This volume contains the proceedings of the 2023 iteration of the ISPGAYA conference, titled Digital Sustainability: Inclusion and Transformation and held in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The conference and resulting book intend to explore the involvement of Portugal, a country on the semi-periphery of the world system, in developments regarding the understanding of and progress toward sustainability. The conference was organized by ISPGAYA, an institution belonging to the private polytechnic higher education system in Portugal, and brought together participants from around the world. This volume intends to establish a milestone in the multidimensional approach to the theme of sustainability, affirming the concept's multi and interdisciplinary nature and bringing together scholars across disciplines.
Chapter 1: Digital Competencies within Non-Profit Organizations: A
Preliminary Study.
Chapter 2: Designing a personalized learning journey for
the promotion of smart and sustainable cities.
Chapter 3: Recycling: an
optimization with machine learning.
Chapter 4: An AI analysis on the
circular economy value chain. A Portuguese perspective of evaluation business
models.
Chapter 5: Cybersecurity in Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things:
Challenges and Opportunities.
Chapter 6: Some Ethical and Legal Implications
of Artificial Intelligence.
Chapter 7: Digital Transformation of
Entrepreneurship Education on a Global Scale using a Technological Platform.-
Chapter 8: From Digital Sustainability to Sustainable Development of
Agriculture.
Chapter 9: Digital city and the objectives of sustainable
development.
Chapter 10: Agriculture 4.0 and the challenges of Sustainable
Development: a bibliometric analysis.
Chapter 11: Urinary Incontinence
Detector for MS patients - A Blended Intensive Program Project.
Chapter 12:
Intermediaries in Socio-Technical Transitions to Sustainability: An
Analytical Model Grounded on Corporate Strategy, Niche Technologies and ESG.-
Chapter 13: Co-creation and citizen satisfaction with the quality of public
services.
Chapter 14: The influence of sociodemographic variables on worker
satisfaction.
Chapter 15: The Leadership and Employee Satisfaction.
Chapter
16: Leveraging Cross-Regional Synergies: Unpacking Successful Partnerships
between Incumbent European Finance Firms & Asian Fintech Pioneers Advancing
Sustainable Finance Products/Services.
Chapter 17: Practices of circular
economy in the Textile and Clothing Industry in Portugal: an exploratory
study.
Chapter 18: Diversity in tourism demand and the revisiting of
sustainable and pilgrimage destinations: an approach to the Ways of St.
James.
Chapter 19: The impact of leadership in times of pandemic on the
performance of commercial teams study of tourism sectos in Portugal.
Chapter
20: Digitization in the hotel industry - sustainability of contactless
communication.
Chapter 21: Nomophobia and Its Consequences: An Experimental
Study to Measure the Experiences of Museum Visitors.
Chapter 22: Comparative
Analysis of Squirrel-Cage Induction and Synchronous Reluctance Rotors in a
Three-Phase Stator: Evaluating Performance and Efficiency.
Chapter 23:
Toolset for the development of a power driver with arbitrary current waveform
for a permanent magnet synchronous motor.
Chapter 24: Simulation of a
Three-phase Reluctance Motor in a Python Environment.
Chapter 25: Wireless
charging technology for UAV applications.
Chapter 26: IoT and AI as a lever
for a sustainable public lightning solution with Second Life Electric Vehicle
Batteries.
Chapter 27: Battery durability assessment and repurposing as
second-life batteries for renewable energy.
Chapter 28: Understanding the
constructs related to customer experience in online stores.
Chapter 29:
Citybranding: Generation of brands in the cities of Mindelo and Praia Cape
Verde.
Chapter 30: Purchase Intention Determinants of Green Cosmetics.-
Chapter 31: Fundamentals of education for sustainable development: the
challenges of teachers.
Fernando Luķs Almeida
PhD in Engineering and Computer Science from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). Holds a Masters in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship and a degree in Computer Engineering and Computing by FEUP. In the last 10 years of activity he has performed professional functions in the field of university polytechnic education, business, and applied research in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and information technologies.
Integrated researcher at INESC TECs Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is a founding member of the US-based International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP).
Currently, Director of the Higher School of Science and Technology as Coordinating Professor at ISPGAYA.
José Carlos Morais
Ph.D. in Sociology from Faculdade de Letras of University of Porto since 2010. Director of the Journal of Psicologia, Educaēćo e Cultura. Researcher as member in CEOS.PP (Center for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto). From 2014 to the present, he has held the presidency of the ISPGAYA Technical-Scientific Council. He teaches courses in undergraduate and masters cycles in the area of social sciences, research methods and humanities.
Since 2017 he has regularly participated in international collaboration programs-ERASMUS in Europe and in the USA.
José Duarte Santos
Phd in Management and Business Directing Management from the University of Vigo.He also holds MSc in Marketing and a bachelors degree in Business Sciences.
Between 1987 and 2002, he played various roles in sales, marketing, and management of companies in the information technology sector. From 2003 to 2018, he performed the functions of a management and marketing consultant.
Since 1999, he has been a professor inhigher education in Portugal in the fields of management and marketing. He is currently a marketing professor at the Accounting and Business School of the Polytechnic of Porto (ISCAP/P.PORTO).
