The 16th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2025)

November 24-26, 2025 Stuttgart, Germany
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ICSOB 2025

Conference Program

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Full paper presentation time: 15 min / Short paper presentation time: 10 min / Subsequent discussion: 5-10 min
Monday
24 November 2025
09:00-09:30
Walk-In & Registration (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Welcome
09:30-10:30
Workshop Kick-off & Keynote
Tracks

Workshop 1: 3rd International Workshop on Advances in Software Intensive Startups (Room Karlsruhe)

  • Workshop start
  • Keynote: From Paralysis to Gruenderzeit 2.0
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
11:00-12:00
Late Morning Sessions
Tracks

Workshop 1: Book Chapter Presentations (Room Karlsruhe)

  • Do Agile Practices Inhibit Innovation?
  • Designing a SaaS Pricing Strategy Canvas: Guiding Startups Towards Structured Decision-Making
  • From Classrooms to Social Commerce: How 5G Is Turning Educators into Software Entrepreneurs
12:00-13:00
Lunch (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break

PhD Retreat

Opening with mentors (with lunch).

Workshop 1: 3rd International Workshop on Advances in Software Intensive Startups

lunch

13:00-14:30
Early Afternoon Sessions
Tracks

PhD Retreat (Room Baden-Baden)

3 PhD students' papers (15 min presentation + 15 min questions each)

Workshop 1: Startups (Room Karlsruhe)

  • Interactive Session: Updating roadmap
  • Wrap-up: next steps

Workshop 2: AI-Enabled Data Trustees (Room Mannheim)

Workshop 2: Focus Group

14:30-15:00
Coffee Break (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
15:00-17:00
Late Afternoon Session
PhD Retreat (Room Baden-Baden)
  • Mentor teams meet each PhD student (30 min each)
  • Panel of all mentors with Jan as facilitator (starts 16:30)

Workshop 2: AI-Enabled Data Trustees (Room Mannheim)

Workshop 2: AI-Service demonstration

Time for hotel check-in and transfer to Restaurant Empore, Markthalle Stuttgart (Dorotheenstraße 4, 70173 Stuttgart) (self-organized) ahead of reception.

18:00-20:30
Welcome Reception

Restaurant Empore, Markthalle Stuttgart (Dorotheenstraße 4, 70173 Stuttgart) Open in OpenStreetMap

Tuesday
25 November 2025
08:30-09:00
Walk-In & Registration (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Welcome
09:00-09:15
Opening & Introduction (Room Karlsruhe)
Plenary
09:15-10:00
Keynote 1: Daniel Trabucchi: Future-Proof Your Business: Embracing Platform Thinking for Sustainable Growth (Room Karlsruhe)
Keynote
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
10:15-11:45
Parallel Sessions
Tracks 1 & 2

Track 1: Data Economy: Data Practices, Spaces, and Architectures (Room Karlsruhe)

  • 105: The Beauty and the Beast: Patterns and Anti-Patterns in use of Data
  • 132: What Characterizes Data Spaces in Industry 4.0? Towards a Better Understanding
  • 185: What Are Digital Identities in Practice? Initial Insight from Finnish B2B Software Companies
  • 144: Engineering Data Architectures for AI/ML Integration in Regulated Manufacturing

Track 2: Security, Trust, and Ethical Practices in Software Business (Room Mannheim)

  • 129: Trust in Practice: Evaluating Third-Party Software in Large Organisational Procurement
  • 146: Simulating ERP Cyber Incidents: A Serious Game for Awareness and Incident Management
  • 165: The Ethical Requirements Stack: Operationalizing Adaptive Ethical Requirements with Human-AI Collaboration and GPT-based LLMs
11:45-12:45
Lunch (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
12:45-14:00
Parallel Sessions
Tracks 1 & 2

Track 1: AI Adoption and Governance in Software Organizations (Room Karlsruhe)

