2026 17th International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (ICMMT 2026) is a premier, annual forum for researchers and scholars from multiple disciplines to come together to share knowledge, discuss ideas, exchange information, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies. It is the 16th event in the series of successful scientific meetings that begun in 2010 in Chongqing (China). This first event was followed by the subsequent meetings organized in Xiamen, China (2011), Chengdu, China (2012), Seoul, Korea (2013), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2014), Bali, Indonesia (2015), Chiang Mai, Thailand (2016), Singapore (2017), and in Moscow, Russia (2018), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2019), Bangkok, Thailand (Full Virtual Style in 2020), Full Virtual Style in 2021 & 2022, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam(2023), Nha Trang, Vietnam(2024) and Sendai, Japan(2025).