Guidelines for Abstract Submissions: Maglev 2024
Welcome to Maglev 2024, with focus on ”Technological Advances and Future Impact Assessments”, where research, innovation and policy takes flight! Before you submit your abstract, please carefully review the following guidelines to ensure a seamless process.
Abstract submission template:
MAGLEV-2024_Abstract_Template_20241214
Key Dates
- Dec 14, 2023: Abstract submission opens
- Feb 26, 2024: Registration opens (early bird)
- Apr 5, 2024: Abstracts submission deadline
- May 5, 2024: Information for authors of successful submissions
- May 15, 2024: Registration opens (regular price)
- Jul 7, 2024: Full Papers submission deadline
- Sep 16, 2024: Conference registration deadline for participants
- Sep 18, 2024: Maglev 2024 Opening (evening welcome reception)
- Sep 19-20, 2024: Maglev 2024 Conference
- Sep 21-22, 2024: Maglev 2024 Field trips and technical excursions
- (Sep 24-27, 2024: InnoTrans Berlin)
Conference Topics
This call for abstracts combines traditional Maglev technological research, and development topics with Maglev project and implementation topics and broader sustainability and societal impact topics.
Abstract submissions for Maglev 2024 may therefore include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
A – Maglev Technological Research and Development
1. Magnetic Levitation and Guidance
2. Linear Motors
3. Guideway and Infrastructure Technologies
4. Energy Storage and Supply
5. Reliability, Safety and Operational Control
6. Magnetic Elevators and Escalators
7. Magnetic Bearings
8. Application of Superconductivity
9. Design Issues (stations, guideways, vehicles)
10. New Ideas on Levitating Device Applications
11. Standardization Issues
12. Hyperloop
B – Maglev Projects and Implementations
1. High-Speed Maglev (including Hyperloop): Studies, Projects and Operation Results
2. Urban Maglev: Studies, Projects and Operation Results
3. Freight (Cargo) Maglev: Studies, Projects and Operation Results
4. Innovative Spin-off use
C – Sustainability Assessments and Societal Impacts of Maglev and Competing Technologies
1. Strategic Sustainable Development Assessments (ecological, social, economic)
2. Environmental and Health Issues (electromagnetic fields, noise, vibrations, earthquakes)
3. Research and Education, Cooperation
4. Marketing and Transport Psychology Issues (comfort demand, travel time, human factors)
5. Architecture, Urban Planning, Societal Transport Planning
6. Impacts on Spatial and Regional Development, Transport Geography, GIS
7. History of Maglev Development (worldwide)
All abstract submissions undergo a peer-review process. Full papers will be published in the Maglev 2024 conference proceedings.
Essential Requirements
- Abstracts must be in English.
- No promotional content; focus on reseach and industry advancement.
- Present unpublished work, not previously presented elsewhere.
- Submit under the appropriate topic.
Abstract Selection Process
Programme committee drafts session proposals based on scores, reviewer comments, and session topics.
Selected abstracts determine technical and scientific programme for the conference.
Speakers and listed poster presenters eligible for complimentary or discounted conference passes.
Copyrights
If your abstract is selected, Maglev 2024 may reproduce your presentation/poster.
You retain the right to publish in other media, and Maglev 2024 doesn’t hold exclusive rights.
Submission of abstracts
Please send your abstract to this mail address: maglev2024@bth.se
We look forward to your submission, advancing our reseach and industry’s frontiers together at Maglev 2024!