Proceedings of the 24th International Drying Symposium (IDS'26)

The International Drying Symposium (IDS) is the most important forum for drying and related technologies, for different applications, with a committed and participative community from both academia and industry, and achieving a history of half century. Established by Professor Arun S. Mujumdar at McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1978, IDS series has been organized in 17 countries of North and South Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania. This 24^th edition (IDS’26), held by the third time on France, was co-organized by two “Grandes Écoles” of the prestigious Université Paris-Saclay (ranked 13^th in the world - ARWU), traditional institutions involved in the highest level of research, development and formation, within an international environment: CentraleSupélec and AgroParisTech. From 25-28 of August 2026, IDS’26 assembled 264 delegates from 55 countries, one-third from the industry; from the two-thirds from academia, nearly half (44%) were doctoral students. The symposium presented 6 keynote speakers, ca. 130 oral and 120 posters presentations, a Young Scientist event, a round table of "industrial drying" involving producers and consumers of technologies / equipment, four technical / industrial visits, and ca. 15 sponsors and exhibitors. Reflecting the current challenges for the humanity, such as energy and water supply, and the integral valorisation of biomass (renewable carbon), IDS’26 was focused on “Strategies for reducing the carbon footprint in a resource-constrained world”. The symposium was structured by four pillars: Simulation and AI; Use of intermittent energy; Biosourced products; New technologies.