The emergence of Industry 4.0 has brought new opportunities and challenges to the society as the internet, big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence are transforming the tradition industry to the high-end digitalized and automated manufacturing. Whereas an efficient health management and maintenance is the key to ensure a success transformation and integration of such technologies. The International Workshop on Fault Diagnostic and Prognostic to be held on 8 th – 11 th of May 2024 in Hilton Hotel Golden Beach, Qingdao, P. R. China will pay a special attention on the relevant technologies to ensure such transformation.