Important dates
Submission of abstracts by April 4, 2025
Information on provisional acceptance: May 2, 2025
Submission of complete contributions by 20 June 2025
Results of the review, decision on acceptance: August 15, 2025
Submission of the print version: September 5, 2025
Submission of presentations (PPT): October 17, 2025
Event date: October 23 and 24, 2025
Topics of Interest
We request contributions that are the focus of the event. These include the following topics:
Strategic Early Reconnaissance
AI in Foresight and Technology Planning
scenario technique
strategy development
innovation management
Advanced Systems Engineering
Circular Economy
hydrogen economy
future of mobility
CO2 as a raw material
Safety, Security and Resilience
5G: Potential for Industry
future of human-machine interaction
platform economy, smart services
Contributions that represent a significant development of the known repertoire of methods or well-founded reports of experience that provide a clear increase in knowledge are particularly welcome. All contributions should be related to the state of the art and, based on this, present their own added value.
Notes for Authors
Submitting contributions:
For all contributions, we require a short CV of the authors, which will be used to introduce the speaker at the conference and to introduce the authors in the textbook. We also ask you for a signed declaration of consent for the reproduction and publication of the contribution in digital and printed form. You will receive this by email after the abstract has been accepted.
Please send your complete contribution by email to:
Submitting your presentations:
The papers presented at the symposium will be made available to participants after the conference. Please provide us with a version of your paper suitable for this purpose.
Innovation:
Since 2023, there will no longer be a printed conference proceedings, but they will only be made available in digital form on the event's website. Accordingly, there are no longer any restrictions regarding the color design of the contributions.
Guidelines and Templates
Contributions should meet the following requirements:
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Contributions should not exceed approximately 14 pages (content)
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be written in German
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a German and English summary (approx. 2,000 characters)
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be submitted as a Word file including images
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the images and tables adhere to the specified page limits and are of high quality