Lectures provided by invited experts are planned. We expect four speeches referring the interesting topics related to computer networks and surrounded areas.

Chief: Tadeusz CZACHÓRSKI
Target: everyone

• Bogdan M. WILAMOWSKI, IEEE Fellow - Intelligent systems with shallow and deep architectures
• Henryk KRAWCZYK, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland - Impact of network technologies on smart services development
• Jan WEREWKA, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland - IT Enterprise multilayer modelling based on ArchiMate language

This special session is intended to bring together researchers, Ph.D. students, and practitioners from the fields of Information security and QoS.
Participation in this session requires the full participation of one (co)author at least.

Chief: Grażyna SUCHACKA (gsuchacka [at] uni.opole.pl)
Target: everyone interested in this area

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We would like to invite you to participate in the WIP special session held as a part of the Conference. The goal of this special session is to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers, and students to share their ideas and research results being in progress.
All accepted papers will be published in the Studia Informatica series published by SUT Press.

Chief: Jacek STÓJ (jacek.stoj [at] polsl.pl)
Target: researchers at work Speeches:

• Hemin Akram Muhammad — University of Kurdistan-Hawler, IRAQ
• Sławomir Samolej, Tomasz Rogalski — Rzeszów University of Technology, POLAND
• Hubert Ostap, Ryszard Antkiewicz — Military university of Technology, POLAND
• Marek Woda — Wrocław University of Technology, POLAND
• Yulian Olshevskyy, Adam Piórkowski — AGH University of Science and Technology, POLAND
• Oksana Pomorova — Khmelnitsky National University, UKRAINE
• Agnieszka Chodorek, Robert R. Chodorek, Grzegorz Rzym, Krzysztof Wajda — AGH University of Science and Technology, POLAND, Kielce University of Technology, POLAND
• Agnieszka Chodorek, Robert R. Chodorek — AGH University of Science and Technology, POLAND, Kielce University of Technology, POLAND
• Ireneusz Smołka — Silesian University of Technology, POLAND

We are going to run a Lightning Talk Session for young scientists to give them an opportunity to present their work in a very short form. The main goal is to practice your oratory skills. This session is of competition type, so a prize is expected.
This is no paper session and no publications are expected.

Chief: Michał SAWICKI (michal.sawicki [at] polsl.pl)
Target: young researchers Speakers:

• Ireneusz Smołka
• Dariusz Marek
• Jakub Szyguła
• Piotr Fröhlich
• Paweł Boryszko
• Hemin Akram Muhammad

The special session `Andrzej Grzywak in Memoriam` is scheduled before the conference will be officially open. The session is dedicated to the memory of a longtime member of our Program Committee. Professor Andrzej Grzywak was a co-creator of the Conference.

We start at 10:00 am on Tuesday, 19 June, 2018 in the lecture hall A. We expect to close this session at 12:30.
After the session, the session participants will be called for lunch.
Attention! This session is planned to be leaded in Polish.

Chief: Andrzej KWIECIEŃ (andrzej.kwiecien [at] polsl.pl)
Target: everyone who speaks Polish Speakers:

• Andrzej Kwiecień
• Ryszard Pregiel
• Andrzej Białas
• Piotr Pikiewicz
• Halina Węgrzyn
• Katarzyna Grzywak-Ptasznik

This session is dedicated for our co-sponsors and organizational partners: IEEE, iNEER.

Target: everyone

• Bogdan M. WILAMOWSKI, IEEE Fellow - "How to write a successful journal paper"
  This speech is focused on a bunch of guidelines for researchers and papers’ authors.
  A discussion is planned and welcome.

• Ewaryst Tkacz, SUT - "Current Activities of IEEE EMB"

Just like in the previous years, lectures of the Partners' representatives are planned.

Target: everyone

• WASKO S.A. - NEDAPS - automation and optimization of network based processes and services

• Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science and InCites – Bibliometric Way to Measure Research Impact