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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Workshops Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Atlanta, USA, July 14-17, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/">http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals are solicited for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019).
Each workshop provides a forum to address a specific topic at the forefront of blockchain technology and related research topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A workshop associated with Blockchain-2019 can be either one full day or half day in length. Proceedings of all the workshops will
be available to the workshop attendees. All workshop papers will be included in the main conference proceedings and published by IEEE CPS, which is collected by IEEE Explore and indexed by EI. Submissions of workshop proposals must reach the workshop chair
by November 30th, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop Proposal Submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Each workshop proposal (maximum five pages) must include the following in this order:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Title of the workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop Organizers (names, affiliation and contact information), limiting up to 2 workshop chairs for half-day workshop and 3 workshop chairs for
full-day workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scope and topics of the workshop (max 1 page)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rationale (max 1 page)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Why is the topic current and important?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Why the workshop may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Why the workshop may attract a large number of attendees, in addition to the authors?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How the workshop differs from others; i.e., related workshops and conferences of similar topic?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A one-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer, describing relevant qualifications, including research and conference/workshop organizing
experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Names of potential participants, such as program committee members and invited speakers (indication that speakers accepted to participate is a plus)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Planned format of the workshop, including<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Duration of the workshop: Half-day, Full-day and tentative schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preferred day of workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Number of refereed papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Unique, creative and novel workshop formats are strongly encouraged<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Draft Call for Papers (max 1 page)<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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proposals must provide the following information, for two most recent incarnation of the workshop (either at this or another conference):<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposal Evaluation Criteria<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The workshop is within the scope of Blockchain and concerns a coherent and important technical topic of high interest in the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Blockchain-2019
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Its potential impact on the target community, including likely high participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop Submission Due: No later than November 30, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Decision Notification: No later than December 15, 2018 (decision will be made on a rolling-basis)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Suggested Submission Deadline for Workshops: March 15, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Suggested Workshop Paper Notification: Apr 15, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission of Camera Ready Papers to Publisher (hard deadline): May 02, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio,
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Luca Chiaraviglio, University of Rome Tor Vergata,
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