IFASD 2026

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS


IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | PAPERS

The Abstract Submission Deadline is 22 December 2025.

The International Committee invites prospective authors to submit abstracts of papers for presentation at the Forum.

Submit your Abstract here!

As in previous years, the Forum topics and sessions will cover typical aspects of aeroelasticity and structural dynamics and will be held simultaneously in various conference rooms.

Topics/Session subjects will include:

  • Steady/Unsteady Aerodynamics
  • Computational Aeroelasticity
  • Aeroelasticity in Conceptual Aircraft Design
  • Aeroservoelasticity
  • Active Control and Adaptive Structures
  • Dynamic loads
  • Highly Flexible Aircraft Structures
  • Reduced Order Modelling
  • Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing
  • Ground Vibration Testing of Flight Vehicles
  • Flight Vibration Survey and Flight Flutter Test
  • Rotorcraft Aeroelasticity
  • Environmental dynamics and aeroelasticity
  • Experimental Methods in Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
  • High frequency Structural Dynamics, Vibrations
  • High velocity Structural Dynamics, Impacts
  • General Topics in Aeroelasticity (Bridges, automotive components, Wind Turbines…)

Submit your Abstract here!


IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

The Abstract Submission Deadline will be 22 December 2025.

Abstracts should be submitted online at the Forums website at Here you can submit your abstract to your paper.

The website offers the possibility to directly upload the author’s contribution. The submitted abstract, written in English and containing a minimum of 350 and a maximum of 1000 words has to be a Portable Document File (pdf). Abstracts should briefly outline the main research question(s), research method, results and conclusions as well as their general significance. References might be added. The abstract must contain the full name (first name + last name, no titles), affiliation and address of corresponding author. In the case of joint authorships, the name of the corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk. Papers can only be accepted on the understanding that they will be presented at the conference (poster or orally) and if at least one of the authors is registered.A template for the abstract is provided for your convenience. This template is already set with the correct page size, fonts, line spacing and margins. Please convert your abstract to a PDF file. Be sure to embed the fonts when creating the PDF.

  • DO NOT password protect your file.
  • Make sure the filename has only one extension (“.pdf”)
IFASD2026-Abstract-Template (MS-WORD)

Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the experts of the international technical committee using the following criteria:
  • Relevance
  • Completeness
  • Quality
Therefore it is important that the abstract is prepared in a way that supports the evaluators in their decision how well each criteria is fulfilled.

The online mask requests additional information from the author, like an additional short abstract text, keywords, new or significant aspects of their work and the assignment of the paper to one of the session subjects.

After successful online submission the author will receive an automatically generated E-Mail.

Not more than two platform presentations by the same author will be accepted

In case of questions, do not hesitate to contact the Forum Organisation.

IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION

The full paper Submission Deadline is 16 May 2026.


All authors of accepted abstracts are kindly invited to upload a full paper for the proceedings of minimum 10 pages on the registration website before 16 May 2026. The mandatory template (in Word and LaTeX) can be found in the following. Please use the MS Word template or apply the format criteria provided to prepare your paper for submission:

IFASD2026-Paper-Template (MS-WORD)

IFASD2026-Paper-Template (LaTeX)

Only the papers from authors who have registered and have paid their conference fee will be included in the proceedings. And: "No paper - no podium!"

IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

ORAL PRESENTATION ON-SITE

  • The regular presentation time for a lecture is 20 minutes + 5 minutes for Q&A
  • Presentation as PowerPoint or PDF, preferably in 16:9 format.
  • The presentation language is English. Please prepare all your documents and slides in English.
  • Presentation slides do not need to be uploaded in advance.
  • There are no specifications or guidelines for the design of your slides.
    Please note:
    • Due to technical reasons, no personal equipment like your own notebook can be used to give your presentation. Since you will be giving your presentation on-site using a presentation computer provided by us, we ask you to use only standard fonts such as Arial, Geneva, Helvetic or Lucida Sans in your presentation. Otherwise, we cannot exclude the possibility of unintentional text displacement in your presentation on the presentation computer. Alternatively, we ask you to embed the individual font you use in your PowerPoint presentation or PDF presentation. If you need help for embedding a font please have a look here.
    • If you would like to play a video during your presentation, you will need to embed it into your presentation slides. If you need help embedding a video file, please have a look here.
  • On-site: During the break, before the session with your presentation, you can transfer the presentation directly to the presentation computer and start it from there. Or, at the start of your presentation, you can insert the USB stick into the presentation computer and launch the presentation directly from the USB stick.

IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

The authors confirm that they, and/or their company or organisation, hold copyright on all of the original material included in this paper. The authors also confirm that they have obtained permission from the copyright holder of any third-party material included in this paper to publish it as part of their paper. The authors confirm that they give permission, or have obtained permission from the copyright holder of this paper, for the publication and public distribution of this paper as part of the IFASD 2026 proceedings or as individual off-prints from the proceedings.

(The statement does not have to be included in papers.)

IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

IFASD Student* Best Paper Award

The IFASD Technical Committee encourages students to participate in the IFASD and therefore presents the IFASD Student* best paper award. For the purposes of the prize “student” is defined as someone registered for a course of study or research leading to the award of a degree, at a recognised University or similar institution, on the date given for the IFASD abstract submission deadline (22nd December 2025).

Requirements and conditions of participation

Students who wish to be considered for the IFASD Student Written Paper Prize should:

  • indicate that they want their paper included in the competition as part of the submission process
  • be the first/lead author of the paper
  • be one of three authors maximum on the paper
  • should present their paper in person at IFASD
  • *)should provide proof that they are a current undergraduate or postgraduate student
  • must submit an "extended abstract" instead of an "normal abstract" by the original abstract submission deadline (see Keydates & Deadlines )
  • The top papers from this initial review would then be invited to continue to the “final” of the competition
  • The finalist authors must submit the final paper until 16 April 2026; 23:59 CEST - failure to submit a paper in time would result in removal from the competition
  • The best paper award winner will then announced at the forums opening OR closing ceremony

IFASD 2026 - GENERAL INFORMATION

FORUMS LANGUAGE

English will be the official language at the Forum. There will be no simultaneous translation.

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