<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>The first Workshop on</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain for Trustworthy Industry 4.0 (BlockTrust 4.0)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Collocated with</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2022)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">(<b><a href="http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2022/Workshops/BlockTrust2022/" target="_blank">http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2022/Workshops/BlockTrust2022/</a></b>) </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">5-7 September 2022 (San Antonio, Texas, USA)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;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:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">(<a href="http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2022/index.php" target="_blank">http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2022/index.php</a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;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:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;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"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Scope and topics of the workshop:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;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:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Today, blockchain is no longer a tool that is only used for cryptocurrencies. Blockchain has become a disruptive technology that is providing support to a plethora of sectors. The financial, governmental, industrial and health sectors will benefit tremendously from blockchain. The industrial revolution has gone through multiple phases to improve the manufacturing and distribution process of products and services. Industry 4.0 focuses on interconnectivity, automation, machine learning (ML), and real-time big data. The shift towards Industry 4.0 requires cooperation among Internet of Things (IoT) devices through secure and intelligent mechanisms. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will with no doubt play a significant role in the ability of IoT devices to be part of the service provisioning process for all Industry 4.0 sectors. To ensure the integrity, reliability, and security of the transactions performed by the intelligent IoT devices in diversified ecosystems, a decentralized trustworthy solution is crucial. Blockchain technology provides a mechanism to enable distributed and decentralized transaction authentication in self-configurable and self-manageable IoT environments. In this context, the goal of this workshop is to elaborate and emphasize the key aspects of the use of blockchain for Industry 4.0. The workshop aims at bringing together developers, academics, and professionals interested in blockchain technology for the advancement of Industry 4.0.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;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"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The workshop welcomes original research and innovative solutions, and may focus on either fundamental methodological studies or use cases and application demonstrations. Authors are invited to submit original research contributions that fall into or are related to the topic areas listed below:</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-enabled Industry 4.0 architectures and frameworks</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Decentralized and distributed industrial data storage in blockchain</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-enabled robotic communication</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-supported economic industrial models and paradigms</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Health 4.0 architectures and frameworks</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Federated learning and blockchain for secure Health 4.0 applications</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AI and blockchain for trustworthy Health 4.0</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Securing critical Industry 4.0 infrastructures with AI and blockchain</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-specific scalability and performance issues in Industry 4.0</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cross-chain ecosystem for Industry 4.0</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Industrial consortium governance and ownership models</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-based AI tools and simulators for industry 4.0</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Securing industrial smart contracts with blockchain</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-supported Industry 4.0 communication and networking</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications of blockchain technologies in Industry 4.0</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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain-enabled energy trade</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;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:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Steering Committee:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prof. Khalid Al-Begain</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prof. Hussein Mouftah</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, University of Ottawa, Canada.<br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;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:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Organization Committee:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;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"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Ismaeel Al Ridhawi</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;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"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Safa Otoum</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, Z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