Global Fluid Power Society Ph.D. Symposium 2026
The GFPS Ph.D. Symposium 2026 will be held in Aachen from March 9th through 11th, 2026 co-located with the 15th International Conference on Fluid Power (IFK). A separate track of sessions will be dedicated to the GFPS Ph.D. Symposium during the IFK Symposium on the first day of the IFK.
The registration fees for the GFPS Ph.D. Symposium will coincide with those for the IFK Conference. All the GFPS Ph.D. Symposium submissions must follow a peer-review process and must be led (as lead author as well as presenter) by a junior researcher. Accepted papers will be published in the open-access, Scopus indexed conference proceedings. The best GFPS papers, based on the outcome of the review process, will also:
- Considered for a GFPS best paper award announced during the Symposium.
- Be selected (top 5-10 papers) for a dedicated special issue of the International Journal of Fluid Power.
The GFPS Ph.D. symposium is a bi-annual event organized by the Global Fluid Power Society, the world`s largest scientific network of fluid power institutions. The Symposium has a long-lasting tradition for providing a platform for your researchers to discuss cutting edge research in fluid power that dates back 2000 (FPNI Ph.D. Symposium).
Paper Template
Authors that contributing a paper to the conference are requested to use the following template for their paper.
The paper should have a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 16 pages (without biography).
Dates & Deadlines - GFPS PhD Symposium