Call for Papers – DESRIST 2023

Pretoria, South Africa

31 May 2023 – 2 June 2023

https://desrist2023.org/

desrist.2023@gmail.com

Conference Theme and Tracks – Design Science Research for a New Society: Society 5.0

Humanity has experienced unprecedented technological developments during the past few decades. Few can argue that the lives we live and the societies we are part of are undergoing vast, often unexpected adjustments and transformation. More voices are requesting a rethink of the relationship we – as humans – have with technology in this new world. Society 5.0 is the term that has emerged to describe the new society that is the result of the high degree of merging between cyberspace and physical space, where we will be able to balance economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by providing goods and services that address needs regardless of locale, age, gender or language. The theme of the 18th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2023) therefore challenges the DSR community to think about research from the perspective of Society 5.0. Research tracks include:

Design-oriented Research for Society 5.0
Design of systems using emerging technologies
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI)
Healthcare Systems and Quality of Life
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Emerging DSR Methods and Processes
Education and DSR
Human Safety and Cybersecurity
Co-Design and Collective Creativity for Addressing Grand Challenges
Sustainability and Responsible Design (Environmental Issues, Human Values and Ethical Design)
DSR and Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)

Venue

DESRIST 2023 will be located on the Flexible Futures Conference Centre of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The venue is located on the University’s tranquil Innovation Africa Campus. The facility forms part of the Future Africa research institute, a pan-African platform that makes fundamentally new approaches to research and innovation possible that span disciplinary fields and geo-political boundaries.

Key Dates

Deadline for full paper and research-in-progress abstracts: 16 January 2023
Deadline for full paper and research-in-progress (RIP) paper submissions: 23 January 2023
Paper reviews due: 27 February 2023
Notification of paper acceptances: 15 March 2023
Deadline for Prototype, Panel, Tutorial, and Workshop submissions: 15 March 2023
Camera ready paper submissions: 27 March 2023
Notification of Prototype, Panel, Tutorial, and Workshop acceptances: 18 April 2023

Conference Chairs: Alta van der Merwe – University of Pretoria

Robert Winter – University of St Gallen

Program Chairs: Aurona Gerber – University of Pretoria

Richard Baskerville – Georgia State University

Alexander Madche - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Lisa Seymor – University of Cape Town

Riana Steyn – University of Pretoria