Persuasive technology is an interactive system intentionally designed to change attitudes and behaviors through persuasive and social-influence strategies grounded in psychological and behavior-change theories, but without coercion, manipulation, or deception [1]. Pioneered by Fogg [2] in the early 2000s, the field of persuasive technology has grown over the years, with its theories, methodologies, frameworks, applications, recommendations and guidelines applied in several domains such as health [3], education [4], safety [5], e-commerce [6], and energy conservation [7] to promote beneficial behavior change. In the last two decades, the International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE, for short) has brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry worldwide to present and share their work, network, discuss, and chart the way forward with regard to advancing the field and ensuring persuasive technologies are developed and applied in an ethically responsible way. The scope of the conference includes, but not limited to, persuasive systems design, behavior change support systems, perception and interaction with persuasive interfaces, interactive and persuasive agents, application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to persuasive technology design and development, personalization, gamification, and ethical design, to mention but a few [8]. The 18th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2023) [1] in the previous year took place in Europe. It was held in
The first, second, and third workshops accepted four, three, and two papers, respectively. The included papers were peer-reviewed by experts in the respective fields in a blind or double-blind review process. Each of the papers got at least two reviews, with the track editors carefully assessing the reviews and comments made by the reviewers and deciding the final list of papers to be included in the adjunct proceedings. Each group of workshop editors has provided a preface to the respective papers published in the proceedings, including the program committee, the review process, and the summary of the published papers.
In this preface, we introduced the workshop and other track papers published in the Adjunct Proceedings of the 19 th International Conference on Persuasive Technology. We as editors are grateful to all those who worked behind the scenes to make the publication of the proceedings a success. They include the organizers of the workshops and main conference, program committee, track editors, and sponsors of the PERSUASIVE 2024 conference, i.e., the University of Wollongong and the Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer, New South Wales Government, Australia. We would also like to thank CEUR-WS.org for giving us the platform to publish the proceedings and making it available to the public.