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Important Dates

  • Submission of Abstract (for technical publication)
    March 2, 2026
  • Author Notification of Abstract Acceptance
    March 9, 2026
  • Full Schedule

ASME’s Global Transportation and Power Systems Summit

 

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DRIVN 2026 Program Tracks include:

Track 1: Off-Road, Rail, and Marine Engine Systems Track 7: Small Engine Systems

Track 2: Fuels, Lubricants, and Carbon Management

 Track 8: Light-Duty Engine Systems

Track 3: Advanced Combustion, Flows, and Sprays

 Track 9: Medium-Duty, and Heavy-Duty On-Road Engine Systems
Track 4: Powertrains, Hybridization, Engine Controls, and Engine Design Track 10: Rail Transportation
Track 5: Emissions Control Track 11: Technical Poster

Track 6: Modeling and Simulation

Special Sessions and Symposia (e.g., electrification, sustainability, safety, autonomy, infrastructure, external vehicle aerodynamics, etc.)

We invite the global community to submit abstracts and proposals that advance understanding, challenge assumptions, and contribute to solutions for a sustainable future.

DRIVN 2026 features a comprehensive, industry-driven technical program spanning the full spectrum of land and sea transportation systems. Technical tracks cover off-road, marine, rail, light-duty, and heavy-duty engine systems, alongside advances in fuels, lubricants, carbon management, emissions control, and rail transportation. The program also highlights cutting-edge work in advanced combustion, fluid dynamics, electrification, hybrid and integrated powertrains, engine controls, sensors, and mechanical and thermal design.

This year’s paper tracks will build on the same format as the previous ICE Forward conference and include content on internal combustion engine systems (regardless of application), as well as freight and passenger rail. Technical contributions in areas such as electrification, sustainability, safety, autonomy, and infrastructure are strongly encouraged and will be included in special sessions. Successful special sessions will grow into full paper tracks beginning with DRIVN 2027.

If you are interested in organizing or participating in a special session, please submit a proposal to the Special Sessions and Symposia track. The deadline for special session proposals is the same as for abstract submissions: March 2, 2026. For content in our standard tracks (paper or presentation-only) or the poster session, please submit to the appropriate track.

In summary:

  • Internal combustion engine systems content (all applications of ICE): Tracks 1–9
  • Passenger and freight rail: Track 10
  • Technical posters on any topic covered by the Transportation Systems Division: Track 11
  • Special sessions on emerging (non-ICE) transportation topic areas: Special Sessions and Symposia Track

DRIVN 2026 offers a peer-reviewed publication pathway consistent with ASME conference standards. All accepted papers will be published in the official conference proceedings and must be presented on-site at the summit by an author of the paper.

All submitted papers must be original, not previously published, and not under review elsewhere. DRIVN 2026 adheres to the highest standards of ethical conduct in the review and publication process.

 

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