Call for Papers

26th Annual Brake Colloquium and Exhibition
Grand Hyatt, San Antonio Texas, U.S.A.
October 12-15, 2008

Critical Deadlines:
Deadline for submitting abstracts	February 22, 2008
Draft Manuscripts due to session organizers	April 18, 2008
Final Manuscripts due to SAE	August 4, 2008

The 26th Annual Brake Colloquium & Exhibition brings together brake industry experts and specialists from all points of the globe to learn about, present and display the latest technological innovations of brake friction materials and systems.

Abstracts should be submitted on-line via the SAE website. Upon submission, you will receive an automatic reply with your tracking number.

The theme of the Brake Colloquium Technical Program is to present advancements and innovations that address the expectations of customers and end users. Each submission should reflect how these expectations are addressed in the objectives and conclusions.

In response to customer feedback, the Brake Colloquium Executive Committee has expanded the topic areas for the 2008 event. Paper offers are being solicited in the following technology areas:

• Materials
• NVH
• New Technology
• Variability Reduction and Fingerprinting
• Testing
• Models & Simulation
• Components
• Systems

New Sessions

• Electronics
• Environment
• ESC and Braking
• Hybrid
• Innovations in Caliper Design
• Stopping Distance
• Systems and System Effects
• Tires

The following information will be required during the on-line submission process:

• A digest of 200-300 words that states the objective of the paper/presentation; outlines the problem requiring solution, or the method of approach to research; is explicit with respect to the types of data to be included; and summarizes the conclusions that will be made.
• Tentative title
• Name of the author and co-authors. Author and co-author business affiliation, mailing address and telephone and fax numbers, email addresses
• Selection of one session topics listed above.

Each year the Colloquium receives far more submissions than can be accommodated in the 3 days of the event. Each submission is evaluated to the following criteria:

• Submission fits identified session topics
• New contribution, concept or conclusion
• Technical Orientation (non-commercial)
• Quality of content, grammar and structure
• Conclusions with supporting data

Each submission should include the following:

• Objective
• Problem definition
• Approach
• Methodology (theoretical and/or experimental)
• Supporting data
• Conclusion

Offered papers shall not have been published elsewhere; and if accepted, contributors will not release their paper for publication through other media.

Paper acceptance will be based on organizer moderated peer review of draft manuscripts. Authors will be charged a nominal registration fee.

For questions, contact:
Melissa Jena
Program Specialist
SAE International
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA 15096
Telephone: 724-772-4008
Fax: 724-776-1830
Email: mjena@sae.org