Call for Special Sessions

ICONIP 2025 will host  Special Sessions covering topics of wide interest, including machine intelligence, computational neuroscience, and neural network applications. A Special Session is scheduled during the single-track main conference for a slot of 1 hour 40 minutes. 

Proposal Guidelines

Please submit your proposal with the following information in a single PDF file by email to <iiconip2025-pc@apnns.org> by March 1st, 2025. 

  1. Special Session title
  2. Abstract  (max. 300 words)
  3. Program:
    Proposed timeline of the session, typically including introduction, invited talks, regular talks, and discussion. For invited speakers, please include the name, affiliation, URL, and whether on-site participation upon acceptance is confirmed.
  4. Organizers:
    Please provide the name, e-mail, and short biography of each organizer.
  5. Prior history (if any):
    If the special session (or a similar/ session or workshop) has been held before, please list the dates and venues, and describe the similarities and differences between the previous special session and the proposed one.
  6. Any other relevant information (if any)

Papers and Presentations

Special Sessions can include Regular Papers and Invited Papers. Paper submissions for Special Sessions will follow the same format and review process as the main conference papers.

Publications

Accepted full papers from Special Sessions will be published in the ICONIP2025 Proceedings (subject to satisfactory peer review).