The goal of the 5th International Workshop on Emergency Response Technologies and Services (EmeRTeS) 2023 is to explore the application of new and innovative technology research towards improving emergency response and management, with a thrust on managing pandemic disasters. The focus is to provide an inter-disciplinary platform for researchers to exchange ideas, present results, share experience, stimulate new research, and foster collaborations among computer scientists, engineers, social scientists, representatives from Govt. and NGOs and disaster science experts to develop recommendations for effective emergency response. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Direct D-2-D (Device-to-Device) or Sidelink in 5G networks in ad-hoc mode

• Mesh network formation

• Access Traffic Steering Services (ATSS)

• Softwarized and modularized 5G Radio Access Network Implementations

• New KPIs for Emergency Communications

• Mapping and Visualization of First Responders

• Privacy and Security of Emergency Communications

• Blockchain applications in emergency management

• Drone Applications for Disaster Management

• UAV Swarm in Disaster Environments

• Emergency communication infrastructures, technologies and services

• Peer-to-peer networks based emergency communication systems and protocols

• Modeling and simulation tools for emergency situations

• Crowd sourcing, remote sensing, cyber-physical systems for emergency response

• Coordination, collaboration and decision support systems

• Big data analytics in emergency management

• Logistics and supply chain management in emergency response

• IoT based solutions for emergency response

• Emergency management in smart city environments

• Querying and filtering of heterogeneous, multi-source and multi-modal situational data

• Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for emergency response

• Emergency management information systems and applications

• Post disaster damage and loss assessment

• Planning, foresight and risk analysis

• Social media and networks for emergency response and management

• Community participation in emergency management

• COVID-19: New Challenges and Opportunities of Pandemic Disasters

• COVID-19: Lessons for Early Warning, Prevention, Preparedness and Response for Pandemic Disasters

• COVID-19: Overcoming Economic Slowdown and Financial Stress for Building Resilience to Pandemic Disasters