ICCHP 2026

Special Thematic Sessions

Special Thematic… what?

ICCHP invites experts, groups, projects or organisations to organize Special Thematic Sessions (STS) to present a focused, detailed and comprehensive view to well-defined topics of particular interest. STSs welcome both LNCS and Open Access Compendium contributions to support a broad view and allow interdisciplinary, cross-stakeholder discussion/exchange.
During submission of abstracts and final papers, authors can (and are strongly encouraged to) search the “List of Topics” within conftool and mark their submission as coherent with or even belonging to an STS, a Special Thematic Session.

For more info on STS and possible benefits for successful STS-chairs, check beneath our list of announced topics 2026!

Announced Topics

STS – More info

STS Chairs

  1. set up and run a focused session of presentations in the program and
  2. coordinate and co-edit a chapter in the proceedings (subject to a minimum of 4 contributions accepted).

STSs present a detailed and comprehensive overview of the state of the art, progress and challenges in the selected very specific domain. The proceedings will become a visible and widespread point of reference for these domains, in particular when running over several editions of the conference. Thereby, STSs improve the quality of the ICCHP programme, presentations and proceedings

Successful STSs considerably contribute to the profile and visibility of organising and contributing organisations and persons. And most importantly, STSs strongly support the advancement of our field. They are a starting point for R&D and practice initiatives and cooperations.

ICCHP is proud that several STSs (there will be 25 this year), running over many years, have become THE reference in their domain, enabling and efficiently supporting careers and cooperations.

As STS chair, you:

  • define a comprehensive topic and propose it to our STS co-ordinators
  • set up a detailed description on icchp.org or on their own web page with a link to the ICCHP STS page.
  • motivate and advertise to get interesting contributions for the session
  • write an introduction (6-8) pages in camera-ready LNCS or Open Access Compendium format including all pictures, graphs, formulae and references) as a summary to the topic and the presentations (deadline April 23, 2026)
  • plan the sequence of papers in the proceedings and presentations at the conference for the STS
  • chair the sessions

To propose a specific STS, please get in touch with our ICCHP programme chair, Klaus Miesenberger by eMail until January 26. 2026, noon (MEZ).

Download the guidelines for organising and running STSs:

Contributions to an STS have to be submitted using the standard submission procedures of ICCHP.
When disseminating and advertising your STS, please make sure that contributors select your STS under the category “STS/Session” in the submission form.
Contributions to an STS are evaluated by the Programme Commitee and by the chair(s) of the STS.
Contributors are encouraged to get in contact with the STS chair(s) to discuss involvement and pre-evaluation of contributions.
Submission Deadline for Contributions to STS is the same as for all scientific contributions: February 9, 2026!

Find the archive of past years STS-Topics here!

COME AND GET INVOLVED!