The 2nd ISST
International Seminar of Science and Technology

In conjunction with the 38th Anniversary of Universitas Terbuka, the Faculty of Science and Technology will hold the 2nd International Seminar on Sciences and Technology (ISST) 2022. The ISST is supported by several institutions such as Jurnal Matematika Sains dan Teknologi, Food Scieantia : Journal of Food Science and Technology, Agridev Journal, Reksabumi: Journal of Urban, Regional, and Environmental Planning, and Manilkara: Journal of Bioscience.

Science and technology is the most important achievement of human beings to solve their biggest challenges. All our efforts to solve our problems are based on science and technology. We deal with environmental destruction, population exploitation, natural disasters, as well as an epidemy with science and technology. The most important thing about the utilization of science and technology is how it benefits to human. On the other hand, the application of technology without considering its benefit may result in a disaster.

The Industrial Revolution 4.0 takes advantage of information technology. The spearhead of the revolution is the rise of big data and artificial intelligence implementation. The development of industry and information technology also has an impact on the acceleration of the spread of information throughout the world. The availability of big data can be used as a source of information. Technology is the spearhead of the development of revolution and the bases in various spaces of human life by relying on big data and artificial intelligence. This technology base generally focuses more on the time, cost, resource, and community efficiency factors that are connected in technology and information networks.

Despite the advancement of technology, there are still challenges that humanities still have to overcome. For example, the exploitation of the environment to fulfill human needs and improve the quality of life. Furthermore, tthe increase of human population also increases the need to improve the quality of life.

In order to overcome those problems that recent technologies are still struggling to overcome, we need a newer paradigm that is more human-centred. The thought that life is only based on technology is not considered optimal in terms of efficiency and service quality of human life how to utilize and control technology in building quality human life in harmony with nature, the environment, and society. This concept has been conceived in Japan, where the government and the academicians want to create a society that can better appreciate and enjoy its life, known as Society 5.0. In this concept, the community controls technology in their lives. Artificial intelligence and big data in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 are transformed into new wisdom to open up more meaningful humanitarian services opportunities.

In the 5.0 era, industrial activities took the form of a virtual world, in the form of human, machine, and data connectivity, all of which were already everywhere, known as the Internet of Things (IoT). Industry 5.0 has introduced flexible mass production technology; machines will operate independently or in coordination with humans and control the production process by synchronizing time by carrying out unification and adjustment of production. One of the unique characteristics of Industry 5.0 is the application of artificial intelligence (AI).

Science and technology should help to improve the quality of human life without damaging the environment and social structure. The presence of Industry 5.0 can create a balance between advances in digital technology and parallel economic progress with solving social problems. Industry 5.0 is synonymous with human civilization and digital technology synergy without losing the real human identity. A science and technology development approach is needed to accelerate development in the era of industry 5.0. Efforts to use science and technology to support the acceleration of era 5.0 will be discussed further at this conference.