Carrying the traditions of ICPR conferences, the ICPR-APR 2025 features a paper development workshop targeting PhD students or early career researchers. The workshop is designed to boost their skills for academic research. Editors from prestige journals (Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, Industrial Management and Data Systems, Journal of Production and Industrial Engineering, Enterprise Information Systems and International Journal of Engineering Business Management) will provide developmental feedback on the selected papers, aimed at strengthening the quality of their papers. Outstanding papers will be invited to be submitted to the respective journals for fast-track review.