
Thursday, 15th October 2026
09:15
Prof. Demetri Bouris
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
Registration-Welcome
09:30
Assoc. Prof. D. Mitrakos
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
09:50
Assoc. Prof. F. Koukouvinis
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
10:10
Asst. Prof. D. Kolaitis
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
10:30
Asst. Prof. K. Kourtzanidis
Dept. Mech. Eng., University of Western Macedonia
10:50
Coffee
11:10
D. Papageorgiou
Prof. A. Tompoulides
Sch. Mech. Eng., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
11:30
Prof. V. Riziotis
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
11:50
Prof. K. Giannakoglou
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
12:10
Prof. D. Bouris
Sch. Mech. Eng., National Technical University of Athens
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Prof. K. Yakinthos,
Asst. Prof. P. Panagiotou
Sch. Mech. Eng., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
13:50
Prof. K. Yakinthos,
Asst. Prof. P. Panagiotou
Sch. Mech. Eng., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
14:10
Lab tour
15:00
Coffee
21st Da Vinci Competition Final - 5 presentations:
15:25
Prof Maria Vittoria Salvetti
ERCOFTAC SPC Chair
21st Da Vinci Competition Final - Open
15:30
Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands
Instability and Transition of Swept-Wing Flow
15:50
Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands
Compressibility Effects in Near-Wall Turbulence
16:10
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Transition and Multistability in Magnetoconvection
16:30
Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
High-Fidelity Modelling of Supersonic Decelerators for Planetary Descend
16:50
University of Maribor, Slovenia;
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
Dancing with the Flow: Numerical Modelling of Non-Ideal Micro-Particles in Fluids
17:10
Coffee Break
Committee deliberating
17:30
Decision - Presentation of Da Vinci Award
Closing Remarks
18:00
Closing
Gala Dinner
Friday, 16th October 2026
Technical and Committee Meetings:
9:00 - 12:30 Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) and Knowledge Network Committee (KNC)
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:30 ERCOFTAC Council (EC) and General Assembly (GA) Meetings
Travel Information: tbc
NTUA campus is located at Zografou area, 5km to the center of Athens. Not to be confused with the NTUA Patission complex in the center of Athens – it is the historical one. Detailed information on NTUA can be found on the following website : https://ntua.gr/en/
Meeting will be at the Library & Information Center NTUA, Zografou 157 73. Please use the following google map: https://goo.gl/maps/PyVQkGLjM3UGdNWY6
From the Airport to city center:
You can travel from the airport to the city centre using the metro line 3/ blue line. Trains run every 36 minutes and it will take about 40 minutes to reach the city centre/ Syntagma Square.
The ticket price from the airport costs 9€ for one way ticket and 16€ for return ticket. More information can be found at the following links:
How to reach the venue from city centre:
Please note that the ticket to NTUA from the city center (or metro stations in Athens), costs are:
Tickets are sold inside the metro stations and at selected kiosks around the city. For most stations and buses, you can pay by credit or debit card within the station or bus.
Accommodation:
NTUA is located in Zografou campus so any hotel close to metro line 3 (blue line) is suitable. The metro line station for NTUA is “KATEXAKI”. It is a 20 minute (uninteresting but flat) walk from there or a short bus ride on the bus #242.
Hotels close to campus
Hotels at the city center/ Syntagma square