Engineers and researchers have less than two weeks to submit abstracts for the 44th Annual SAE Brake Colloquium & Exhibition. The submission deadline is February 16, 2026.
The event takes place September 20-23, 2026, in Palm Desert, California, and remains North America’s premier gathering for brake technology professionals. The Technical Program Committee encourages those with new research, case studies, or technology developments to submit their work now.
Share Your Expertise
Have you developed a new friction formulation? Made progress on brake emissions testing? Found novel applications for AI in brake system design? This is the forum to present your work to fellow engineers, OEM decision-makers, and industry leaders from around the world.
The committee is seeking presentations across a broad range of topics, including:
- Friction materials and raw material advances
- Disc and drum materials and design
- Braking plate advances, shims, and greases
- Wheel bearings and seals
- Commercial vehicle, railway, and high-performance applications
- Braking advances in electric, hybrid, and ICE vehicles
- NVH advancements
- Brake emissions and Euro 7 compliance
- Testing and measurement methodologies
- CAE and advances in virtual technologies
- AI, machine learning, and generative AI applications
- Integration of brakes with ADAS, AVS, and CAV systems
- XIL (model/software/hardware) in the loop
- Mechatronics impacts
- System safety for vehicle deceleration and immobilization
Key Dates
- Abstract submission deadline: February 16, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2026
- Peer review period: March 30 – July 13, 2026
- Final manuscripts and copyright due: July 27, 2026
- Author registration deadline: August 3, 2026
Abstracts for the SAE Brake Colloquium must be submitted online and assigned to only one session. Note that written-only submissions are not accepted—all authors must present their work in person. Previously published papers are not eligible.
To submit an abstract, visit sae.org/events/brake/call-presentation.
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