The 1st International Conference on Innovation and Sustainability 2025 (ICIS2025) brought together more than 200 scholars from 8 countries, with nearly 90 research papers submitted. The conference took place at Vietnam Japan University (VJU), Hanoi, on October 12.
With a central focus on innovation and sustainable development in relation to the Environment and Climate Resilient Development in the era of artificial intelligence, ICIS2025 – jointly organized by Vietnam Japan University, Ritsumeikan University, and Ibaraki University – served as a rigorous platform for scholarly exchange on innovative practices that advance environmental sustainability, while also fostering opportunities for international collaboration in this vital field.
In the morning plenary session, three keynote speakers, Prof. Dr. Mai Trong Nhuan – Vietnam national university, Prof. Dr. Hashimoto Seiji – Ritsumeikan University and Prof. Dr. Nobuo Mimura – Ibaraki University, shared innovative solutions for sustainable development through environmental protection, circular economy, and climate change adaptation in the era of global boiling.
Following the plenary session, the afternoon featured four parallel sessions and a poster session, during which the best presentations were selected. The results are as follows:
Best Oral Presentations
EE1 – Environmental Technology and Engineering:
Lai Duc Vu, VNU University of Science – Dual-function vanadium-doped TiO₂ composites for enhanced adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue
Gaku Nakagawa, Ritsumeikan University – Scenario analysis of large-scale incineration heat utilization in industrial facilities: effects of changes in incinerated waste composition
EE2 – Environmental Sustainability and Management:
Usama Anwar, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University – Cycle assessment of textile sludge extracted carbon for supercapacitor electrode
CC1 – Climate Resilient Development:
Pham Viet Ha, VNU Vietnam Japan University – Assessing changes in professional attitude, behaviour, and results of teachers after the training program on rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems at Ninh Thuan vocational college
CC2 – Disaster Resilience and Sustainability:
Shuto Iwama, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University – Assessment of inundation risks to infrastructure and public facilities due to sea level rise in Japan
Best Posters
Ha Thi Hang Thuc, VNU University of Science – Fabrication of urea with amorphous silica to enhance rice growth in saline soils
Takami Fukumoto, Ritsumeikan University – Comprehensive assessment of water resources and water environment in northern Vietnam: a case study of the Cau river basin
Outstanding research papers will be published in the ICIS2025 Proceedings and in a special issue of Applied Environmental Research – a Q3 Scopus-indexed journal published by the Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand).
The ICIS2025 Organizing Committee sincerely thanks all participating scholars from around the world for their enthusiastic engagement and pioneering contributions to the shared goal of sustainable environmental development.
See you at ICIS2026: Internationalisation and Sustainability in Higher Education, now open for abstract submissions until October 30, 2025.
