IV International Conference on Modern Technologies for Non-Destructive Testing

1. Introduction (about the Conference) This issue of the journal is dedicated to the scientific and applied research presented at the IV International Conference «Modern Technologies for Non-Destructive Testing». The conference was held on October 5-10, 2015, in Tomsk, Russia. The conference brought together experts from different countries and organizations who received a great opportunity to share knowledge in sessions, to initiate discussions on topics of interest to all participants. The aim of the conference was to support young talented people, to involve pupils, students, post-graduate students and young scientists in the solution of actual scientific problems of non-destructive testing, quality management and new educational technologies. The main goals of the event were exchanging information and discussing topics related to non-destructive testing, quality management, new educational technologies and widespread implementation of the obtained results. The key topics of the conference were advanced technologies in non-destructive testing, effective quality management systems, new educational technologies in the field of control and management, and management concepts of modern economy. The Institute of Non-Destructive Testing of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University was the Conference Organizer. (paper)