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Key visual Automated Driving

Automated Driving 2026

18-03-2026 – 19-03-2026 – Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Call for Papers

In particular, it is younger and older people and those with a mobility impairment who are most enthusiastic about automated mobility. However, fully automated vehicles are still a long way off. The passenger car sector is currently focusing more on level 2+++. For commercial vehicles too, automation is still at the experimental stage, in spite of real business cases such as automated maneuvering or vehicle platooning.

Local public transportation could become a driving force here. Shuttle buses and bus-on-demand concepts are available in both urban and rural areas and these are likely to become a permanent feature. It is important to identify projects quickly and to create the necessary synergies between public, private, and commercial transportation.

We cordially invite you to present the latest research and development results from your company/institute at the 10th International ATZ Conference “Automated Driving”. Details on submitting a paper can be found in this Call for Papers. We look forward to your proposals for a presentation and to discussing the topic with you once again.

After the conference, your presentations will be published on the Springer Professional knowledge platform.

On behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Alexander Heintzel

Editor-in-Chief ATZ | MTZ Group
Springer Nature

Main subject areas


Technology stack: ADAS/AD

  • Sensor and actuator technology
  • Fusion
  • Virtual driver
  • Driving functions
  • Environment model and localization

Technology stack: standardization

  • Standards (national and international)
  • Development tools

System of systems: software and hardware

  • SDV
  • E/E architecture
  • ODD scenarios

System of systems: systems engineering

  • HMI/UI
  • Artificial intelligence
  • OTA
  • V2X
  • HD cards
  • Roadside units

System of systems: safety + security

  • Source security
  • Confidentiality
  • Reliability

Processes and development methodology

  • Virtualization
  • Programming models
  • Tools
  • CI/CD/CT
  • Simulation

Users and customers

  • HMI
  • Design
  • Acceptance and trust
  • Safety and security
  • Private transport
  • Local public transportation
  • On-demand solutions

Supervision

  • Lifelong homologation
  • Laws/legislation
  • Maintenance/vehicle safety inspection
  • Technical supervision
  • Control center
  • Safety and security

Data and business models

  • Regulations
  • National and international legislation

Are you interested in presenting a paper on one of these subjects on the ATZ Conference “Automated Driving 2026”?


We are pleased that you would like to submit a proposal online via this portal. After registration, you will be asked to provide the following data:

  • The title of the paper
  • The name of the speaker with job title, company address, telephone number and e-mail address
  • The name of any co-authors with company address
  • The main points and a brief summary of the paper’s contents (abstract)
  • Brief summary of the innovative value of the work
    (please submit documents in PDF)
  • Classification under one of the main subject areas

On the basis of the short version of the paper, the Scientific Advisory Board for the conference will decide on its acceptance.

Please register and use our online proposal submission form.

Submit a proposal online

Information on the Conference

The time allowed for presentation is 20-25 minutes with a subsequent discussion. The registration fee will be waived for one speaker per paper presented. The language of the manuscripts and slides is English.

Your contact partner

Portrait Laura Müllner, Project Management Program + Organization

Your contact partner

Laura Müllner

+49 (0) 611. 7878 160

laura.muellner
(at)springernature.com

Schedule

Deadline for submitting the presentation abstracts:
27 August 2025

Notification of the speakers:
Mid-October 2025

Submission of final manuscripts:
4 February 2026

The final conference program will be published in December 2025.


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Scientific Director and Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Dr. h.c. Torsten Bertram
TU Dortmund University

A scientific advisory board made up of outstanding personalities from each of the fields involved supports our conference in terms of planning and finding topics.