduled for 25–26 September in Warsaw. Organised jointly with Krajowa Izba Radców Prawnych, the conference will form part of the celebrations marking AEA-EAL’s 40th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of KIRP’s membership of the association. The Council of Europe will be the event’s strategic partner, while the conference sessions will take place at Klub Bankowca in Warsaw’s Powiśle district.

The programme will focus on the future of the legal profession, the Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer and environmental law in the context of human rights.

Poznań: from world archaeology to international business

September in Poznań will begin with an event starting as early as 31 August. Running until 4 September, the 21st World Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences – UISPP 2026 will be the first UISPP World Congress ever to be held in Poland. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań expects approximately 800 participants from around the world, with a programme featuring scientific sessions, plenary lectures, commission meetings and scientific excursions.

UISPP also stands out for its particularly extensive programme showcasing Poland’s archaeological heritage. In addition to venues at Adam Mickiewicz University, delegates will visit the Archaeological Museum, while the field-trip programme includes Ostrów Lednicki, Gniezno, Biskupin, Krzemionki and Raj Cave, as well as Kraków and the Wieliczka Salt Mine. The opening of an archaeological exhibition is also planned. Organisational services for the congress are provided by the Poznań Science and Technology Park.

As an inclusion measure, the organisers have waived the congress fee for participants from Ukraine. This should be regarded as a social initiative supporting accessibility and inclusion rather than automatically being classified as an environmental sustainability practice.

The main part of the 14th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism – IAM 2026 will take place from 3 to 5 September. It will be preceded by a doctoral workshop on 2 September. The conference is organised by the Faculty of English and the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures at Adam Mickiewicz University, with a programme including plenary lectures on multilingualism and the acquisition of additional languages.

From 9 to 11 September, the Poznań University of Economics and Business will host the 22nd IGWT Symposium – From Commodity to Quality: Shaping a Sustainable Future, combined with the 3rd International Conference on Quality and Management Sciences. The event is organised by the Institute of Quality Science in cooperation with the International Society of Commodity Science and Technology.

Conference topics include sustainable production and consumption, the circular economy, eco-design, innovative materials and the use of artificial intelligence. It is important, however, to distinguish sustainability as a scientific topic from specific environmental measures implemented in the organisation of the event itself. The latter should not be attributed to the conference without separate confirmation.

Another international meeting at the Poznań University of Economics and Business will be the Regional Studies Association Central and Eastern Europe Conference 2026, scheduled for 14–16 September. This will be the fifth RSA conference dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe. Researchers, experts and representatives of public institutions working in areas such as economic development, regional transformation, territorial policy and planning will travel to Poznań for the event.

From 21 to 23 September, the university will host the 12th AIB Central and Eastern Europe Chapter Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business. AIB is a global academic association with more than 3,500 members from over 80 countries. The Poznań programme will include a doctoral meeting, an early-career programme, workshops on developing academic publications, a meeting of the AIB-CEE board, plenary sessions, a welcome reception and a gala dinner.

Poznań’s September calendar will be completed by the XXX Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians, taking place from 23 to 26 September under the theme “Values in law through the ages”. This will be the 30th anniversary edition of the international meeting series organised by the Association of Young Legal Historians. The hosts will be the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of History at Adam Mickiewicz University.

Szczecin: the heritage of castles and museums around the Baltic Sea

From 8 to 10 September, the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle in Szczecin will host the XXXVI General Assembly and Seminar of the Association of Castles and Museums around the Baltic Sea. The seminar will focus on castles as spaces of cultural heritage and on the challenges associated with their conservation, restoration and modernisation.

The programme is particularly closely connected with the city’s destination offer. In addition to the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle, participants will visit the National Museum in Szczecin and the Dialogue Centre “Upheavals”. A dinner and sightseeing programme in Szczecin are also planned, including visits to the Lentz Villa, Chrobry Embankment and the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic building.

This is a good example of an event where discovering the destination is not simply a tourism add-on, but is directly connected with delegates’ professional interests and the subject matter of the conference.

Kraków with the largest number of identified events

Kraków remains the destination with the highest number of events identified in the monitoring.

On 2–4 September, AGH University of Krakow will simultaneously host two long-running Euromicro conferences: the 29th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design – DSD 2026 and the 52nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications – SEAA 2026. Both are international events and will take place in Building B8 on the AGH campus.

On 3–4 September, AGH will also host the 9th KGK Space Resources Conference, dedicated to interdisciplinary aspects of the exploration and utilisation of space resources. Kraków Convention Bureau estimates attendance at approximately 100 participants.

Another significant event will be the 17th International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials – ICFPAM 2026, taking place at AGH from 6 to 9 September. This will be the 17th edition of an international conference series covering areas including photonics, biomaterials, materials for space technologies, green chemistry and advanced materials. Announced speakers include Anne L’Huillier, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Jean-Marie Lehn.

