CLOVER fellows from Technische Universität Ilmenau and Universitetet i Agder successfully organized a Special Session “Advanced Design Methods for Complex Mechatronic Systems and Systems of Mechatronic Systems” at the IEEE ICM2021 conference, where several CLOVER partners could present their recent research works within the project. Special Session has accommodated 12 original research papers in total, and was well attended on the second day (March 8th) of the conference.