Digital and Engineering Innovations for a Sustainable Future
This volume presents a selection of papers from the 7th International Conference on Digital Age & Technological Advances for Sustainable Development, held in Rome, Italy, on June 3-5, 2026. The contributions explore how digital technologies and information systems are transforming organizational structures, process, and decision-making in the context of sustainable development. Specifically, the work addresses major challenges faced by modern organizations, including how to integrate digital tools into existing workflows, how to redesign processes using information systems, how to support managerial decision-making through intelligent technologies, and how to align digital innovation with environmental and operational sustainability objectives. This book is intended for researchers, practitioners, and executives interested in information systems, organizational innovation, digital transformation, and sustainable management.
Irene Finocchi is a Professor of Computer Science at Luiss Guido Carli University (Rome, Italy). Dr. Finocchi has also held appointments at Sapienza University of Rome, IT University of Copenhagen, and AT&T Research Laboratories. Her research interests include big data analytics, performance engineering, and programming languages and systems. She has been Associate Editor of the ACM Journal on Experimental Algorithms since 2014.
Mohamed Ben Ahmed is Full Professor of Computer Sciences at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (Tanger, Morocco). His research focuses on smart and sustainable cities, data mining, IoT, and wireless networks.
Paolo Spagnoletti is Full Professor of Organization Studies at Luiss Guido Carlo University (Rome, Italy). His core research areas include digital platforms, digital innovation, and cybersecurity. Dr. Spagnoletti serves as an Associate Editor of the Information & Management journal. He also holds positions at Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Agder, Norway.
Lotfi Elaachak is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (Tanger, Morocco). Her research interests include machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and augmented reality in business contexts.
Fabio Angeletti is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Adjunct Professor at Luiss Guido Carli University (Rome, Italy). His research focuses on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and blockchain technologies, with a strong background in software engineering. He actively contributes to both academic and applied research projects related to innovation and sustainable development.
Anouar Boudhir Abdelhakim is Full Professor of Computer Science at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (Tanger, Morocco) and President of the Mediterranean Association of Sciences and Technologies. His research interests include healthcare applications of machine learning and natural language processing.