MAGLEV
MAGLEV’85, ’89 and ’98 was held in Japan.
Sponsored by IEE Japan
International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV)
MAGLEV 2026
International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2026), will be held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, October 14-17, 2026.
International Steering Committee
Honorary chair: Eisuke Masada (Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan)
Chair: Hiroyuki Ohsaki (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Members
A.C. Ferreira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
R.M. Stephan (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
K. Woronowicz (Bombardier Transportation, Canada)
S. Deng (Southwest Jiantong University, China)
S. Ding (CRRC Qingdao Sifang, China)
G. Lin (Tongnji University, China)
L. Xiao (Hunan Maglev Group Company, China)
G. Coquery (IFSTTAR, France)
J. Kluhspies (The International Maglev Board, Germany)
M. Witt (The International Maglev Board, Germany)
F. Loeser (ThyssenKrupp Transrapid, Germany)
K. Nagashima (Railway Technical Reseach Institute, Japan)
S. Ohashi (Kansai University, Japan)
M. Terai (Centra Japan Railway Company, Japan)
B-C. Shin (KIMM, Korea)
R. Palka (West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland)
S. Smirnov (Emperor I Saint-Petersburg State Transport University, Russia)
V. Bourquin (University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Switzerland)
L. Blow (Maglev Transport, USA)
Richard Post passed away on April 7, 2015. LA Times
Gordon Danby passed away on August 2, 2016. NY Times
James Powell passed away on May 27(Mon.), 2019 according to his family. Wikipedia
Past MAGLEV Conferences
MAGLEV 2024
The 26th International Conference on
Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2024),
Malmo, Sweden, 18-22 september 2024.
Website
MAGLEV 2022
The 25th International Conference on
Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2022),
Online, October 17-19, 2022.
Website
MAGLEV 2018
The 24th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2018),
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, September 5-8, 2018.
Information(Maglevboard), Web site, Program, Proceedings(abstract)(12MB)
MAGLEV 2016
The 23rd International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2016),
Berlin, Germany, September 23-26, 2016.
Website, Program, Proceedings(Table of Contents) Band1, Band2
MAGLEV 2014
The 22nd International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2014),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 28 – October 1, 2014.
Website(archive), Program
MAGLEV 2011
The 21st International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2011),
Daejeon, Korea, October 10-13, 2011.
Website(archive), Program(text)
MAGLEV 2008
The 20th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2008)
San Diego, USA, December 15-18, 2008.
Website(archive), Agenda(text), Report(in Japanese)
MAGLEV 2006
The 19th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2006),
Dresden, Germany, September 13-15, 2006.
Website(archive), Table of Contents
MAGLEV 2004
The 18th International Conference On Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2004),
Shanghai, China, October 26-28, 2004.
Website(archive), Program
MAGLEV 2002
The 17th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2002),
Lausanne, Switzerland, September 3-5, 2002.
Website, Program
MAGLEV 2000
The 16th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV 2000),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 7-10, 2000.
Website(archive), Table of Contents
MAGLEV 1998
The 15th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV ’98),
Mt.Fuji, Yamanashi, Japan, April 12-15, 1998.
Table of Contents, Report
Cover of Proceedings(1.6M, MLX-01 Aero-Wedge and Double-Cusp)
MAGLEV 1995
The 14th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems (Maglev ’95)
Bremen, Germany, November 26-29, 1995.
Table of Contents
MAGLEV 1993
The 13th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV ’93),
Argonne National Laboratory, USA, May 19-21, 1993.
Table of Contents, Proceedings(full paper)(18MB)
MAGLEV 1992
The 12th International Conference,
Lyon, France, June 29 – July 3, 1992.
(joint session with the 6th World Conference on Transport Research),
Organized Session, Contents of Selected Proceedings
MAGLEV 1989
The 11th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives (MAGLEV ’89),
Yokohama, Japan, July 7-11, 1989. (YES’89)
Table of Contents, Report(in Japanese)
Cover of Proceedings(1.8M, MLU002, HSST-05, TR-07, M-BAHN)
MAGLEV 1988
The 10th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems (MAGLEV 1988),
Hamburg, Germany, June 9-10, 1988. (IVA’88)
Report(in Japanese)
MAGLEV 1987
The 9th International Conference on Maglev and Linear Drives,
Las Vegas, USA, May 19-21, 1987.
MAGLEV 1986
The 8th International Conference on Maglev and Linear Drives,
Vancouver, Canada, May 14-16, 1986. (Expo’86)
Report(in Japanese)
MAGLEV 1985
The 7th International Conference on Maglev Transport ’85,
Tokyo, Japan, September 17-19, 1985. (Expo’85)
Table of Contents, Report(in Japanese)
Cover of Proceedings(1.6M, MLU001, HSST-03, TR-06, Birmingham People Mover)
MAGLEV 1984
The 6th International Conference on Maglev Transport Now and for the Future,
Solihull, UK, October 9-10, 1984.
Table of contents conference proceedings, Some abstrcts
MAGLEV 1983
The 5th International Conference,
Washington, USA, 1983.
MAGLEV 1982
The 4th International Conference,
2nd International Seminar on the Superconductive Magnetic Levitated Train,
Miyazaki, Japan, November 4-5, 1982.
Report(in Japanese)
MAGLEV 1979
The 3rd International Conference,
International Symposium on Traffic and Transportation Technologies,
Hamburg, Germany, June 18-20, 1979. (IVA’79)
MAGLEV 1978
The 2nd International Conference,
International Seminar on the Superconductive Magnetic Levitated Train,
Miyazaki, Japan, November 9-10, 1978.
MAGLEV 1977
The First International Conference,
Boston, USA, 1977.