Publicity: Accepted SS organizers should publicize the SS to get enough paper. The accepted SS track and organizer details will be separately available to through the conference Website.

Review Process: This is the same as regular papers. The review has to be done by SS organizers. The final decision will be made by the special session co-chairs within the designated deadline. After the final manuscripts are received, Special Session co-chairs are expected to check if the authors have addressed critical comments of reviewers.

Conflict of Interest: Before starting the review process, SS organizers must explicitly declare papers which present a conflict of interest for them. A conflict of interest arises where the judgement of a paper quality can be influenced by the organizers being authors or knowing some of the authors. To ensure independent reviews, this conflict must be marked as such in the submission system and the SS Co-Chairs notified so that they can arrange the review process.

Restrictions: During the review process, Special Session Organizers must take into account that: (1) An individual cannot be (co‐)author of more than two papers submitted to the same Special Session.  (2) Papers from organizers cannot exceed 40% of the contents of the Special Session.

Successful Special Session: A minimum of 12 accepted papers with authors from at least 5 independent institutions is required for each session. If a session has too few papers, accepted papers will be allocated to regular sessions wherever possible. In case of indication of weakly organized special sessions, the conference organizers will support the organizers with advice but reserve measures including cancellation of the respective special session.

Waiver for Successful Special Session:  One complimentary full registration will be provided to successful Special Sessions with at least 12 papers. The successful SS organizers  must register for and attend the conference, and chair the corresponding sessions.