The Services Sector has account for 79.5% of the GDP of United States in 2016. For the world's most services-oriented economy, its  services sectors account for more than 90% of GDP. Currently, most of the services are traditional services (e.g. restaurant, travel, transportation, etc.) and digital services (e.g. Internet services, mobile services, digital transformation enabled services, etc.). With the emergence of Metaverse, the current services will be gradually transformed into immersive services that construct digital worlds and connect with physical worlds. The immersive services are the core characteristics of metaverse. 

To rapidly respond to the changing economy, the 2022 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2022) had been naturally extended to become the International Conference on Metaverse (METAVERSE 2022) to cover immersive services for all vertical industries and area solutions. Part of the SCF 2018, SERVICES 2018 was successfully held on June 25 - June 30, 2018, Seattle, USA. Part of the SCF 2019, SERVICES 2019 was successfully held on June 25 - 30, 2019, San Diego, USA. Part of the SCF 2020, SERVICES 2020 and SERVICES 2021 was successfully held over the Internet. METAVERSE 2022 was successfully held on December 10 - 14, 2022, Hawaii, USA. In 2023, we will celebrate our 2023 version of gathering, to strive to advance the largest international professional forum on industry services research and practices.

METAVERSE 2023 is a member of Services Conference Federation (SCF). SCF 2023 will have the following 10 collocated service-oriented sister conferences: 2023 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2023), 2023 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2023), 2023 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2023), 2023 International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2023), 2023 International Conference on AI & Mobile Services (AIMS 2023), and 2023 International Conference on Metaverse (METAVERSE 2023), 2023 International Conference on Internet of Things (ICIOT 2023), 2023 International conference on Cognitive Computing (ICCC 2023), 2023 International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE 2023), and 2023 International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2023). 

 As the founding member of the Services Conference Federation (SCF), the first International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) was held in June 2003 in Las Vegas, USA. Meanwhile, the First International Conference on Web Services - Europe 2003 (ICWS-Europe 2003) was held in Germany in October 2003. ICWS-Europe'03 is an extended event of the 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2003) in Europe. In 2004, ICWS-Europe was changed to the European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), which was held at Erfurt, Germany. 

Sponsored by Services Society and Springer, SCF 2018 and SCF 2019 were held successfully in Seattle and San Diego, USA. SCF 2020 and SCF 2021 was held successfully online and in Shenzhen, China. To celebrate its 21-year-old birthday, SCF 2023 will be held on September 23 - 26, 2023, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Conference Proceedings

The Proceedings of METAVERSE 2023 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer International Publishing AG. Currently the Abstracting and Indexing services covered by Springer’s data feeds for LNCS proceedings include Engineering Index EI (Compendex and Inspec databases), DBLP, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Scopus, and ZBlMath. The Best Paper Awards will be sponsored by Springer, which is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for special issues in the Services Transactions on Internet of Things (STIOT), Services Transactions on Big Data (STBD), Services Transactions on Services Computing (STSC), Services Transactions on Cloud Computing (STCC), International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), and International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM). JWSR is indexed by SCI and EI [Link].

Topics

METAVERSE 2023 organizing committee invites you to participate in 2023 edition of METAVERSE, to be held on September 23- 26, 2023, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. 

The technical program of METAVERSE 2023 will include a Research Track, an Application Track, and a Short Paper Track. The METAVERSE 2023 tracks seeks original, UNPUBLISHED research papers reporting substantive new work in various aspects of vertical industry services and related technologies and applications. Research Track papers MUST clearly indicate their contributions to the field of vertical services industry in terms of technologies, applications and solutions. All papers MUST properly cite related work in the field, such as those published in the proceedings of ICWS, SCC, CLOUD, AIMS, METAVERSE, BigData, ICIOT, ICBC, EDGE, APSCC, ECOWS, and related journals including STBD, JWSR, STSC, STCC, STIOT and IJBPIM (see Literature Recommendations page).

METAVERSE 2023 hopes to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following services sectors to help define and shape the modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research, engineering, experience reports, case studies, empirical, evaluation and business innovation papers on the following topics. 

Metaverse Architectures and Realizations

- User Interactions in Metaverse
- Business Scenarios in Metaverse
- Services Store in Metaverse
- Service Components in Metaverse
- Infrastructure in Metaverse
- Integration in Metaverse
- Data and Intelligence in Metaverse
- Security and Privacy in Metaverse
- Quality of Services in Metaverse
- Governance in Metaverse

Metaverse Applications for Vertical Services Industry and Domain Solutions
- Metaverse Applications for Advertising Services
- Metaverse Applications for Banking Services
- Metaverse Applications for Broadcasting & Cable TV Services
- Metaverse Applications for Business Management Services
- Metaverse Applications for Casinos & Gaming Services
- Metaverse Applications for Communications Services
- Metaverse Applications for Cross-industry Services (e.g. strategy and planning, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, marketing services)
- Metaverse Applications for Design Automation Services
- Metaverse Applications for Energy and Utilities Services
- Metaverse Applications for Financial Services
- Metaverse Applications for Government Services
- Metaverse Applications for Healthcare Services
- Metaverse Applications for Hotels & Motels Services
- Metaverse Applications for Insurance Services
- Metaverse Applications for Internet Services
- Metaverse Applications for Motion Pictures Services
- Metaverse Applications for Personal Services
- Metaverse Applications for Printing & Publishing Services
- Metaverse Applications for Real Estate Operations Services
- Metaverse Applications for Recreational Activities Services
- Metaverse Applications for Rental & Leasing Services
- Metaverse Applications for Restaurants Services
- Metaverse Applications for Retail Services (Apparel, Catalog & Mail Order, Department & Discount, Drugs, Grocery, Home Improvement, Specialty, Technology)
- Metaverse Applications for Schools and Education Services
- Metaverse Applications for Security Systems & Services
- Metaverse Applications for Technology Services
- Metaverse Applications for Travel and Transportation Services
- Metaverse Applications for Waste Management Services
- Metaverse Applications for Wholesale Distribution Services
- Metaverse Applications for Human Resource Services
- Metaverse Applications for Supply Chain Services
- Metaverse Applications for Enterprise Architecture Services

Papers that relate to metaverse architectural building blocks and applications are particularly encouraged.