Special Sessions
Prospective organizers are invited to submit proposals for special sessions. Special sessions, like regular sessions, are oral technical sessions with at least five speakers each. The special session organizer’s role is to invite the five speakers, ensure that the papers are submitted on time, organise the review, ensure that authors of accepted papers submit the camera ready papers through the official online system and remind participants to register for the conference. The session organiser should also chair the session.

Those willing to organize special session, please contact Prof. Mario Muštra, ELMAR-2026 Program Chair: elmar@fer.hr. The deadline for proposals is 4 May 2026.

AI-Enabled Connectivity for Future Mobility: Bridging 6G, V2X, and Automated Mobility

— Marek Galinski, PhD Associate Professor
Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

— Philipp Svoboda, PhD Senior Researcher
Institute of Telecommunications, TU Wien, Austria

Contact: marek.galinski@stuba.sk

Summary:

This special session explores AI/ML-driven connectivity paradigms that integrate 6G networks, advanced V2X protocols, and automated mobility systems to enable safe, efficient, and resilient transportation ecosystems across road vehicles, railways, micromobility, and UAVs. It addresses key scientific challenges such as AI-native joint communication and sensing (JCAS), ML-based predictive resource orchestration in TNs and NTNs, and secure, low-latency data fusion for cooperative perception and decision-making in highly automated systems. Submissions are also solicited (but not limited) on topics including federated learning for cross-modal traffic prediction, AI-optimized zero-touch network slicing for platooning, rail signaling, and urban air mobility, as well as ML-enhanced semantic V2X for heterogeneous mobility fleets.

Quantum Communications

— Josip Vuković, PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Communication and Space Technologies, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia

— Mate Jagnjić, Senior Researcher
Department of Communication and Space Technologies, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia

Contact: josip.vukovic@fer.unizg.hr | mate.jagnjic@fer.unizg.hr

Summary:

This special section focuses on advancements in quantum communications, including—but not limited to—quantum cryptography, terrestrial and space quantum key distribution, quantum networks, and quantum information theory. It also covers related areas such as quantum sensing and metrology, as well as the foundations of quantum mechanics. Topics of interest include theoretical developments, experimental implementations, integration with classical systems, and emerging applications in cryptography, networking, and beyond.