<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Papers</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Symposium </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">on Technologies for Sustainable</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Systems (STS)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">Co-Located with the 3^rd International Conference on Federated Learning Technologies and Applications (FLTA25)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><a href="https://flta-conference.org/flta-2025/sts.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://flta-conference.org/flta-2025/sts.php</a></span><span style="color:red;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:9pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dubrovnik, Croatia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. October 15^th 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:red;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;color:red;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Croatia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">The growing demand for sustainable, energy-efficient, and resilient software systems calls for innovative approaches in technology and system development. Advances in <strong>Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, and blockchain</strong> are playing a crucial role in enabling smart, adaptive, and resource-efficient systems. AI-driven optimization techniques can help reduce energy consumption, predict system failures, and enhance decision-making, while IoT-based solutions provide real-time monitoring and automation to optimize sustainability efforts. Moreover, integrating distributed ledger technologies and edge computing can improve transparency, security, and efficiency in sustainable system architectures.<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Th<span lang="EN-US">e </span><b>Symposium </b><b><span lang="EN-US">Technologies for Sustainable</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Systems (STS) </span></b>invites contributions that explore cutting-edge methodologies, frameworks, and tools that enable the design, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable systems using emerging technologies.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Topics of Interest</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We invite original research papers, case studies, and industry insights on topics including, but not limited to:</span></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>Energy-Efficient Software Engineering</strong>: Techniques and tools to optimize energy consumption in software systems.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>Sustainable Architectures</strong>: Frameworks and methodologies for designing resilient and long-lasting system architectures.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>AI for Sustainability</strong>: Leveraging artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and reduce resource consumption.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>IoT-Enabled Sustainability</strong>: Utilizing IoT for real-time monitoring, smart automation, and resource optimization.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>Green Computing</strong>: Strategies for reducing the environmental impact of computing infrastructures.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>Scalability and Adaptability</strong>: Technologies that support sustainable growth and system evolution.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>Blockchain for Sustainability</strong>: Utilizing distributed ledger technologies for transparency and efficiency in sustainable systems.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong>Circular Economy in Software Development</strong>: Principles and practices for minimizing software waste and extending lifecycle.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission Guidelines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submitted papers (.pdf format) must use the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Please remember to add Keywords to your submission. Accepted papers will be</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span lang="EN-US">submitted to IEEEXplore</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for inclusion</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> in the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">companion</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> proceedings </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">of the 3^rd International Conference on Federated Learning Technologies and Applications (FLTA25). Submission should be made via the Easy chair </span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flta2025" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flta2025</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact Information</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b>Please send any inquiry on <span lang="EN-US">STS</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>to Fahed Alkhabbas <a href="mailto:fahed.alkhabbas@mau.se" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">fahed.alkhabbas@mau.se</a></p></div>