  • 161: Cost of Not Investing (CONI) in Intelligent Processes Automation
  • 174: Understanding Organizational Decision to Adopt AI Technologies: A Qualitative Study
  • 148: Investigating Generative AI's Impact on Software Organizations' Security Practices: A Multi-Case Study Using Gioia Methodology

Track 2: Sustainable and Responsible Software and Reporting (Room Mannheim)

  • 154: Recommended Features for Digital Reporting Systems to Support Emissions Disclosures for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
  • 166: A Thematic Analysis of Environmental Sustainability in Software-Intensive Business: Understanding Practices, Barriers, and Benefits
  • 126: Design Principles for IT-Driven Circular Economy Initiatives
14:00-14:30
Coffee Break, Demos & Poster Session (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
14:30-16:00
Parallel Sessions
Tracks 1 & 2

Track 1: GenAI for Software Engineering and Education (Room Karlsruhe)

  • 134: Comparative Analysis of Generative AI Performance in University Programming Courses
  • 170: Enhancing Agile Workflows with AI-Driven, Sustainability-Aware Requirements Engineering: A Design Science Approach
  • 141: Narrative AI Strategies for Media, Ethics and Higher Education: Impulse Perspectives from Practice Based Media Education

Track 2: Digital Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, and Value Networks (Room Mannheim)

  • 173: Active Personas for Synthetic User Feedback
  • 163: Transitioning Towards Enterprise Architecture Management in a Software and Service Mobility Company: A Case Study
  • 184: A Software-Driven Approach to Model, Simulate and Optimize Service-Oriented Value Creation
16:15-19:15
Excursions

Ex 1: IBM / Quantum Computing

  • 16:15-17:00 transfer
  • 17:00-18:45 tour
  • 18:45-19:30 transfer

Ex 2: Computer Museum

  • 17:30-18:00 transfer
  • 18:00-19:00 tour
  • 19:00-19:30 transfer

Bus for Excursion 1 leaves early (longer drive).

19:15-22:00
Dinner, Entertaining Keynote 2 & Awards

Restaurant Leonhardts, Fernsehturm Stuttgart (Jahnstraße 120, 70597 Stuttgart) Open in OpenStreetMap

Wednesday
26 November 2025
09:00-09:15
Opening & Introduction (Room Karlsruhe)
Plenary
09:15-10:00
Keynote 3: Rose Sturm (Room Karlsruhe)
Keynote
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break, Demos & Poster Session (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
10:30-12:30
Best Paper Session (Room Karlsruhe)
Plenary
  • 168: Nominee 1 (Full Paper): Practical Adoption of Green Coding in Finland and Globally
  • 130: Nominee 2 (Full Paper): Democratising Work in the Software Sector: Insights on Cooperative Businesses
  • 181: Nominee 1 (Short Paper): The Role of AI in Software Release Management
  • 159: Nominee 2 (Short Paper): Addictive UX: Heuristic Evidence from Online Gambling UX and the Need for Ethical
12:30-13:30
Lunch (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
13:30-15:00
Parallel Sessions
Tracks 1 & 2

Track 2: Human-Centered and Socially Responsible Software Business (Room Mannheim)

  • 142: Balancing Power and Participation: Ethical Contributions to Digital Strategy Development Based on a Case Study at a Public University
  • 140: Playing Against Creative Burnout in Sprint Retrospectives: A Design Science Research Study
  • 169: Understanding consumer behavior and sustainability perception for digital technology products and services: addressing end-user unmet sustainability needs

Track 1: Startups, SaaS, and Innovation Ecosystems (Room Karlsruhe)

  • 176: Product Feature Prioritization in Software Startups: A Multiple Case-study on the Status Quo and Potential of AI-based Decision Support Systems
  • 156: The Finnish Way to SaaS Scaling: A Qualitative Study
  • 175: Accelerating Software-Intensive Innovation via Living Labs: Evidence from the AIAMO Project
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break, Demos & Poster Session (Foyer Heinrich-Meidinger-Saal)
Break
15:15-15:45
Closing (Room Karlsruhe)
Plenary