# Call for Papers

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The International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems (ISTVS) is an educational, non-profit, and non-political organization whose mission is to promote activities that help acquire and advance knowledge of the mechanics of terrain-vehicle systems and machinery interacting with soils in all environments. All ISTVS present and past members, students, and non-member professionals in the field are cordially invited to join us in Budapest for the 19th International & 14th European-African Regional Conference of the ISTVS.

Technical tracks are listed below for paper submission:

* Track 1: Terramechanics, terrain/soil-wheel/tire/track interaction, modelling and characterization
* Track 2: Advances in mobility, energy transfer, efficiency, ground vehicle dynamics, safety
* Track 3: Land locomotion, off-road and military vehicles, operation snow and ice
* Track 4: Agricultural, forestry, construction, and mining equipment and vehicles
* Track 5: Mobile robotics for ground applications, planet exploration and other environments
* Track 6: Innovative system designs for terrain and road-vehicle applications

All papers will be peer-reviewed, and those accepted will be included in the conference proceedings. We strongly encourage all authors to submit full papers, but will also accept oral presentations, for which only an abstract needs to be submitted.

### Important Deadlines

| Abstract submission by:                                 | **March 31st, 2017** |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Notification of abstract acceptance sent to authors by: | **April 10th, 2017** |
| Full paper submission by:                               | **May 31st, 2017**   |
| Reviews returned to the authors by:                     | **June 25th, 2017**  |
| Revised paper submission by:                            | **July 31st, 2017**  |

### Submit a Paper

Instructions for authors: Under the “General info/Templates” menu option.\
To make a submission: Use the “[Submission](https://www.conftool.net/istvs2017/)” menu option on the main page.

### Conference Chair

**Prof. Peter Kiss**\
President of the ISTVS\
Conference Chair

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