Society 5.0 2023: Editor's PrefaceDear authors and readers, It is with great pleasure that we write this foreword to the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Society 5.0 held from 5 to 6 June 2023 in Pretoria. The Society 5.0 Conference 2023 is hosted by the Department of Informatics, University of Pretoria, South Africa. This multi- and interdisciplinary conference is continuing to grow into a premier international conference series and is jointly organized by the University of Pretoria (South Africa), the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, the University of Camerino (Italy), the Universidad EAFIT (Colombia), the Business School of the Shenzhen Technology University (China), the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (Malaysia), and Putra Business School (Malaysia). Following an era of fast-paced evolution of digital technologies, digital disruption and digital transformation, Society 5.0 refers to "A human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space." As the cyber-physical space consists of interconnected systems and devices, collecting and sending data, the role of people in these systems are often passive. This may result in the exclusion of the human all-together when considering applications and interactions in the cyber-physical space. The 3rd edition of the Society 5.0 conference with the theme Human-centeredness in a cyber-physical society therefore focuses on all aspects of interconnectedness and interaction where physical systems and enabling cyber technologies are applied to achieve a certain goal. The role of – and impact on – the human in this potentially complex interaction must be investigated and considered through the application of different lenses and interdisciplinary fields. The aim of this enquiry is to design and develop technological products that not only meet human needs, but that also considers the human experience when engaging in the cyber-physical space. The Society 5.0 conference series plan to include the entire range of high-quality research about these socio-technical opportunities and challenges, as well as showcase solutions. For the 2023 Society 5.0 conference we encouraged contributions from experienced and young researchers and practitioners from industry, and look forward to meeting old and new friends in June 2023. We sincerely thank all organizers, partners, authors and reviewers without whom this conference would not have been realised. Technical Information This Society 5.0 Conference 2023 open access online proceedings are published to support our annual Society 5.0 conference series. The proceedings contain the revised research papers that were accepted for the 2023 Society 5.0 Conference after a rigorous review process. We are thankful that our second annual Society 5.0 Conference again solicited the support it did. We received 32 research submissions, which were sent out for review to our Society 5.0 programme committee. The programme committee comprised more than 43 members from 12 different countries across the world. Each paper was reviewed by at least three members of the programme committee in a rigorous review process where criteria such as the following were taken into consideration: Relevance to Society 5.0, Significance, Technical Quality, Scholarship, and Presentation that included quality and clarity of writing. For this Society 5.0 proceedings, 20 full research papers were selected for publication in our EPiC volume after careful consideration of the reviews by the program chairs, which translates to an acceptance rate of 62%. Thank you to all the authors and programme committee members, and congratulations to the authors whose research was accepted for publication in these proceedings. We wish our readers a fruitful reading experience with these proceedings!
Committees General Chair
Technical and Program Chairs
Program Committee
Aurona Gerber
Knut Hinkelmann May 19, 2023
Pretoria, South Africa |
