<div dir="ltr"><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.5467px">The Third IEEE Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2021)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.5467px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">NOV. 15 – 17, 2021 – TARTU, ESTONIA</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2021/index.php" target="_blank" style="color:blue">http://intelligenttech.org/<span style="text-decoration-line:none">BCCA2021</span>/index.php</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:16.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(88,89,91)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain is a revolutionary technology in decentralized systems that enables secure decentralized transaction processing while ensuring data privacy and authenticity. It is now playing a significant role in several areas such as the Internet of Things, supply-chain management, manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, healthcare systems, and much more. Unlike centralized transaction processing solutions, blockchain uses a distributed ledger mechanism to record data transactions on multiple devices, this will prevent data breach, identity theft, and a plethora of cyber-related attacks, in essence, leading to sustainability in data privacy and security. This conference aims to attract the work of both researchers and practitioners in the area of cyber-security to share and exchange their experiences and research studies in both academia and industry in the field of blockchain.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Track 01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based AI and Robotics Technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based AI and cloud computing</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Economic paradigms and game theory</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Distributed Knowledge and Processing</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Humans-Agents Interactions / Human-Robot Interactions</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based IoT Applications and Services</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based security for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Internet of Things architectures and protocols</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based application in Intelligent Manufacturing: Industrial Internet of Things,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Industry 4.0</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Intelligent manufacture and management</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Consensus and mining algorithms suited for resource-limited IoTs</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Controlled mobility and QoS</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based energy optimization techniques in WSN</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Software-defined networks</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Track 03: Big Data</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain in Data Fusion</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain Analytics and Data mining</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Distributed data store for blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Distributed transaction for blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Data Science and Data Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Protocols for management and access using blockchains</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain architectures tailored for domain-specific applications</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Authentication and authorization in Blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Applications of blockchain technologies in digital forensic</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based open-source tools</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain Attacks on Existing Systems</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain Consensus Algorithms</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Security and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Attacks on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Smart Grid</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Track 05: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain-based security solutions of smart cities infrastructures</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and ITS)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Recent development and emerging trends Blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">New models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 94.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:norm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11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Öznur Özkasap, Koç University, Turkey</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Program Co-Chairs</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Canada</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Önder Gürcan, CEA LIST, Paris-Saclay University, France</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hong-Ning Dai, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Keynote speakers:</span></b></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:red"> Submission Link: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2021" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=</span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration-line:none">bcca2021</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Full paper Important Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Submission deadline: </span><b><s><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">July 21st, 2021</span></s></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">  August 5^th, 2021 (Firm and Final)</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Notification of Acceptance: Sept 15th, 2021</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Submission of camera-ready: Oct 8th, 2021</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div>