the following special sessions have been approved and will be held at the next IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium IV2000, Dearborn, MI, October 4-5, 2000: * Military Applications and Current Research organized by Bruce Brendle, U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command * Autonomous Driving on Extreme Courses organized by Christoph Stiller, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany * User Interfaces for On-Board Systems organized by Mauro Mosconi, University of Pavia, Italy To propose other special sessions, please contact Alberto Broggi at: broggi@ce.unipr.it Further information can be found in the Call for Papers enclosed below and in the IV2000 official web site at http://www.ce.unipr.it/IV2000. Looking forward to meeting you in Dearborn, Alessandra Fascioli, IEEE IV2000 Publicity Chair Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione Universita` di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 181A I-43100 Parma, ITALY Phone: +39 0521 905711 Fax: +39 0521 905723 E-mail: fascal@CE.UniPR.IT