Accepted Special Sessions:
The following special sessions have been accepted. To submit manuscripts to the special sessions, authors must follow the submission guidelines. All the submitted manuscripts will undergo the same review process as regular papers.

SS-01: Smart Material Systems, Modeling, Control, Applications
Organizers: Michael Ruderman, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan) and Daniele Davino, The Univ. of Sannio (Italy)
E-mail: ruderman.michael(at)nitech.ac.jp, davino(at)unisannio.it

SS-02: Advanced Motion Control on Electric Vehicles and Sustainable Mobility
Organizers: Hiroshi Fujimoto, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) and Francesco Biral, The Univ. of Trento (Italy)
E-mail: fujimoto(at)k.u-tokyo.ac.jp, francesco.biral(at)ing.unitn.it

SS-03: Legged Locomotion
Organizers: Naoki Oda, Chitose Inst. of Sci. and Tech. (Japan), Yasutaka Fujimoto, Yokohama Nat’l Univ. (Japan), Kemalettin Erbatur, Sabanci Univ. (Turkey) and Chi Zhu, Maebashi Inst. of Tech. (Japan)
E-mail: oda(at)photon.chitose.ac.jp, fujimoto(at)ynu.ac.jp, erbatur(at)sabanciuniv.edu, zhu(at)maebashi-it.ac.jp

SS-04: Rehabilitation Mechatronics
Organizers: Yoshifumi Morita, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan), Noritaka Sato, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan), Kazunori Yamazaki, Fujita Health Univ. (Japan) and Esam Hafez Abdelhameed Abdelgany, Aswan Univ. (Egypt)
E-mail: morita(at)nitech.ac.jp, sato.noritaka(at)nitech.ac.jp, ymzkk(at)fujita-hu.ac.jp, ehhameed(at)yahoo.com

SS-05: Advanced Control Technologies Applied to Mechanical Systems
Organizers: Kenichiro Nonaka, Tokyo City Univ. (Japan), Seiichiro Katsura, Keio Univ. (Japan), Masami Iwase, Tokyo Denki Univ. (Japan) and SICE Technical Committee on Mechatronics Systems
E-mail: knonaka(at)tcu.ac.jp, katsura(at)sd.keio.ac.jp, iwase(at)fr.dendai.ac.jp

SS-06: Real-World Haptics for Human Support
Organizers: Kiyoshi Ohishi, Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. (Japan), Seiichiro Katsura, Keio Univ. (Japan) and Tomoyuki Shimono, Yokohama Nat’l Univ. (Japan)
E-mail: ohishi(at)vos.nagaokaut.ac.jp, katsura(at)sd.keio.ac.jp, shimono(at)ynu.ac.jp

SS-07: Network-based Control Systems and Its Applications
Organizers: Yutaka Uchimura, Shibaura Inst. of Tech. (Japan) and Kenji Natori, Chiba Univ. (Japan)
uchimura(at)shibaura-it.ac.jp, knatori(at)chiba-u.jp

SS-08: Smart Precision Motion Control in Mechatronic Systems
Organizers: Kenta Seki, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan), Makoto Iwasaki, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan), Hiroshi Fujimoto, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) and Chee Khiang Pang, Nat’l Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
E-mail: k-seki(at)nitech.ac.jp, iwasaki(at)nitech.ac.jp, fujimoto(at)k.u-tokyo.ac.jp, justinpang(at)nus.edu.sg

SS-09: Advanced Control Technologies for Nanoscale Servo Systems
Organizers: Kazuaki Ito, Toyota Nat’l College of Tech. (Japan), Makoto Iwasaki, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan), Hiroshi Fujimoto, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) and Chee Khiang Pang, Nat’l Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
E-mail: kazu-it(at)toyota-ct.ac.jp, iwasaki(at)nitech.ac.jp, fujimoto(at)k.u-tokyo.ac.jp, justinpang(at)nus.edu.sg

SS-10: Electrical Machines and Drives for Automobile Applications
Organizers: Takashi Kosaka, Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan)
E-mail: kosaka(at)nitech.ac.jp

Call for Special Session Proposal for ICM2015-Nagoya:
The Program Committee of ICM2015-Nagoya invites proposals for special sessions which will be presented at the conference. The special session proposal should be related to any topics of the conference. Prospective organizers of special sessions should post their proposal by e-mail to icm15.ss.chairs@gmail.com.
(1) Session title
(2) Session description
(3) Expected number of papers (list of authors if possible)
(4) Session organizer(s) (name, affiliation, contact information)

Submitted proposal will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Due to limitation of session slots, please understand that not all proposal will be accepted. For proposals of special sessions that are accepted, the organizer will be responsible for promotion of the special session, coordination of reviews for submitted papers, and moderation of the session at the conference. Procedure, regulations and important dates for papers of special sessions are the same as those of regular sessions, and the papers will be published in the conference proceedings. If the number of selected papers will be lower than 4, the special session will be cancelled and the accepted papers will be shared within the other regular sessions of the area. Please be aware that the conference could not provide any financial support to organizers and speakers of special sessions, such as travel expenses and registration fee.

Special Session Chairs ( icm15.ss.chairs@gmail.com ):
Hiroshi Fujimoto, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Francesco Biral, Univ. of Trento (Italy)
Pang Chee Khiang, Nat. Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
Seiichiro Katsura, Keio Univ. (Japan)

Deadline for Submission of Special Session Proposal : August 31, 2014