Special Session Proposal

IEEE NANO 2026 welcomes proposals for special sessions describing the latest and emerging scientific and technological research and activities in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

IMPORTANT DATE:

Submission Deadline: Jan. 15, 2026

Acceptance Notification: Feb. 1, 2026

Special Session Proposers have to prepare the session proposal using the proposal template and submit it for review via the online submission site.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

  • A Special Session proposal should consists of 4 or 5 invited speakers (at least at the rank of assistant professor or equivalent). Their preliminary availability is necessary before proposing the session. It is possible to propose more invited speakers, multiples of 4 talks would fit in different timeslots.
  • After the acceptance of the Special Session, each invited speaker must submit via the online submission site:

> An abstract using the template before Apr. 10, 2026.
> Or, a full paper (4-6 pages) in the IEEE style if the Invited Speaker would like to publish their conference contents in Xplore before Mar. 1, 2026.

  • All papers and abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. Accepted abstracts will be included in the Conference Proceedings but will NOT be considered for the inclusion in IEEE Xplore.

How to Submit a Special Session Proposal (by a Session Proposer)

A Special Session proposal should be submitted by a designated “Session Proposer” (i.e., one of the organizers of each invited session) with their PIN according to the steps below:

  1. Go to the Online Submission Site.
  2. Follow the link to “Submit a Contribution to NANO 2026” to the right of the NANO 2026 listing.
  3. Select the “Special Session Proposal” as the type of submission.
  4. Fill in the information about “Title, Proposers* and Keywords”; and then continue to the next page.
  5. Upload your “Session Proposal**” in a PDF, MS-Word, or Latex (Note: The main.tex file should be called root.tex).

IMPORTANT NOTE:

  • “Proposers” should be entered through their PIN numbers and every proposer must have a PIN.

> If you have submitted papers to previous NANO conferences, you should have had your PIN number. You can retrieve your or co-proposers’ existing PIN or set/reset your PASSWORD in the PIN Wizard at the submission site.

> If you have never submitted papers to NANO conferences, you can set your PIN and PASSWORD in the PIN Wizard at the submission site. The same can be done for the proposers without a PIN.

  • Proposers should prepare their abstracts using the proposal template.
  • The online submission site (i.e., Papercept) will generate a code when a Special Session proposal is submitted.
  • The proposer must send the code to the invited speakers and encourage them to use the code when submitting papers or abstracts, so that those papers or abstracts can be automatically assigned to the Special Session.

How to Update an Existing Submission

  1. Go to the Online Submission Site.
  2. Login with your PIN and PASSWORD; and go to the author workspace for NANO 2026.
  3. Follow the link to “Update Submission Information” or to “Reupload” the proposal file.