EUROPEAN ROTORCRAFT FORUM 2023

Information for Authors

Guidelines for Paper Preparation


Please use the MS Word template or apply the format criteria provided to prepare your paper for submission: ERF2023 paper guidelines (DOC/PDF)

Presentation of your paper as a Lecture

  • The regular presentation time for a lecture is 20 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&A
  • Presentation as PowerPoint or PDF, preferably in 16:9 format.
  • The presentation language is English. Please prepare all your documents and slides in English.
  • Presentation slides do not need to be uploaded in advance.
  • There are no specifications or guidelines for the design of your slides.
    Please note: Due to technical reasons, no personal equipment like your own notebook can be used to give your presentation. Since you will be giving your presentation on-site using a presentation computer provided by us, we ask you to use only standard fonts such as Arial, Geneva, Helvetic or Lucida Sans in your presentation. Otherwise, we cannot exclude the possibility of unintentional text displacement in your presentation on the presentation computer. Alternatively, we ask you to embed the individual font you use in your PowerPoint presentation or PDF presentation.
    If you need help for embedding a font please have a look here.
  • On-site:During the break, before the session with your presentation, you can transfer the presentation directly to the presentation computer and start it from there. Or, at the start of your presentation, you can insert the USB stick into the presentation computer and launch the presentation directly from the USB stick.

Copyright Statement


The authors confirm that they, and/or their company or organization, hold copyright on all of the original material included in this paper. The authors also confirm that they have obtained permission, from the copyright holder of any third-party material included in this paper, to publish it as part of their paper. The authors confirm that they give permission, or have obtained permission from the copyright holder of this paper, for the publication and distribution of this paper as part of the ERF proceedings or as individual offprints from the proceedings and for inclusion in a freely accessible web-based repository.

(The statement does not have to be included in papers.)

Forum Language


English will be the official language at the Forum. There will be no simultaneous translation.

Key Dates & Deadlines


Abstract submission open

January 2023


Extended Submission of abstract deadline

4 March 2023


Notification to authors

Mid-April 2023


Pre-Programme & registration forms available

20 May 2023


Submission of final paper deadline

11 August 2023


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