To enhance the technical program and focus on specific topics and areas, ICIT 2012 will include special sessions, in addition to regular ones. Special sessions can cover subjects or cross-subjects belonging to the topics of interest, or novel topics related with the ones identified within the topics of interest. Special sessions can also have the drive from specific R&D projects or clusters of projects, namely EU-sponsored R&D projects.
Submission procedure for special session papers will be as for regular papers.
If you are interested in organizing a special session, please contact Special Sessions Co-Chairs, Maria Ines Valla and Giannis Gialelis.
The proposal for a special session should include title of the session, names and contact addresses of the organizers (these persons must attend the conference), technical outline of the session (50 words) and topics, and names/contact addresses of the potential reviewers and/or contributing authors.
Please use the following template for submitting your proposal: Template
The papers of Special Sessions focusing on special topics relevant to the conference tracks are subject to normal review process handled through the conference paper submission system.
The reviewing of papers of Special Sessions will be coordinated by the Special Session Organizers. In case of papers in a conflict of interest situation (co-authored by Special Session Organizers or close colleagues), handling of the review process for that papers will be carried out by other SS Organizers, if possible, or by Program Co-Chairs, assisted by the Special Sessions Co-Chairs, that will organize the necessary number of reviews.
Special Session organizers should identify a list of at least 10 reviewers, coming from different institutions.