Information for Lecturers

The 43^rd International Vienna Motor Symposium is planned as a 3-day face-to-face event from 27-29 April 2022.

Here you will find a brochure with information on the design of lectures, lecture texts and videos at the International Vienna Motor Symposium as well as a format template:

Contributions made by university lecturers may be subjected to a peer review process if this appears desirable. This peer review process is conducted by the WKM (Scientific Society for Automotive Technology and Engineering), a registered association.

Your lecture text will be published in the Proceedings of the International Vienna Motor Symposium. The lecture texts are written in English.

From the date of the symposium onwards, your lecture will also be available to participants online on the Motor Symposium web platform.

Participation in the Motor Symposium for one lecturer is free of charge; the respective participation fee will be charged for the registration of a second lecturer.

31 January 2022:
Submission of the lecture text as a pdf for publication in the symposium proceedings.
Submission of the CV(s) of lecturer(s) in German and English. Such CVs should consist of approximately 20 lines, a maximum of 1,500 characters as well as a portrait photograph in a printable resolution (min. 7 by 9 cm, 300 dpi).

14 February 2022:
Registration of the lecturer(s). Participation in the Motor Symposium for one lecturer is free of charge; the respective participation fee will be charged for the registration of a second lecturer.

1 April 2022: (for lecturers of the virtual session only)
Submission of the video

13 April 2022: (for lecturers of the face-to-face sessions only)
To support the interpreters, we ask that you provide your speech version of your lecture. Our interpreters can prepare for your presentation in advance and optimally translate it simultaneously into German.

27 April 2022: (for lecturers of the face-to-face sessions only)
On the day before the start of the lecture programme, we offer you the opportunity to test your presentation and your computer with the technicians on site in the lecture hall.

Your video will be available to all participants during the symposium on site and for a limited period after the symposium on the Motor Symposium web platform.

Passing on the videos is explicitly prohibited in the General Terms and Conditions, and technical measures are also taken.

The lectures will be recorded on site and will be available to the participants on the web platform of the Vienna Motor Symposium for a limited period after the event.

Passing on the videos is explicitly prohibited in the General Terms and Conditions, and technical measures are also taken.

Lecture duration: 20 minutes
The following discussion lasts 10 minutes.

Lecture language: English

The lectures will be simultaneously translated German / English or English / German on site. (for lecturers of the face-to-face sessions only

The presentation of your lecture takes place via your own laptop or a laptop belonging to the organizer. We request you to indicate your technical requirements and any additional equipment you may need for presenting your contribution. You will receive further written information in good time.

For security reasons, it is strongly recommended that lecturers bring a copy of their presentation with them (on a USB-flash drive).

Proposals for lectures must include the lecture title, the author’s name and professional title, the name and address of the company as well as an abstract of between 10 and 15 lines. Proposals may be submitted for next year’s symposium by September of the current year at the latest. Please submit only previously unpublished contributions, which should not be released for publication prior to the ensuing Motor Symposium.

All registered participants, lecturers, students, and media representatives at the Vienna International Motor Symposium will be granted access to Motor Symposium web platform.

From the symposium onwards, the digital congress documents as well as the recordings of the face-to-face sessions and the video presentations of the virtual session will be available there for a limited period.

You will receive information about your login credentials via email a few days before the event.