A Special Session proposal should preferably include a preliminary list of potential contributing authors along with their emails and affiliations.

A Special Session proposal may include at most one (1) Invited Speaker. Accordingly, each Special Session is limited to a single Invited Speaker, if any. No paper submission is required from the Invited Speaker. 

In case the organisers would like to propose an Invited Speaker, they must provide the following information:

• Tentative title of the talk
• Short biography of the speaker
• An email confirming the acceptance and commitment of the Invited Speaker

Please note that the Invited Speaker slot for a Special Session is conditional upon at least eight (8) papers being accepted and presented within that session. If this minimum requirement is not met, the Invited Speaker slot may not be confirmed.

After the Special Session proposal deadline, the Special Session Coordinators will evaluate all the proposals.

If two or more proposals cover similar or overlapped topics, the Special Session Coordinators, in consultation with the Technical Program Chairs, may propose merging the proposals into a single Special Session, while retaining both original proponents.

Once a proposal has been approved, organisers must:

• Prepare a brief Call for Papers using the provided template to be posted on the Conference website.
• Advertise the Special Session to attract high-quality papers from researchers and practitioners.

Papers submitted to special sessions will undergo the same review process as regular papers.

The special session chairs of the respective special session are responsible for organising a peer-review process, ensuring that at least 2 consistent reviews per paper are received. 

To schedule a standalone session at the  IMEKO World Congress 2027, an adequate number of papers must be accepted after the review process; otherwise, the accepted papers shall be included in the regular  TC sessions depending on their topics.