<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt">The first Workshop on</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><b>Blockchain for Trustworthy Industry 4.0 (BlockTrust 4.0)</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px">Collocated with</span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><b>The Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2022)</b></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-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-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">5-7 September 2022 (San Antonio, Texas, USA)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">(<a href="http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2022/index.php" target="_blank">http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2022/index.php</a>)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Scope and topics of the workshop:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:13.91px">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><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px"><font face="arial, sans-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:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Blockchain-enabled Industry 4.0 architectures and frameworks</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Decentralized and distributed industrial data storage in blockchain</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Blockchain-enabled robotic communication</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,s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ht:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Papers Acceptance Notification: <b>1 August 2022</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Final Camera-Ready Paper Due: <b>15 August 2022</b></span></p></div>