fib International PhD Symposium

16th edition of the fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Vienna, Austria

9-11 September 2026

Abstract & Paper Submission

To ensure that it is possible to publish your paper it is essential that all authors strictly follow the guidelines and formatting instructions for the submission of all papers. The editorial office decides whether to accept or reject articles submitted according to technical and scientific criteria. By submitting a paper, the author agrees to ad-here to the following conditions:
  • Articles and essays have to be written by the author himself/herself. He or she must also be the copyright holder of all illustrative material submitted (photographs, drawings).
  • The editorial office has the right to change, to supplement or to shorten the text according to language style, structure or content, or to ask the author to do so. If the author does not agree to such alterations, he/she may withdraw the article.

The publishers provide a style sheet for creating copy for use with the Microsoft Office word processing system. This document was created with this style sheet as an example, so you can delete the content and work with it directly.

For submission of manuscripts, please use the online portal.

Please make sure that in addition to the submission of your main document you should create a ZIP file containing all your images/figures from the main document and upload this file separately.

To ensure that it is possible to publish your paper it is essential that all authors strictly follow the guidelines and formatting instructions for the submission of all papers. The editorial office decides whether to accept or reject articles submitted according to technical and scientific criteria. By submitting a paper, the author agrees to ad-here to the following conditions:
  • Articles and essays have to be written by the author himself/herself. He or she must also be the copyright holder of all illustrative material submitted (photographs, drawings).
  • The editorial office has the right to change, to supplement or to shorten the text according to language style, structure or content, or to ask the author to do so. If the author does not agree to such alterations, he/she may withdraw the article.

The publishers provide a template for use with the Microsoft Office word processing system. This document was created as a style sheet, so the content can be deleted and worked on directly.

To submit abstracts, please use the form below.

If you encounter any issue during the process please e-mail us at fibphdsymp2026@boku.ac.at.

Presentation Submission

Authors and Presenters are required to upload their contribution presentations to the Conference platform available for this purpose.

The file name for upload should follow the following format: DatePresentation_NamePresenter

Please check the DatePresentation in the Program Schedule.

We request that this format be followed.

Presentations must be made in the ppt (Powerpoint) format.

A version in PDF format must also be submitted as a backup.

Software on Presentation Laptops: Windows 11 and Office 2021 Professional.