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12th International Engine Congress 2025
25-02-2025 – 26-02-2025 – Baden-Baden or virtually via live stream
There can be no rapid global climate protection without internal combustion engines and synthetic fuels. The 12th International Engine Congress is more relevant than ever before – and this gathering of experts from the automotive, engine development, and fuel industries, together with representatives from science and politics, continues to be a unique event.
The variety of powertrain solutions that are possible and sensible in global competition, the delayed development and expansion of electric mobility, and the current purchasing behavior among customers mean that decision-makers in politics, industry, associations, and science are now having to rethink their strategies. Increasingly, the focus, also in Europe, is not only on providing the non-fossil energy supply for the huge vehicle fl eets, but also on the necessary technological competition between possible solutions, including the internal combustion engine. Now that the industrial nations of Japan and China are designing their climate-oriented energy and mobility policies without imposing a ban on particular technologies, will Europe also (be able to) rethink its plans? The discussion is now open.
The decisive factor will be the willingness within the international community to free the supply and use of energy from the dominance of fossil fuels and to switch to green molecules alongside electricitybased solutions. Will the apparent willingness to invest in renewable hydrogen as well as biomass-based and electricity-based fuels continue to increase in parts of the world in view of the economic and business risks involved? How will the recognized need to establish a global CO2 circular economy with “carbon capture and utilization” continue to develop?
What role will be played by new corporate structures relating to future powertrains and separate from OEMs, alongside the already established engine manufacturers? And what will solutions for hybrid drive systems, increasingly with non-fossil fuels, look like for cars, commercial vehicles, and the off-highway sector? What will be the technological highlights of future combustion engines?
This Call for Papers provides information on the main subjects addressed at the congress as well as details on submitting a paper.
We look forward to your proposals and to further discussions with you.
After the conference, your paper will be published as part of the conference proceedings at Springer Vieweg and on the online platforms Springer Link and Springer Professional.
Prof. Dr. Peter Gutzmer
Scientific Director of the Congress
Editor-in-Charge ATZ | MTZ Group
Your paper can be submitted in the following forms:
A lecture presentation:
If your paper is accepted, you will have the opportunity to speak for 20 minutes in front of the congress audience followed by additional 10 minutes to discuss your presentation with the participants.
A poster presentation (possible only as a research institute):
Your poster will be displayed in the exhibition area. The congress participants will have the opportunity to discuss your poster with you during the breaks.
Please submit your abstract (max. 1 DIN A4 page) by 7 June 2024.
You can register your proposal here
Should you have questions on the submission procedure of the abstract via the online portal, please contact Verena Feger: feger(at)vdi.de
Project managers:
ATZlive
Michaela Kues
Program Director Events
Phone +49 611 7878-274
michaela.kues(at)springernature.com
VDI Wissensforum GmbH
Verena Feger
Event Management
Phone +49 211 6214-244
feger(at)vdi.de
The Program Advisory Boards for the congress will decide on the acceptance of the paper based on the abstract.
You should therefore highlight the essential technical content and its level of innovation. The authors of the papers or poster presentations that have been accepted commit to submit a 1-page summary and a manuscript comprising 12-15 pages for the congress documentation by the closing date mentioned and to present the paper in person. If a speaker is unable to attend, a substitute must be named. The congress documentation will be made available in the download area of our websites and in the digital event platform from the beginning of the event. After the congress, your paper will be published as part of the congress proceedings at Springer Vieweg and on the online platforms Springer Link and Springer Professional.
One presenting author per lecture may participate free of charge in the congress. Travel costs will not be reimbursed.
Prof. Dr. Peter Gutzmer
Scientific Congress Chairman
Editor-in-Charge ATZ | MTZ Group
Three program advisory boards made up of outstanding personalities from each of the fields involved support our congress in terms of planning and finding topics.
