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) 50 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. German presentations will be translated simultaneously into English.

Registration

We are using ConfTool as conference management system. You can register for the symposium 2024 at the website https://www.conftool.pro/cvt-2024/.

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 Flyer

The regularly updated program flyer of the symposium can be downloaded here.

As of November 07, 2024

Program Overview

Wednesday, March 14, 2024

Thursday, September 15, 2022

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

Authors

Important Dates (Deadlines)

• Author notification about the conference acceptance of the presentation: end of September 2023


• 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: January 07, 2024

Instructions regarding the full paper for the conference proceedings

• The full paper should be at least 12 pages and can be written in English or German language.


• In case of a German version of the full paper, the following information must be submitted separately: English title of the paper; English abstract (approx. 1400 characters incl. spaces); English keywords.


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

  Word-Template
  Latex-Template
  

Please submit your full paper via our conference management tool http://www.conftool.pro/cvt-2024 as a PDF document. Other submission methods cannot be accepted.

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 University of 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 more than 250 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
The call for exhibition will be available soon.

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

Organizers

Program Committee

• Prof. Dr. K. Berns, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
• A. Brand, BPW Bergische Achsen, Wiehl
• Prof. Dr. J. Dörr, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Dr. K. Dreßler, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. H. Eichlseder, TU Graz (A)
• Dr.-Ing. U. Faß, Volvo CE, Konz
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Görges, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Dr.-Ing. C. Göttlicher, Palfinger; Bergheim (A)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Günthner, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
• T. Ille, MAN Truck & Bus, München
• Dr. S. Hammes, BOMAG, Boppard
• R. Kalmar, Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern
• Dr.-Ing. M. Kleer, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern
• Prof. M. Lidberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (S)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. P. Pickel, John Deere, Kaiserslautern
• E. Schobesberger, Liebherr-EMtec, Kirchdorf
• Dr. M. Speckert, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern
• Dr.-Ing. N. K. Stephan, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Teutsch, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Dr. M. Thul, CVC, Kaiserslautern
• Dr. G. Töpfer, Deutz, Köln
• Dr.-Ing. C. Weber, Daimler, Wörth
• Dr.-Ing. J. Wieser, Tadano, Zweibrücken
• M. Wildhagen, SchmitzCargobull, Altenberge
• Prof. Dr. F. Will, TU Dresden

Commercial Vehicle Alliance (CVA)
Umbrella organization

• 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