From 7 to 10 September, Krakow University of Technology will host the 44th Solid Mechanics Conference – SolMech 2026. Kraków Convention Bureau estimates attendance at approximately 200 participants. The accompanying programme will include a welcome reception and a sightseeing tour of Kraków, taking delegates via St Florian’s Gate, St Mary’s Basilica, the Cloth Hall and Wawel Hill.

One of the month’s largest association events will be the ECPR General Conference 2026, taking place from 8 to 11 September at the Jagiellonian University. The European Consortium for Political Research describes its General Conference as the largest annual gathering of political scientists in Europe. Kraków Convention Bureau estimates attendance at approximately 2,000 participants.

On the same dates, 8–11 September, AGH will host EASST 2026 – More Than Now: Exploring Resilient Futures, organised by the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology. Organisers expect almost 1,000 researchers from around the world. The programme will include meetings, lectures and workshops exploring topics such as relationships between science, technology and society, artificial intelligence, socio-technological transformation and resilience to contemporary crises.

The Young European Scientists Conference – YES 2026 is scheduled for 9–12 September at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University. Kraków Convention Bureau estimates attendance at approximately 200 participants.

From 21 to 23 September, ICE Kraków Congress Centre will welcome approximately 1,000 participants for the 25th Conference of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy – OIDP 2026. The anniversary event is organised by the Municipality of Kraków and United Cities and Local Governments – UCLG.

OIDP is also one of the clearest examples of a congress with a deliberately planned legacy. The conference is expected to conclude with the adoption of a political declaration setting out key messages and commitments developed during the meeting. Following the event, a report will be prepared covering the debates, conclusions and recommendations, while one of the intended outcomes is the development of long-term partnerships between local governments, academia, civil society and international organisations.

Towards the end of the month, Kraków will host the 23rd European Congress of Toxicologic Pathology – ESTP 2026, taking place from 29 September to 2 October. Official sources from the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology confirm Kraków as the host city and a theme focusing on new tools for pathologists in the era of data analysis, while Kraków Convention Bureau identifies ICE Kraków as the venue and estimates attendance at approximately 1,500 participants.

September’s calendar will conclude with the 3rd PIARC International Conference on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety, beginning on 30 September and continuing until 2 October. According to official PIARC materials, the conference will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Krakow Hotel & Convention Center, 5 Dąbska Street, while the neighbouring Hampton by Hilton Krakow has been designated as an additional accommodation option. Kraków Convention Bureau estimates attendance at approximately 1,000 participants.

The PIARC programme focuses on road tunnel operations and safety, digitalisation, infrastructure resilience and sustainability. Technical visits are also planned. In this case, however, sustainability is primarily part of the conference’s substantive programme and should not automatically be treated as evidence that the event itself has implemented a comprehensive environmental sustainability programme.

Sustainability, accessibility and congress legacy

An analysis of September’s events demonstrates the importance of distinguishing between sustainability, accessibility and social inclusion, and the long-term legacy of business events.

In the case of WCDT and EUROCRIM, specific transport solutions can be identified: complimentary Warsaw public transport tickets for delegates. EUROCRIM has also published information on accessibility measures and support for people with specific requirements.

UISPP has introduced an inclusion initiative for participants from Ukraine and developed an extensive programme showcasing Poland’s archaeological heritage. OIDP, meanwhile, has defined specific long-term outcomes even before the event takes place: a political declaration, a post-conference report and the development of further partnerships.

For IGWT, EASST and PIARC, sustainability features strongly in the substantive conference programme, but this should not be interpreted as evidence that the congress itself has a comprehensive sustainable event-management strategy. Maintaining this distinction remains an important element of the ongoing monitoring.

International congresses tap into the potential of Poland’s knowledge hubs

September’s calendar demonstrates the strong connection between Poland’s international association meetings market and its academic community. The University of Warsaw, Warsaw University of Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań University of Economics and Business, the Jagiellonian University, AGH University of Krakow and Krakow University of Technology do more than simply serve as host institutions. They also provide congresses with access to local expert communities, laboratories, researchers and potential future Polish Congress Ambassadors.

At the same time, events are increasingly extending beyond their main conference halls. The programmes analysed include museums, castles, historic venues, gardens, congress hotels, dinner venues, scientific and technical excursions, and activities organised before and after the main congress programme. In this way, an international meeting becomes not only a platform for knowledge transfer but also an opportunity to showcase the host city and region to delegates, many of whom are visiting Poland for the first time.

Note: This overview forms part of ongoing monitoring conducted for the Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourism Organisation and was updated on 28 August 2026, based on publicly available sources provided by organisers, international associations, Polish universities, convention bureaux and other official institutions. It is not intended to constitute an exhaustive catalogue of all international events taking place in Poland.

The database is updated as new information becomes available regarding attendance, programmes, venues, professional congress organisers, local partners, sustainability, event legacy and the involvement of Polish partners in bidding for and delivering these events.

 

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