Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) consist in a distributed nets of nodes integrating the functionalities of communication, motion, measurement of specified parameters, data sharing, data processing and, in the end, equipped with actuating capabilities.

Since sensor nodes are spread autonomous devices, their energy and other resources are limited by size and cost constraints, therefore the design is influenced by several challenging factors, in terms of limiting contrains, among which energy supply, computing power, dimensions, and available bandwidth of the wireless links connecting sensor nodes. Moreover each node should be autonomous from the power supply point of view, thus issues as power storage (e.g. high capacity batteries) and energy scavenging (e.g. by solar cells) must be taken into account.

The organization of this event comes from the purpose to provide an exhausted view on topics inherent WSN research issues and on going applications and projects; two sessions are envisaged: the morning session dedicated to theoretical/technical aspects, the afternoon one dedicated to relevant exemplifying applications mainly in automotive field.