Professor César Jesús Pardo Calvache was invited to the III International Cybersociety Congress 2023, where he presented the lecture 'Soft Skills Necessary for the Success of Global Software Development Projects in Industry 5.0'.

"Currently, it is possible to observe that the gap between soft skills, the work currently performed by professionals, and the expectations to be covered by organizations dedicated to software development remains considerable. It is still relevant to train future professionals with the soft skills required to address the needs of the software industry, a scenario that has been modified as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale," stated Professor César Jesús Pardo Calvache, affiliated with the Department of Systems at the University of Cauca, regarding his participation in the III International Cybersociety Congress 2023, held from October 16th to 20th in Havana, Cuba, where the instructor presented his lecture titled 'Soft Skills Necessary for the Success of Global Software Development Projects in Industry 5.0'.

"During his presentation at Cybersociety 2023, the professor from Unicaucano addressed the concept of superintelligent Societies 5.0—societies characterized by ethics, honesty, and morality focused on developing products that improve society's quality of life, not solely on productivity and product quality. Additionally, he addressed the concepts and challenges of Industry 5.0 and how this framework should tackle the arduous task of fostering and developing soft skills for future professionals involved in global software development. This is a highly relevant topic for the current software industry and constitutes part of his research areas with doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.

"The digitalization and automation of processes in a large number of software development companies have accelerated significantly, creating a job market marked by the development of remote and global activities. This means that team members or work teams can be located beyond the geographic borders of a country/region, allowing for the outsourcing and coverage of the software development lifecycle by different organizations and professionals who do not necessarily need to be physically present in the same geographical space. This substantially increases the need for soft skills such as self-organization, balance between professional and personal aspects, rejection, intuition, empathy, among others," added Ph.D. César Jesús Pardo Calvache.

Professor César Pardo refers to the importance of delving deeper into issues related to power skills/soft skills. "It is the key to the gradual progress of any society, and recognizing our strengths and weaknesses must currently be conceived as a determining factor for the continuous improvement of the quality of products and/or services developed in the software industry."

For a more detailed insight into the research advancements carried out by Professor César Pardo along with his students concerning Society 5.0 and Soft Skills in Agile Global Software Development, it can be accessed at the following LINK. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9756005)

Likewise, information about his work and collaboration with doctors from other countries on soft skills and graduates in computer science has been published as a guest editor in the IEEE RITA magazine and can be accessed here. (https://shorturl.at/agyWZ)

For details about the presentation and information regarding his talk, it can be found at the following LINK. (https://shorturl.at/twNTW)

It's worth noting that Cibersociedad 2023 was held under the theme: 'Digital Transformation: Global-Local Connection', and it showcased the progress of the Cuban digital agenda within the framework of the Digital Transformation Policy, alongside other similar experiences globally, with emphasis on Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The event had over 450 participants from the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, with Colombia being represented by Professor César Jesús Pardo Calvache from the University of Cauca.

The third edition of the event prioritized topics related to Innovation applied to Digital Transformation, focusing on developing favorable environments at the national and local levels for innovation ecosystems, facilitated by entities driving innovation, such as Scientific-Technological Parks, University interface companies, and the CTI Foundation of the University of Havana, along with the emerging movement of new technological SMEs and renovated state-owned companies, as well as the consolidation of a value proposition contributed by the UIC with the Network of (local) Innovation Laboratories for digital transformation.

About the professor:

Professor César Pardo is a Full Professor at the University of Cauca and a member of the Information Technologies Research Group - GTI, Colombia. He holds a degree in Systems Engineering from Unicauca (2006), a Ph.D. (2012), and a Master's (2009) in Computer Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He is a teacher, researcher, and consultant with over 16 years of experience in topics related to: gender (inclusion, leadership, and equality), social debt in the software industry, process debt, technical debt, DevOps, scaled agile approaches, product and process quality, software process improvement, global software development, Alzheimer's, and pervasive games, bad smells in software requirements, community smells in software development, hybrid models, and agile approaches to team management and product and service development.

He is the author and co-author of more than 170 publications, including articles, book chapters, and conferences at the national and international levels, which allowed him to be among the most cited Colombians through Google Scholar in 2015, 2016, and 2017. He is also a co-author of 4 books, highlighting his contributions in topics related to: (i) User Experience Design for Mobile Applications, (ii) Data Structures in Java, (iii) Theory of computation, languages, and automata: a practical approach, (iv) Equality, inclusion, and gender leadership, perceptions of university students, and the current work; (v) Handwritten notes on object-oriented programming and design patterns.

Moreover, he is a Senior Researcher for the Ministry of Science and Technology in Colombia (MINCIENCIAS), a member of the Ph.D. committee in Computer Science at the University of Cauca, a permanent committee member in the Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering - JIISIC, an evaluator for MINCIENCIAS, and participates as an editor and member of scientific committees of regional and international congresses and journals. He is also a Mentor for the Software Engineering research seedbed at the University of Cauca (IRON Software Engineering).

More information about Professor César Pardo's productivity can be found at the following links: https://bit.ly/3AHiwW9  - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cesar-Calvache.