
Dresden
Machine Elements Colloquium
May 05 - 06, 2026 // Call For Paper
DMK 2026: Your expertise is needed!
On May 5 and 6, 2026, under the scientific direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Berthold Schlecht (Chair of Machine Elements, TU Dresden)
in cooperation with DriveConcepts GmbH, the Dresden Machine Elements
Colloquium DMK 2026 will take place at the Hyperion Hotel Dresden am Schloss.

We cordially invite experts from the machine, plant and vehicle construction
to actively participate in the conference program.
We are looking for practical presentations and contributions on
current research results, in particular on topics relating to:
modern drive technology,
sensor-integrating machine elements
and self-adaptive systems,
with application reference to land, water and air vehicles
and industrial plants.
Take the opportunity to share your developments, innovations and
and experiences with a knowledgeable audience and provide
and provide impetus for the future of mechanical engineering!
We look forward to receiving your
presentations from research and practice.

Lecture registration
Speaking time?
20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion.
Where to?
Please send your presentation proposal as an abstract
(max. 2 DIN A4 pages) with full contact details of all authors
by 02.10.2025 to the conference secretariat dmk@driveconcepts.com.
Feedback on acceptance will be provided by 17.10.2025 at the latest.
Optional publication?
In addition to the conference proceedings, an extended version of your contribution can be published
as a "Reviewed Paper" in the journal Engineering Research/Forschung
in Engineering .
Submission at: editorialmanager.com/fiin
Independent experts will contribute, according to
review by the publisher, in a double-blind
double-blind review process.
www.springer.com/journal/10010
Schedule overview
02.10.2025: Submission of presentation offer
17.10.2025: Notification of acceptance
14.11.2025: Manuscript submission, if participation in the review process for publication in the journal "Forschung im Ingenieurwesen"
02.02.2026: Manuscript submission for publication in the printed conference proceedings