ICOST2023: International Conference On Smart Living and Public Health Wonju, South Korea, July 7-8, 2023

This year we are organizing the 20^th ICOST conference which succeeded in bringing together a community from different continents over more than a decade and half and raised the awareness of frail and dependant people's quality of life in our societies.

After nineteen successful conferences held in France (2003), Singapore (2004), Canada(2005), Northern Ireland (2006), Japan (2007), Singapore (2008), France (2009), Korea (2010), Canada (2011), Italy (2012), Singapore (2013), USA (2014), Switzerland (2015), China (2016), France (2017), Singapore (2018), USA (2019), Tunisia (2020), and France (2022), ICOST 2023 edition will be hosted in Wonju, Republic of Korea, on the 7^th and 8^th July 2023. Our theme for this year will be "Digital Health Transformation and Smart Ageing in place with & to disability".

ICOST provides a premier venue for the presentation and discussion of research in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of Artificial intelligence for health, Smart Urban Environments, Assistive Technologies, Chronic Disease Management, Coaching and Health Telematics systems. Submitted papers will be blind reviewed by an international committee bringing together a multidisciplinary experts' renown worldwide in different field of research (Engineering, clinical, public health, humanities and social sciences, etc.). Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature as Open Access. Selected papers will be invited to submit extended version to be published in Special Issues of Sensors-MDPI Open-Access Journal (Impact Factor 3.576) and Frontiers in Digital Health Journal. The conference features a dynamic program incorporating a range of technical, clinical, and industrial related keynote speakers, plenary oral sessions, along with prototypes demonstrations and technical exhibits. ICOST brings together stakeholders from clinical, PHOs (Public Health Organizations), academics, NGOs, policy makers, and industrial perspectives to explore how to utilize technologies to foster future health management and prevention, independent living, offering an enhanced quality of life. ICOST 2023 invites all participants to share and discuss their experiences and lessons learned.

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentation in any of the areas of interest for this conference. The submission for evaluation should be in the form of a 12 pages papers written in English.

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer Nature in Open Access. No registration extra fees will be applied for Open Access publication. 

Submitted papers must follow the guidelines found on the conference website http://www.icost-society.org/authorinstructions.html.

List of Topics

ICOST 2023 topics include, but are not limited to:

• Public Health Policy and Clinical studies

  • Public health and urban Data Collection and Processing
  • Policy and Guidelines for Public Health and Quality of Life in Smart City
  • Urban design for wellbeing and e-health
  • Design and Future Urban Cities for wellbeing
  • Health in All Policies (HiAP)
  • Electronic Health Records and Standards
  • E-Health and Chronic Diseases Management
  • Health Technology Assessment and Impact Analysis
  • Healthcare Systems Use and Evaluation
  • Human Factors, Ethics and Usability of Healthcare Systems

• Emerging Technologies Applied for Healthcare

  • Artificial Intelligence for Participatory and Personalized Health
  • Deep learning for health and wellbeing
  • Big Data analytics for public health
  • Internet of Things (IoT) for smart living and e-Health
  • Blockchain applied for healthcare
  • Decision Support Systems for Healthcare
  • Data protection / Privacy / Security Issues

• Sports, Mobility, and Exercise management

  • Sports data-driven systems
  • Smart rehabilitation and exercise systems
  • Health management exercise systems
  • Physical activity support systems
  • Ageing mobility enhancement

• Systems and Platforms for Healthcare

  • Healthcare Preventive and Predictive Systems
  • Protective systems/devices against common and emerging infectious diseases
  • Pervasive Health Systems and Services
  • Smart Homes / Home Networks / Residential Gateways
  • Context Awareness / Autonomous Computing
  • Wearable Sensors / Integrated Micro/Nano Systems
  • Tele-Assistance and Tele-Rehabilitation
  • Assistive Technology for ageing and frail people
  • Participatory Telehealth systems
  • Trusted systems and verification for health and wellness

• Robotic Solutions for Healthcare

  • Collaborative Robotics (Cobots)
  • Medical and Healthcare Robotics
  • Diagnosis and Therapy Robotics
  • Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Assistance Robots
  • Disability Robots
  • Surgical Robots
  • Personal Robotics and smart Wheelchairs

• Human Computer Interaction

  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Coaching and Urban Gaming for e-Health
  • Virtual Personal Assistant for e-Health
  • Behavior Modeling and Change
  • Supportive Mobile e-Health

Committees

Conference General Chair

• Prof. Jongbae Kim, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Conference Co-chairs

• Prof. Mounir Mokhtari, Institut Mines-Telecom, France
• Prof. Eun Woo Nam, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
• Prof. Wan-Ho Kim, National Rehabilitation Centre, Republic of Korea

Scientific Advisory Board

• Prof. Mounir Mokhtari, Institut Mines Télécom, France
• Prof. Bessam Abdulrazak, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
• Prof. Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA
• Prof. José Pagan, New York University, USA
• Prof. Maria Teresa Arredondo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
• A/Prof. Maria Fernanda Cabrera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
• Prof. Mohamed Jmaiel, Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia
• Prof. Dong Jin Song, National University of Singapore, Singapore & Griffith University, Australia
• A/Prof. Hamdi Aloulou, Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia & Institut Mines Telecom, France
• Prof. Liu Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Prof. Jongbae Kim, Yonsei University, Korea
• Prof. Timo Jämsä, Oulu University, Finland
• Prof. Sungyoung Lee, Kyung Hee University, Korea
• Prof. Hisato Kobayashi, Hosei University, Japan
• Dr. Daby Sow, IBM Watson, New York, USA
• Prof. Daqing Zhang, Institut Mines Télécom, Télécom SudParis, France

Program Committee Chairs

• Prof. Bessam Abdulrazak, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
• A/Prof. Hamdi Aloulou, Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia / Institut Mines-Telecom, France
• Dr. Seungbok Lee, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Organizing committee Chairs

• Dr. Yim-Taek Oh, Korea Wheelchair Rugby Association, Republic of Korea
• Prof. Jaehong Key, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
• Dr. Wonkyung Song, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Publication

ICOST2023 proceedings will be published by Springer Nature

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icost_2023<at>easychair.org