9^th International
Commercial Vehicle
Technology Symposium
Kaiserslautern

March 18-19, 2026
June 10-11, 2026 in Kaiserslautern

Event Information

The Commercial Vehicle Technology Symposium is a two-day conference taking place in Kaiserslautern. 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.

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

Assisted and Automated Driving and Working

Semi-, highly- and fully-automated systems
Vehicle networking
Human-machine interaction

Innovative Development and Production Methods

AI-assisted development methods
Continuous engineering, software-defined vehicle
Lightweight construction, bionics,
new production technologies

Simulation Methods

Multi-discipline system simulation, co-simulation
Innovative testing approaches and virtual validation (XiL)
Virtual and augmented reality, driving simulators

New propulsion technologies

Electrification and hybridization, battery technology
Hydrogen, fuel cells, alternative fuels
Consumption optimization, operating strategies

Safety, Reliability and Durability

Functional safety, Software quality and cyber security
Durability, reliability and robustness
Usage variability, load data analysis and design load targets

Connected and integrated systems and services

Collaborative systems and system networks
Data-based services (remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, ...)
Operating strategies, fleet management, logistic systems

Conference Language

The conference languages are English and German.

Conference Fees

Standard - Early Bird registration until March 31, 2026	750 EUR
Standard registration from April 01, 2026	850 EUR
Students / PhD students*	250 EUR
Presenter**	350 EUR
Presenter (University member)**	150 EUR

* 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

Registration

We are using ConfTool as conference management system. You can register for the symposium 2026 at the website https://www.conftool.pro/cvt-2026/.

Program

Program Overview (preliminary)

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

9:00	Opening and welcome addresses by politicians/ Presentations in topic groups until approx. 18:00
19:00	Conference dinner

Thursday, June 11, 2026

9:00	Presentations in topic groups
16:30	Expected end of the event

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. It is freely accessible to all conference participants. The organizers will assist you in organizing your booth.

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

The call for exhibition will be available soon.

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

Information for Sponsors

	Platinum Sponsor	Gold Sponsor	Silver Sponsor
Key-visual motive	Key visual of the sponsor on all advertising media (see below)
Advertising placement Banners/roll-ups in the conference area Website www.cvt-symposium.de Program flyer Conference posters Conference monitors	logo representation (large)	logo representation (medium)	logo representation (small)
Tickets	3 free tickets, reduced ticket prices	2 free tickets, reduced ticket prices	1 free ticket, reduced ticket prices

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~~ September 30, 2025

Author notification about the conference acceptance of the presentation: end of January 2026

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: mid of april 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