15th International Conference
TRANSBALTICA 2024: Transportation Science and Technology
September 19–20, 2024, Vilnius, Lithuania


Physical (in-person) and online (virtual) participation
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The Conference is a continuing traditional event of the VILNIUS TECH Faculty of Transport Engineering and has been organized in cooperation with partners since 2001.

The selected papers of the conference will be published in the Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure,
which is indexed by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science: Conference Proceedings).
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Partners of the Conference:
Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania	JSC Girteka Logistics	Shell	Transport Innovation Association	Springer Nature AG

Autonomous Vehicles and Systems (abbreviation in the Submission System: AVS) 

• highly automated and autonomous driving
• advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)
• autonomous vehicle path planning and control
• V2X communication
• artificial intelligence and machine learning
• intelligent transport systems
• infrastructure for autonomous and connected vehicles
• autonomous vehicles and society, policies and regulations, future prospects
• human and machine interaction
• unmanned aerial vehicles
• unmanned surface and underwater vehicles

Combustion in Engines, Fuels and Emissions (abbreviation in the Submission System: CEFE) 

• alternative, advanced and synthetic fuels, fuel blends, lubricants
• fuel cells and hydrogen technologies
• combustion processes, combustion control and optimization
• engine systems and technology, advanced internal combustion systems
• environmental impact, regulations and future prospects
• emissions and pollutants, emission control
• decarbonisation
• energy savings
• European Green Deal

Logistics and Transportation (abbreviation in the Submission System: LT) 

• computational logistics, simulations in logistics
• green logistics
• transport logistics: transportation networks, intermodal transport, air transport, rail transport, water transport, road transport
• smart transportation and infrastructure
• intralogistics
• supply chain connectivity
• air transport infrastructure
• waterway infrastructure

Railway Transport (abbreviation in the Submission System: RT) 

• rail transport systems
• rail-based transportation systems
• advanced rail technologies
• dynamics and mechanics of rail vehicles
• traction and rolling stock
• rail transport infrastructure, planning and design
• rail electrification

Road Safety and Infrastructure (abbreviation in the Submission System: RSI) 

• vision zero
• behaviour and human factors in road safety 
• infrastructure and planning
• transport policy and implementation
• safety of road users
• technical advances in road safety
• traffic management and control
• accident prediction and reconstruction
• traffic flows

Vehicle Engineering and Dynamics (abbreviation in the Submission System: VED) 

• vehicle dynamics, modelling and simulation
• reliability and robust design in automotive engineering
• ride comfort and handling, steering and suspension technology
• light and heavy vehicles technologies
• advanced electric and hybrid powertrains, simulation-based optimization and control
• driveline and transmission systems
• motorsport engineering
• vehicle structure, lightweight body design and new materials, crashworthiness, manufacturing
• vehicle safety systems and technologies
• electrification, vehicle electronics and software

Chairman: Prof. Olegas Prentkovskis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

Secretary: Mr. Darius Aleksonis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
E-mail: crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOmRhcml1cy5hbGVrc29uaXNAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQ/c3ViamVjdD1UUkFOU0JBTFRJQ0ElMjAyMDIzIj5kYXJpdXMuYWxla3NvbmlzQHZpbG5pdXN0ZWNoLmx0PC9hPg==:xx

Members:
Prof. Darius Bazaras (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Giedrius Garbinčius (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Saugirdas Pukalskas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
MSc. Paulius Kojis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chairman: Dr. Paulius Skačkauskas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
E-mail: crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOnBhdWxpdXMuc2thY2thdXNrYXNAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQ/c3ViamVjdD1UUkFOU0JBTFRJQ0ElMjAyMDIzIj5wYXVsaXVzLnNrYWNrYXVza2FzQHZpbG5pdXN0ZWNoLmx0PC9hPg==:xx 

Secretary: Dr. Mykola Karpenko (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
E-mail: crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOm15a29sYS5rYXJwZW5rb0B2aWxuaXVzdGVjaC5sdD9zdWJqZWN0PVRyYW5zYmFsdGljYSUyMDIwMjMiPm15a29sYS5rYXJwZW5rb0B2aWxuaXVzdGVjaC5sdDwvYT4=:xx

Members:
Prof. Dago Antov (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
Prof. Eduardo Álvarez (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Prof. Matej Babic (University of Novo Mesto, Slovenia)
Prof. Gintautas Bureika (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Prof. Adam Deptuła (Opole University of Technology, Poland)
Prof. Quirino Estrada (Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico)
Prof. Marianna Jacyna (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Prof. Irina Yatskiv (Jackiva) (Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia)
Prof. Jolanta Janutėnienė (Klaipeda University, Lithuania)
Prof. Artur Kierzkowski (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Prof. Nicholas Langlois (EISGELEC, France)
Prof. Pavlo Maruschak (Ternopil Ivan Pul’uj National Technical University, Ukraine)
Prof. Modesto Pérez-Sánchez (Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain)
Prof. Helena M. Ramos (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Prof. Tomislav Rožić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Prof. Edgar Sokolovskij (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Prof. Michał Stosiak (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Prof. Paweł Śliwiński (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland)
Prof. David Vališ (University of Defence, Czechia)
Prof. Vidas Žuraulis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Iyad Alomar (Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia)
Dr. Metin Mutlu Aydin (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey)
Dr. Ivona Bajor (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Dr. Mohsen Besharat (University of Leeds, UK)
Dr. Anna Borucka (Military University of Technology, Poland)
Dr. Olja Čokorilo (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Dr. Kristina Čižiūnienė (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Maksym Delembovskyi (Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ukraine)
Dr. Algimantas Danilevičius (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Cyril Fischer (Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Czechia)
Dr. Piotr Gorzelańczyk (Stanisław Staszic State University of Applied Sciences in Piła, Poland)
Dr. Iryna Heiets (RMIT University, Australia)
Dr. Viktoriia Ivannikova (Dublin City University Business School, Ireland)
Dr. Ilona Jaržemskienė (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Mariusz Kostrzewski (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Dr. Sylwester Kudźma (Rotary Power, UK)
Dr. Roman Mykhailyshyn (University of Texas at Austin, US)
Dr. Ciarán O’Reilly (KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden)
Dr. Darius Rudinskas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Viktor Skrickij (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Dr. Željko Stević (University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dr. Tadeusz Szymczak (Motor Transport Institute, Poland)
Dr. Eldar Šabanovič (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

Conference
First day: September 19, 2024
Last day: September 20, 2024

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Submissions
Available up to (extended): July 20, 2024

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Reviews
Reviewing up to: July 31, 2024
Decision up to:   August 15, 2024

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Conference Fees
Up to: September 1, 2024

PROGRAMME of the TRANSBALTICA 2024: Transportation Science and Technology – Short Version

PROGRAMME of the TRANSBALTICA 2024: Transportation Science and Technology – Full Version

The publication fee for an accepted paper – 300 EUR (per paper). Fee includes: attendance of all authors / co-authors of the paper to all conference sessions, publishing of the paper in electronic format, coffee breaks, participant card, printed conference programme, souvenirs, gala dinner, social programme.  In accordance with the Conference policy, only papers presented during the Conference, whether in-person or online, will be considered for publication. Papers not presented will not be included in the Conference Proceedings. The publication of one paper is free of charge for Ukrainian researchers. Payment should only be made after the acceptance of the paper. Authors will receive an invoice containing all the necessary bank transfer information only after their paper has been accepted. Payments must be made in EUR and exclusively via bank transfer. Cash payments will not be accepted.