29th International Dresden Lightweight Engineering Symposium
For almost three decades, the International Dresden Lightweight Engineering Symposium has served as a central platform for interdisciplinary dialog between science, industry and politics. In keeping with this tradition, the 29th edition also combines excellent basic research directly with practical applications in key sectors - from automotive engineering to the energy industry.
- Location
- MESSE DRESDEN, Messering 7, 01067 Dresden
- Event date
- June 18 / 19, 2026
- Deadline
- 17.06.2026
- Audience
- Leichtbauinteressierte im Bereich Maritim, Luftfahrt und angrenzenden Bereiche
- Sectors
- Lightweight construction technologies - manufacturers, suppliers, users
- Country/Region
- international
- Organizer
- TALENT saxony GmbH, Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) & Academic Club for Lightweight Engineering at Dresden University of Technology
- Price
- subject to a fee, Early Bird tickets until April 30, 2026
Information and objective
Sustainable.Systemic.Competitive. - Approaches for a new European technology alliance: The thematic focus of this year's symposium is on three core technological areas that are of crucial importance for the future viability of medium-sized industrial companies.
Sustainability requires a technological transformation towards a circular economy and recyclable material systems in order to strengthen the material independence of Europe as a business location. This is not just about ecological requirements, but also about resource efficiency and resilience in response to volatile raw materials markets. Modern lightweight construction provides the decisive strategies for decoupling economic growth from resource consumption and developing products for a long service life and efficient recycling.
Systemic solutions integrate materials, design and production to create an overall optimum that goes far beyond pure material substitution. The focus is on functionally integrative multi-material design in conjunction with robust, digitally supported process chains. This holistic approach is the only way to master the complexity of modern mixed construction methods and economically map a wide range of variants in industrial series production.
Competitiveness results from the rapid transfer of excellent research into scalable industrial applications. In a modern "technology hub", we secure our market position by occupying technological niches with highly specialized manufacturing expertise. Through open technology platforms and cooperative development, we spread entrepreneurial risks and significantly shorten innovation cycles in lightweight construction.
The organizer invites you to help shape this dialogue. Use the symposium to find out about the state of the art and new trends in systemic neutral lightweight construction and to form partnerships so that you too can optimally position your company or research institution as a resilient part of an emerging technological ecosystem.
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For almost three decades, the International Dresden Lightweight Engineering Symposium has served as a central platform for interdisciplinary dialog between science, industry and politics. In keeping with this tradition, the 29th edition also combines excellent basic research directly with practical applications in key sectors - from automotive engineering to the energy industry.