For 2025, all events will be held in a hybrid mode with five options: on site or virtual choices (live, prerecorded videos, voiced presentation slides, and .pdf slides).

We hope for better times allowing us to return to the traditional on site scientific events. However, we are ready to adapt any which way the conditions dictate.

NexTech 2025 Congress

Conference will be mixed online and on location at

Mercure Lisboa
AV JOSE MALHOA 23
1099-051 LISBOA
PORTUGAL

Note: This event is a mix of online and on site participation. All contributions are posted below; those presenting onsite have their own schedule, as a subset of the entire program.

Opening Welcome

On Site Program

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Tutorials

Sunday, September 28

T1. Business Intelligence & Digital Literacy - Empowering Users with Data Awareness - On Site
CTO Avishay Bason, Thinkwise, Israel
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

T2. Marginal Information and its use for Structure Learning - On Site
Prof. Dr. Sung-Ho Kim, Dept of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST Daejeon, South Korea
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

T3. Spatial Data Management for Analytics - On Site
Prof. Dr. Joseph G Vella, University of Malta, Malta
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

T4. User Experience Evaluation of Augmented Reality - On Site
PhD Candidate Stefan Graser, Hochschule RheinMain – Wiesbaden, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

Keynote Speeches

K1. Challenges and Solutions in the Charting of Dynamic Emotion Evolution - Virtual
Prof. Dr. Clement Leung (SSE), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Monday, September 29
K2. Simulation in Action: Designing Robust Urban Energy Strategies in a Changing World - On Site
Prof. Dr. Mart Verhoog, IU Internationale University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Tuesday, September 30
K3. Software Engineering Excellence: The Backbone of Modern IT Service Management - On Site
Prof. Dr. Marko Jäntti, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Wednesday, October 1
K4. Safety and Security: A New Approach to Cyber Resilience in Healthcare - On Site
Prof. Dr. Hiroki Takakura, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Thursday, October 2
K5. Conversational AI Agents: The Intricacies of Robust Dialogue Management - On Site
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL, VT, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Open Discussions

OD1. AI-based Tools and Überveillance Awareness - On Site
Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

OD2. Goals Processing in Agentic Frameworks - On Site
Coordinators:
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL, VT, USA
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

Panels

Monday, September 29 - afternoon
P1. Dynamics in Social Networks - Scalable Monitoring - On Site
Moderator:
Dr. Erik Hieta-aho, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Mart Verhoog, IU Internationale University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Sung-Ho Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
Dr. Rainer Falk, Siemens AG, Germany
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA USA/EU
Dr. Erik Hieta-aho, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
- presentation slides

Tuesday, September 30 - afternoon
P2. Digital Literacy and Users Awareness - On Site
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Joseph G Vella, University of Malta, Malta
Panelists:
Dr. Lasse Harjumaa, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Finland
Ph.D. Cand. Stefan Graser, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Avishay Bason, Thinkwise, Israel
Prof. Dr. Joshua Ebere Chukwuere, North-West University, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Joseph G Vella, University of Malta, Malta
- presentation slides

Wednesday, October 1 - afternoon
P3. Trends in Software Simulation and Testing - On Site
Moderator:
Prof.  Dr. Roy Oberhauser, Aalen University, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Marko Jäntti, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Prof. Dr. Radek Kočí, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Mgr Jos van Rooijen, Huis voor Software Kwaliteit, the Nederlands
Prof Dr. Sibylle Fröschle, TU Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Roy Oberhauser, Aalen University, Germany
- presentation slides

Thursday, October 2 - morning
P4. Cyber Resilience - Pre-AI vs. AI-Enhanced Approaches - On Site
Moderator:
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL, VT, USA
Panelists:
Pr. Res. Masahito Kumazaki, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Dr. Damjan Fujs, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Kathy-Ann Fletcher, Abertay University, UK
Dr. Gábor György Gulyás, Vitarex Stúdió Ltd., Hungary
Dr. Steve Chan, VTIRL, VT, USA
- presentation slides

Special Sessions

ROAM D2DIoT: Resource Optimization Allocation and Management in Device-to-Device Internet of Things - Virtual
Chair:
Dr. Oladayo Bello, New Mexico State University, USA

Regular Sessions

(program will be announced as soon as registration concudes)

Farewell Message