Full paper Submission

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Important Dates

Full Paper Submission Deadline: February 15th, 2026 (instead of Februrary 1st) 

Special Award Announcement

FAIM 2026 is proud to celebrate excellence in manufacturing research through three distinguished awards, recognizing innovation, sustainability, and industrial impact.

Sullivan Best Paper Award:

Presented as part of the Professor Bill Sullivan Special Session, this award honors outstanding research in sustainable and green manufacturing. Sponsored by the Sullivan family, it recognizes impactful contributions to sustainability
and green engineering.

Favourite presentation price:

This award celebrates pedagogy in research presentation to the public.

Best FAIM 2026 Conference Paper Award:

Awarded to the most outstanding paper of the conference, this recognition highlights groundbreaking research in flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing.

For Full Paper Submission on EasyChair Platform

You can find a detailed guide on how to submit your full paper on this
guide.


Full Paper Submission

  • Papers submitted to FAIM2024 undergo a double-blind reviewing procedure for publication at Springer’s Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.
  • No fee is required for the publication of 8-page papers in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME) or other journals, except for additional pages.
  • According to the FAIM Charter, a maximum of five co-authorship submissions are allowed per author.
  • Every paper has to be presented by one of its authors and no more than 2 papers can be presented by the same person.

All accepted paper presenters are requested to use the official conference presentation template :

DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION TEMPLATE HERE (PPT) // OR GOOGLE SLIDES HERE


Guidelines for Full Paper

  • All papers must comply with the
    Springer Guidelines for Authors and paper template. Papers not adhering to this formatting will be rejected without review.
  • The author can choose to work with
    word or
    latex. The usage of these templates is mandatory.
  • Each paper is limited to a maximum of 8 pages, including all figures, tables, and references. Authors will be required to pay an extra fee for any additional pages beyond the 8-page limit.
  • For the first blind review, no author names, academic titles, or descriptions of academic positions should be included in the paper. After the paper is accepted, author information, affiliations, and email addresses will be allowed
    in the accepted paper.
  • The title, abstract, authors, and affiliations, as well as the order of authors in the EasyChair system, should be the same as in your accepted paper.
  • Use title case for the paper title, capitalizing all main words.
  • The abstract should summarize the content of the paper, including its goal, scientific novelty, practical value, and main results, in 150-250 words.
  • Self-citations per paper are limited to a maximum of three.
  • The language of the paper must be English. Submissions in any other language will be rejected without review.
  • Plagiarism is strictly monitored and will be checked using Turnitin. Plagiarized papers will not be accepted for review.

Guidelines for Poster sessions

All poster session presenters are requested to use the official conference presentation template.

Download the poster template (.pptx):
Poster template

Poster submission deadline : April 30, 2026

  • The style of the template has to be respected and images have to be clear
  • The logos of institutions must be added without removing the conference logo
  • A brief description of the context along with results and perspectives are mandatory.

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME) (ISSN: 2195-4356) [SCOPUS IF 0.516] publishes the latest developments in Mechanical Engineering—quickly, informally, and with high quality. Original research reported in proceedings and
post-proceedings represents the core of LNME. Volumes published in LNME embrace all aspects, subfields, and new challenges of mechanical engineering.