FAQ for speakers at the Symposium

In the first application phase, you will submit an abstract for a presentation or poster in English, which will be evaluated by an international Scientific Committee. You will be notified upon acceptance of your submission and provided with further information. 

You can submit articles on the following topics:

• Additive Manufacturing
• Circular Economy / Recycling
• Compounding / Extrusion / Rheology
• Injection Moulding
• Plastics Industry 4.0 / Digitisation
• Lightweight Technologies

If your abstract is accepted by the committee, you will have the opportunity to submit a full paper. The abstract submission is done exclusively via our online platform.

>> Submit paper

The submitted abstracts for posters and presentations as well as the full-papers are assessed by a renowned international Scientific Committee.

• Prof. Clemens Holzer, University Leoben, Austria
• Prof. Abderrahim Maazouz, INSA, Lyon, France
• Prof. Paula Moldenaers, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Prof. Udo Wagenknecht, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany
• Prof. Olga Carneiro, University Minho, Portugal
• Prof. Byung-Ohk Rhee, Ajou University, Korea
• Prof. Patrick Anderson, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Prof. Shih-Jung Liu, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
• Prof. Phil Coates, University of Bradford, UK
• Prof. Roberto Pantani, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
• Prof. Rainer Dahlmann, RWTH Aachen, Germany
• Prof. Christian Hopmann, RWTH Aachen, Germany

No. After the acceptance of your abstract for a presentation it is optional to hand in a full-paper of your research. In case of a positive review, no further fees are due for the publication of the full paper except for the participation fee.

• The abstract has: ~2,500 characters (including spaces)
• The full paper has: ~25,000 characters (including illustrations)
• In the first phase of the application, please submit a short CV together with your abstract.
• All submitted documents must be in English (British or American, but not mixed). 
  
  

• Deadline for submission of abstracts:
  29^th October 2021
• Announcement of accepted abstracts:
  11^th November 2021
• Deadline for binding registration: 
  14^th April 2022
• Deadline for submission of full papers:
  4 October 2022
• Announcement of accepted papers:
  t.b.a.

The slots for the individual presentations are planned with 30 min. These should include the presentation as well as time for discussion and a short introduction to the next speaker. Accordingly, you should ideally plan about 20 min for your presentation, leaving about 10 min for questions and transition.

Over 2,000 years of city history meet 60,000 students! Aachen is well known for being home to the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany - Aachen Cathedral - and the large number of young people, whom you see wherever you go. 

Conference venue:

Eurogress Aachen
Monheimsallee 52
52062 Aachen
Germany

>> More information on the conference venue

The manuscript to your abstract will be published as peer reviewed Conference Proceedings with AIP Publishing.