Presenting at the Symposium

If you would like to present a paper at the Lift & Escalator Symposium, the first step is to submit an abstract of up to 300 words.

The abstract should state the authors' names, affiliations and email address, the title of the paper, the objectives, methodology employed, the main results and the conclusions of the research. Abstracts cannot include a product or service name: we welcome you writing about the technology you are applying, but advertorials will not be accepted.

Short abstracts of up to 300 words can be submitted here.

Timetable

Once you have submitted an abstract, you can expect to hear from us according to the following timetable.  Please help us to run the Symposium efficiently by meeting all the submission deadlines.

Submit Abstract - 31 March 2025

Notification of Abstract Acceptance - 30 April 2025

Submit extended abstract (six pages) or full paper (ten pages) - 31 May 2025

Notification of acceptance of full paper - 30 June 2025

Submit final paper incorporating comments & feedback from reviewers - 31 July 2025

Important additional requirements

Instructions on how to prepare extended abstracts and full papers can be downloaded here.

Instructions for presenters are here

Non-exclusive agreement to publish work is here

Statement of Ethics and Responsibilities for Authors, Reviewers, Editors and Session Chairmen are here

Publication of your paper

Copies of the papers and extended abstracts will be made available to Symposium delegates. After the event, the proceedings with be available to download via the Resources tab.

Authors will have an opportunity to submit extended versions of their paper for publication in an open-access peer-reviewed journal Transportation Systems in Buildings (TSIB) which is edited and managed by the The Lift and Escalator Symposium Educational Trust.

Speaker registration

The Lift & Escalator Symposium Educational Trust is a charity whose Trustees give their time without charge. As we run non-commercial, not-for-profit events, we do ask speakers to Register in the normal way and pay the modest registration fee. If you cannot afford the registration fee, please contact us about other sources of funding.