​a-ICON-STEAM conference is the first ASEDAS International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics 2023 in conjunction with the 4th International Virtual Digital Art Exhibition (ASEDAS 2023), Semarang, Indonesia. The conference aims to create a discussion about STEAM fields in education and industry that will accelerate global growth and economic recovery, create networking relationships between academics and industry, narrow the gap between academic and practical knowledge through international research, develop a series of focused research topics that will benefiting the academic world and fostering the application of methodological approaches in any setting. From the historical aspect of the organization, this conference is a continuation of the annual International Digital Art Exhibition organized by the ASIAN Southeast Digital Art Association (ASEDAS) International since 2020. Now with the establishment of the Malaysian Digital Art Artists Association which lovingly maintains the abbreviation ASEDAS as its acronym, ASEDAS is moving forward again by organizing for the first time a-ICON-STEAM 2023. Thus, all academics and industry are invited to attend this conference which is aimed at universal human prosperity through the field of STEAM.