The 5th International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications will be held 2-3 June 2013 at the , Dresden, Germany, colocated with VTC2013-Spring. Wireless vehicular communications has been identified as a key technology for increasing road safety and transport efficiency, and providing Internet access on the move to ensure wireless ubiquitous connectivity. The potential of this technology has been acknowledged with the establishment of ambitious research programs worldwide. The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) currently covers through its areas of interest (Mobile Radio, Transportation Systems and Automotive Electronics) all technical aspects needed to make wireless vehicular communications a reality. As a result, the IEEE VTS society has decided to establish a technical symposium on wireless vehicular communications. The IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (WiVeC) covers all vehicular wireless communications aspects of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to-Person (V2P) communications, including implications on transport efficiency and safety, automotive electronics, liability issues, standardizations efforts and spectrum assignment. After the successful 2007 (Baltimore), 2008 (Calgary), 2010 (Taipei) and 2011 (San Francisco) editions, the fifth IEEE WiVeC symposium will be co-located with the 77th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2013 Spring conference. Combined registrations packages will be offered for WiVeC and VTC events.