Special Session on Super-IoT: New Paradigms for the Sustainable and Pervasive IoT (Super-IoT 2026)

Call for Papers

The Internet of Things (IoT) has experienced unprecedented growth, enabling transformative applications in industrial automation, smart cities, healthcare, logistics, and beyond. By 2030, the IoT ecosystem is expected to comprise more than 40 billion connected devices, ranging from simple wearable sensors to advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These heterogeneous devices will rely on diverse networking technologies and will impose stringent and highly differentiated Quality of Service (QoS) requirements in terms of latency, reliability, scalability, and security.

At the same time, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) services across the Cloud-to-Things Continuum is redefining how data is processed, managed, and exploited. This evolution calls for novel paradigms in computing, communication, and resource orchestration capable of supporting pervasive intelligence while ensuring efficiency and resilience. In addition, robust data management frameworks are required to address challenges related to data ownership, governance, interoperability, lifecycle management, and cross-domain data sharing. Ensuring data sovereignty, that is where data is stored, processed, and controlled in compliance with jurisdictional and organizational policies, has become a critical requirement, particularly in multi-tenant and cross-border IoT deployments. Crucially, these technological advancements must be aligned with sustainability objectives, addressing challenges such as energy efficiency, lifecycle management of devices, responsible resource utilization, and the overall environmental impact of large-scale IoT deployments.

This Special Session aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to explore emerging paradigms that will shape the future of sustainable and pervasive IoT systems. The session will foster discussion on cutting-edge solutions, identify open research challenges, and stimulate interdisciplinary collaborations.

We welcome contributions covering theoretical foundations, system architectures, enabling technologies, experimental validations, and real-world use cases that demonstrate innovative approaches to sustainable IoT design and operation.