CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS

IEEE WF-IoT 2025

IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things 2025

Sponsored by the IEEE IoT Technical Community

Chengdu, China, Oct 27-30, 2025

https://wfiot2025.iot.ieee.org

OVERVIEW

The IEEE WF-IoT 2025 is a premier event in the fast-growing world of research and practice of Internet of Things devices and systems. It will be held in Chengdu, China, in Oct. 2025. The conference will cover all topics in the areas of computing, networking and communication related to Internet of Things, and feature keynote talks, invited position talks, technical symposia, distinguished lectures, and workshops. The theme for WF-IoT 2025 will be “Smart and Sustainable IoT,” which highlights the application of Internet of Things in smart scenarios and its sustainability.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The conference invites researchers, scientists, and industrial engineers involved with the Internet of Things (IoT) to organize Special Sessions during the week of October 27th – October 30th, 2025. These sessions should focus on emerging and important topics in IoT, be coherent, relevant, timely, and informative, without overlapping with the traditional technical paper program.

A proposal should include the following information:

 · Title of the Special Session

 · Key Words that are descriptive of the topic covered by the Special Session

 · Short description and motivation and significance of the Special Session (one page)

 · Planned format for the Special Session, timeline with expected paper submission volume

 · A draft of Call for Papers

 · Full contact, a short bio (up to 250 words) and a recent high resolution headshot photograph in JPEG formation of the Special Session organizers

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Please send special session proposals in PDF format via email to the Special Session Co-Chairs by March 1st, 2025.

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposal submission due                          1 March 2025  

Notification of approval                            1 April 2025   

Special Session Paper Submission            15 June 2025  

Special Session Paper Acceptance            31 July 2025  

Special Session Camera-Ready Paper       15 August, 2025

SPECIAL SESSION CO-CHAIRS:

Henry Leung, University of Calgary, Canada, leungh@ucalgary.ca

Bin Cao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecom, China, caobin@bupt.edu.cn

Ali Yavari, Swinburne University of Technology, ayavari@swin.edu.au

Nan Xie, University of Calgary, Canada, nan.xie@ucalgary.ca