In the forthcoming decade, smart products and services will transform both markets and companies. This development brings about various managerial challenges. The Conference on “Challenges in Managing Smart Products and Services (CHIMSPAS)” aims at providing an interdisciplinary research platform for scrutinizing respective managerial issues related to the management of smart products and services. To this end, we welcome colleagues from diverse management fields such as innovation and technology management, service management, marketing, human resources, entrepreneurship, as well as colleagues from engineering and practitioners.