"In 1971, Thomas Jaeger organized the first conference on “Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology” (SMiRT) in Berlin. With that, he initiated a biannual series of conferences, which alternately convene in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Coming back to Berlin/Potsdam for the anniversary conference, SMiRT 26 is set to mark the beginning of the next 50 years under the conference motto “Building the future on 50 Years of experience – It’s SMiRT to embrace change”. SMiRT 26 brought together leaders, managers and engineers from around the world to drive innovation for safe, reliable and efficient nuclear energy in the face of global energy transition."