The series of highly successful EUROSENSORS conferences began in 1987 in Cambridge as the European forum to cover the entire field of sensors, actuators, and micro- and nanosystems. Ever since, it has been the leading European conference devoted to the advancement of state-of-the-art technologies in the aforementioned fields, providing an excellent opportunity to bring together scientists, engineers, and students from academia, national and international research institutes, and companies to present and discuss the latest results in sensor fields.

The EUROSENSORS XXXVI conference was organized in Debrecen, Hungary. The lectures and poster presentations covered the most exciting novel innovative ideas, scientific and technical advancements, and the emerging technologies and applications in the field, and they featured the following topics:

• theory, modelling, design, and testing;
• smart systems and artificial intelligence in sensing;
• advanced materials and technologies;
• physical sensors and actuators;
• chemical sensors;
• biochemical sensors, microfluidics, and lab-on-a-chip and organ-on-chip systems;
• photonics and optical microsystems;
• wireless sensor networks and communication;
• system integration, powering, and energy harvesting.

After the peer-review process, the international programme committee accepted 250 abstracts for publication from 36 countries. These authors were asked to submit their full-length paper to the Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS).

Review process: all papers of this special issue underwent the regular peer-review process of Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems handled by guest editors designated by the JSSS chief editor.