The papers listed below have been selected as "Best Papers" based on the reviews of the original submission, the camera-ready version, and the presentation during the conference. For the awarded papers, a digital award will be issued in the name of the authors. The authors of these papers are also receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Awarded Papers (also Invited for IARIA Journals)

Image Processing Technique to Detect Adulteration of Food with Foreign Materials: A SystematicReview [PRESENTATION]
Elsabet Wedajo, Shimelis Assefa, Worku Jimma, Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste

Strategies for Successful Technology Adoption - Insights from Real-World Implementation Projects
Lasse Berntzen, Marius Rohde Johannessen

Consequences of the EU Data Act and the EU General Data Protection Regulation to the Modern Smart Home Data Economy
Paul Seidel, Felix Fischer, Dirk Labudde

The following papers have been selected on the basis of their contents, specificaly for lending themselves to an interesting extended work. The authors of these papers are receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Papers Invited for IARIA Journals

Investment, Innovation, and Compulsory Spending: A Model of Public-Private Partnerships in Smart City Initiatives
Richard Schilling

The Smart Campus Conflict: Security vs Privacy? A Pilot Study among Estonian Students [PRESENTATION]
Kate-Riin Kont