The scope of the 5th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Circular Economy on 19-21 June 2023 at Coral Bay, Pafos (Cyprus) covers the use of emerging ICT as enablers for transitioning to a Circular Economy.

Submissions are welcome (deadline 24 April) from business, economy, sustainability backgrounds, as well as technical ones (Computer Science, Environment, Engineering, and other).

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Architectures for collecting and curating data generated by distributed, heterogeneous smart assets
• Technology enablers for Circular Economy – Internet of Things, 5G and 6G, Software Defined Networks, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning and other
• Smart Infrastructure – Smart Grid, Utility Networks (water, gas, waste, etc.), Transport Networks and other.
• Crowdsensing, Internet of Things and Participatory Sensing, Crowdsourced Systems and Architecture
• The Blockchain and other Distributed Ledger Technologies for Smart Circular Economy - asset tracking, smart contracts, micro-transactions, etc.
• Experiences and lessons learnt from real-life case studies and deployments
• Applications of Smart Circular Economy technologies in verticals such as healthcare, transportation, energy, citizen safety, and other
• Interdependency between Digital and Physical Networks; e.g. communication and utility networks
• Data-driven business models, Open Innovation, Co-creation and shared value creation RFID, NFC and other technologies for asset management
• Low-Power Networks – LoRa, SigFox, NB-IoT, IPv6-enabled IoT, Industrial IoT
• Smart services and service provisioning
• Requirements engineering for Circular Economy
• Security, Privacy and Trust for Smart Circular Economy.