{"id":7692,"date":"2025-11-20T09:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:17:48","slug":"aiot-global-summit-2025-economic-growth-15-16-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/aiot-global-summit-2025-economic-growth-15-16-july\/","title":{"rendered":"AIoT Global Summit 2025: Economic Growth, 15\u201316 July\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7694 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-945x1337.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings_cover-copy-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The AIoT Global Summit 2025 featured an outstanding line-up of 57 distinguished speakers and 19 research paper presentations, representing the latest developments in AIoT across smart systems, ethical frameworks, innovation models, workforce transformation and real-world applications. Speakers joined from every corner of the globe \u2013 Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand \u2013 strengthening the Summit\u2019s mission for an interconnected and diverse ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AIoT-2025-Proceedings.pdf\">Download full PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/proc.2501\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/proc.2501<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250101.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250101.pdf\">Foreword<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Soheil Varastehpour and Dr Masoud Shakiba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250102.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250102.pdf\">AI-Powered Occupancy Detection in Smart Buildings Using IoT Environmental Sensors and LightGBM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sameh Foulad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250103.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250103.pdf\">Unlocking Industry 4.0 Technologies: The JSW Steel Case<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renu Joshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250104.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250104.pdf\">An Evaluation System for Manufacturing Supply-Chain Resilience: Preliminary Mapping to Industrial Metaverse Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xiang Huang and Benjamin Dehe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250105.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250105.pdf\">Stitching the Future: CLO 3D Software and AIoT in Circular Fashion Transformation: The Digital Imperative for Aotearoa New Zealand Fashion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kazi Azmal Anwar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250106.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250106.pdf\">Building Customer Trust in Carbon Markets: The Role of AI and Blockchain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shan Rahman, Swati Kumaria Puri and Jitendra Yadav<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250107.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250107.pdf\">Logical Distance Safety Structure (LDSS) for Ethical AI Decision Making<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saeed Moradtalab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250108.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250108.pdf\">Engineering Trust in AIoT Governance: A Methodological Framework for Scalable and Inclusive Digital Compliance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Allan John Concepcion Abenes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250109.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250109.pdf\">Building Trust with AI Chatbots in Tourism: A Review of Functional and Emotional Design Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zirou (Alisa) Huang, Dr Jimmy Sun and Bing Dai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250110.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LP_AIoT_250110.pdf\">Covid-19 Detection from Cough Audio Using YAMNet and Continuous-Time Deep Neural Models<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuguang Zhang, Iman Ardekani and Tim D. 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