Event Information

The Commercial Vehicle Technology Symposium is a two-day conference taking place at the campus Kaiserslautern of the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau. The conference includes (approximately) 40 oral presentations and poster presentations focusing international trends and technological developments of the commercial vehicle industry. It will be accompanied by a technical exhibition and a special vehicle exhibition.

Impressions

Target Audience

The CVA is inviting professionals from industry and academia from the domains trucks, buses, agricultural machinery, construction machinery, special-purpose vehicles to actively participate in this conference and to submit presentation proposals for the topic areas listed below.

More information can be found in the Call for Papers.

Topics

Conference Language

The conference languages are English and German.

Conference Fees

* presentation of a certificate of study or a corresponding certification required

** one person per presentation/poster

The conference fee includes admission to all conference sessions, catering, the conference dinner and conference proceedings.
There is no compensation for costs for travel and accommodation

Program

Program Overview (preliminary)

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Thursday, March 19, 2024

On both conference days

• Accompanying exhibition of industrial-booths, poster sessions and product presentations
• High-ranking managers and senior engineers are talking about new trends and innovations for commercial vehicles, busses, agricultural or construction machinery, or special purpose vehicles

Exhibition

The Commercial Vehicle Technology Symposium will be accompanied by a special industry exhibition. This is a great opportunity to present your company to an international audience of researchers and managers. The exhibition will take place in parallel and in close proximity to the symposium held on the campus of the RPTU in Kaiserslautern. It is freely accessible for exhibitors and the symposium's audience. The organizers will assist you in organizing your stand at the fair.

Desirable exhibitors

• Manufacturers and suppliers of commercial vehicles
• Supply companies
• Logistics and service companies in the commercial vehicle industry
• Engineering service and software companies
• Research institutes

Your benefits as an exhibitor

• Wide public presence (Announcement of the symposium in online media)
• Presence at the symposium in the event program
• Attention of professionals and executives in the commercial vehicle industry
• Approaching potential clients
• Strengthen your business network

If you are interested please get in touch with us: info@cvt-symposium.de

Information for Sponsors

We also provide a special sponsoring program for you.
If you are interested please get in touch with us: info@cvt-symposium.de

Authors

Important Dates (Deadlines)

• Submission of abstracts until August 31, 2025


• Author notification about the conference acceptance of the presentation: beginning of November 2025


• Selected authors will then be asked to submit a full paper for the conference proceedings. The full paper should be 12 pages long (at minimum).


• Submission of the full paper: beginning of february 2026

Instructions regarding the abstract for the conference proceedings

• The abstract should be at least 3.000 characters exclusive diagrams and tables) and can be written in English or German language.


• Based on the abstract the Program Committee will decide on the acceptance as presentation.


• To create the abstract, please use one of the following templates:
  

  Word-Template
  Latex-Template
  

More information can be found in the Call for Papers.

Please submit your abstract via our conference management tool http://www.conftool.pro/cvt-2026 as a PDF document (possible from mid of June 2025). Other submission methods cannot be accepted.

Organizers

Commercial Vehicle Alliance (CVA)

• Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT) of RPTU
• High Performance Center Simulation and Software Based Innovation - "Digital Commercial Vehicle Technology"
  Fraunhofer ITWM/Fraunhofer IESE
• Commercial Vehicle Cluster Südwest (CVC)

Imprint and Contact

Commercial Vehicle Alliance

c/o Institute for Mechanical and Automotive Design (iMAD)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße 42-166
D-67663 Kaiserslautern

Email: info@cvt-symposium.de