The International Vienna Motor Symposium
takes place annually and is one of the worldwide leading events of this kind.
Every year, over 1,000 decision-makers from the most important companies in the global automotive industry gather at the Vienna Motor Symposium. The three-day programme at the Hofburg Conference Centre Vienna offers a variety of groundbreaking lectures and allows sufficient time for exchanging opinions and networking.
This top-level lecture programme is accompanied by an exhibition at which leading automotive and component companies present latest technologies and developments.
The 47th International Vienna Motor Symposium is taking place from 22 to 24 April 2026.
Programme Vienna Motor Symposium 2026
The focus of the 47th International Vienna Motor Symposium 2026 will once again be on sustainable energy and solutions for the mobility of tomorrow.
The programme covers a wide spectrum of future-oriented topics – from electric, combustion engine, and hybrid powertrain concepts to energy storage, charging and control technologies, as well as Software Defined Vehicles (SDV), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), CO₂ regulations, renewable energies, and contributions addressing industrial transformation, the structural shift within the automotive sector, and global developments in production and markets.
More than 80 high-ranking experts from the world of science and the automobile industry and its suppliers are expected at the event in the Vienna Hofburg palace.They will present a wide range of technological and strategic innovations in powertrain systems to the more than 1,000 participants from over 25 countries.
Registration for the event opens on January 14, 2026.
The complete technical and social program can be found here, opens new window.
Conference Papers 2025
The 46th International Vienna Motor Symposium took place from 14-16 May 2025. The conference papers for this event can be ordered from the Austrian Society of Automotive Engineers and will be dispatched after the receipt of the payment.
All lectures are presented on approx. 1600 pages in 3 volumes including additional booklets.
The lecture documents can be ordered as a print version or as a USB flash drive. Both versions contain a download link with the complete lectures.
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