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)

Understanding the Role of Scaling in Smart City Strategies: Evidence from German Municipalities
Wintana Tsigeyohanes Habte, Eberhard Kurz

Smart Mobility as a Key Enabler of Smart Cities: Technologies, Governance, and Sustainability Challenges
Nouhaila Belmajdoub, Kenza Ait El Kadi

Post-Occupancy Evaluation Framework for Smarthomes: A Techno–Human–Social Perspective
Sooim Shin

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

Event-Driven Geolocation Validation for Rural Autonomous Systems: TrustGeoScore and Geolocation Name System
Juan Padilla

A Novel Educational Approach for Volumetric Vehicle Counting Using Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities
Bruno Dias, Nailson Landim, Humberto Araujo, Thiago Silva, Starley Lobo, Yasmin Carvalho

IoT System for Monitoring the Physicochemical Quality of Irrigation Water: Towards Efficient Agricultural Management
Ilber Adonayt Ruge Ruge, Alvaro Torres Amaya, Maria José Clavijo Rodriguez, Jorge Andres Palacios Torres

The Impact of Logistics Systems’ Digital Transformation on the Development of Healthy Cities
Marzena Kramarz, Edyta Przybylska, Katarzyna Dohn, Arkadiusz Szmal