There are two volumes of the proceedings for the Society 5.0 Conference 2026:
Volume 1 is published by Springer CCIS
Volume 2 is published as conference proceedings on the Zenodo platform with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20645724 and ISBN 978-1-77592-264-3
This page contains the links to the papers presented at the Society 5.0 Conference 2026. Please, note that the papers of volume 1 on this website are pre-print versions. The final versions will be published by Springer CCIS. These final versions should be used for citations. The papers of the volume 2 are the final versions.
Do Explanations Lead to Action? Human Agency and Adoption in an Educational Recommender System
Ayanda Wendy Ndlovu, Unathi September and Walter Ferreira Uys
Rethinking Cars for Sustainable Mobility - Leveraging Predictive Maintenance for SAEV-Fleets
Stephan Jüngling, Said M. Easa, Gordana Kierans and Dominik Wörner
How Do We Trust Artificial Intelligence – A Qualitative Analysis on the Perceived Trustworthiness
Dorian Popic, Jona Karg, Frank Grimberg and Petra Asprion
Gwendolyn Rolli, Noémie Antonio, Thomas Hanne and Rolf Dornberger
AI-Enhanced Business Process Governance
Rajeethan Ratnasingam, Laura Salathe and Stephan Jüngling
Deborah Oluwadele and Petronella Mkaza
Mvelo Walaza and Sunet Eybers
Wynand Nel and Rouxan Fouché
Fabian Heimsch, Anna Caroni and Christopher Steitz
Hermann Grieder, Rolf Dornberger and Aurelio Wyrsch
Swantje Westpfahl, Hermann Grieder and Besar Dakaj
From Documentation to Assurance In Textile Certification
Aya Haji and Barbara Eisenbart
Governance as 4th Presence in GenAI-mediated Communities of Inquiry
Corna Olivier, Lizette Weilbach and Carina de Villiers
“Will and Skill”: How Caring Leadership Shapes Teachers’ Behavioral Change
Faye He, Xiaoling Zheng and Yuru Shi
AI Chatbots: The new face of the company
Sinazo Yani and Tapiwa Gundu
Stephanie Greiwe, Sabina Heuss, Raymond Dettwiler and Christina Amiet
From Footprint to Handprint: Unlocking the Power of Positive Impact in Sustainability
Barbara Eisenbart, Alex-Julien Zurkinden, Lena Spahr and Marija Mazenkoska
Senate Mafike
Cultural Diversity in Large Language Models
Ramona Steinauer and Stephan Jüngling
Extended Reality for Mammography Positioning Education and Training: A Scoping Review
Zanelle Kruger, Hafsa Essop and Hanlie Smuts
Cybersecurity Awareness and Protective Practices Across Academic Disciplines in Nigeria and Cameroon
Sherdel Käppler, Franka Ebob Enow Ebai and Bettina Schneider
Sustainable Allocation of Shared Urban Spaces Using Multi-Objective Optimization
Cyril Bouilloux, Mirela Hodžić, Thomas Hanne and Rolf Dornberger
Hilton Vorster and Hanlie Smuts
Towards Components of Data-Driven Frameworks in Computer-Integrated Education Environments
Corlia Smuts and Machdel Matthee
Enterprise Systems Education for Society 5.0: An Integrative Business Proposal Approach
Pragati Siddhanti, Petra Asprion and Bettina Schneider
Lwandile Ngece and Lizette Weilbach
Digital Literacy Capabilities for AI Transition in South Africa
Sean Kruger and Isak van der Walt
Adapted to Exclusion: Evidence of an Aspiration Ceiling in Digital Inclusion
Rouxan Fouché and Wynand Nel
Digital Financial Inclusion in Marginalised Communities: A FinTech Adoption Study
Sean Nkosi and Nita Mennega
Knowledge-Guided Conversational Architecture for Domain-Driven Exploration in Assisted Care
Massimo Callisto De Donato, Flavio Corradini, Flavio Gerosa, Francesco Finucci and Niccolò Vito Vacca
Education Credential Extraction for Skill-Based CV–Job Matching
Anton Vychalkovskiy, Ela Pustulka and Thomas Hanne
Identifying and Exploiting Strategic AI Opportunities to Strengthen Innovation and Competitiveness
Marc K Peter, Knut Hinkelmann and Emanuele Laurenzi
Approaches to assessing user experience in academic digital libraries: a systematic review
Zandile Mboneni and Hanlie Smuts
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20645724
ISBN 978-1-77592-264-3
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