International Conference On Electric Airships - Challenges for Commercialization

10141
24.09.2025 – 26.09.2025
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Flexible thin-film solar cells, highly efficient power electronics, and lightweight batteries enable the construction of a new generation of airships. This includes drones, high altitude airships, and airships for cargo and passenger transport. In particular, airships can be used in the future for:

  • transport to remote areas
  • sustainable cargo transport
  • transport of heavy loads
  • sustainable passenger transport
  • monitoring and surveillance of e.g. pipelines, high power transmission lines
  • provision of telecom and internet connections
  • tourism transport, recreation, and sightseeing
  • humanitarian aid, disaster relief

Airship “Pathfinder 1”
- A proof-of-concept vehicle designed and manufactured by LTA Research 
- flies untethered at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.
 


The conference covers technical aspects as well as applications and environmental aspects.

Conference Topics:

  • Construction and design of airships
  • Construction of low and high altitude drones
  • Sustainable aviation by airships
  • Power electronics and batteries for airships
  • Solar energy for airships
  • Application of airships
  • Usage of hydrogen as energy source and lifting gas
  • Certification, regulation and integration in existing aerospace
  • Infrastructure, ground handling of airships

Program Overview

Note: Childcare available upon request.

 Sept. 24th Sept. 25th Sept. 26th Sept. 27th 
7:45 a.m. 
-
8:30 a.m.
 - Registration 
Location:
  Energie Campus 
  Nürnberg 
- Registration
Location:
  Energie Campus
  Nürnberg 
 
8:30 a.m. 
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6:00 p.m.
 - Conference, Lunch 
- Poster Session
Location:
  Energie Campus
  Nürnberg 
- Conference 
- Discussions with lunch 
- coffee breaks, snacks
Location:
  Energie Campus
  Nürnberg
- Sightseeing “History of the Zeppelin Field”, Nuremberg
7:00 p.m. 
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10:00 p.m.
- Registration and 
  Casual Welcome
  Meeting
Location: 
Adina Hotel, Dr. Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 1, Nürnberg
- Reception
Location:  
DB Museum, Lessingstr. 6, Nürnberg 
With: Alexandra Mehnert, Member of European Parliament
- Conference Dinner
Location: 
Mautkeller, Hallplatz 2, Nürnberg 
 

 

Conference Agenda

The detailed program of the conference comes later.

Speakers and Topics

Coming soon.


Price information
(all prices incl. VAT)
Conference ticket includes meals and beverages during the day.

Regular Ticket Early Bird 300€ / Late Registration 380€
Student Ticket 50€
Welcome Meeting (Wednesday) 20€
Conference Dinner (Friday) 60€
Sightseeing (Saturday) 30€
Total Package (includes conference, dinner and sightseeing) 380€

Timeline Registration:

a) Abstract submission: 
Date abstract submission:  start at: May 15th
End of abstract submission:July 15th
Publication of decision on talk/poster:     July 15th
b) Registration: 
Start early registration:   latest date: May 15th
End early registration:July 15th
End late registration:September 10th

Registration

Registration

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Contact Information

Prof. Dr. Christoph Pflaum
Department of Computer Science
Professorship for Computer Science (Numerical Simulation using Highest-Performance Computers)

Phone number: +49 9131 85-28692
E-Mail: christoph.pflaum@fau.de


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