WCCI 2026 will take place in the beautiful and historic city of Maastricht, a vibrant hub of culture, innovation, and international collaboration. This congress brings together the three flagship conferences of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society:

• The International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

• The IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE)

• The IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC)

This Special Session on Computational Intelligence in Transactive Energy Management and Smart Energy Network (CITESEN 2026) within WCCI 2026 aims to showcase the latest development in advanced applications of computational intelligence to smart energy management and smart energy markets. This is the sixth edition of the special session on such topics.