The Acoustics Research Centre of the University of Salford and the Acoustics Group of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering are organising the upcoming Quiet Drones 2026 conference. The conference will take place at TU Delft in The Netherlands

Organising Committee

• Prof. Antonio J Torija Martinez (University of Salford), Co-Chair
• Dr Roberto Merino Martinez (TU Delft), Co-Chair 
• Technical organisation committee: Dr Deepak Akiwate (University of Salford)
• Administrative team: Gemma van der Windt (TU Delft) & Marion van den Boer (SciConf)

Some key dates are:

• Abstract submission deadline: 1 December 2025
• Full paper submission deadline: 15 June 2026
• Early registration deadline: 15 May 2026

Building upon the successful Quiet Drones conferences in 2020, 2022 and 2024, we are working hard in putting together a strong technical programme and interesting social events. The technical programme, including keynotes, technical sessions and panel discussions will be communicated by early 2026.

Call for Abstracts

You are encouraged to submit a 1-page abstract before the deadline of 1^st December 2025 on any of the conference topics to be found here.

In order to submit an abstract please create an account on the QD2026 submission and registration site.

Template

A Word QD2026 template is provided for your convenience. This template is already set with the correct page size, fonts, line spacing and margins.

Please convert your QD2026 abstract to a PDF file. Be sure to embed the fonts when creating the PDF.

• DO NOT password protect your file.
• Make sure the filename has only one extension (“.pdf”)

QD2026 Abstract template

Review

After peer reviewing you will receive the authors notification on 19 January 2026, and the invitation to submit a full paper (information will follow).

Full Papers

Information about Full Papers submission will follow later.

Guidelines for presentations

Each paper presentation will be given 20 minutes – this will include: introduction and Q&As.

We look forward to seeing you all in Delft at the end of June 2026.

Kind regards,

Prof. Antonio J Torija Martinez and Dr Roberto Merino Martinez, Co-Chairs of the Organising Committee