<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[ Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call ]</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:rgb(68,114,196)"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:rgb(68,114,196)"> </span></i></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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(64,64,65)">IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2023</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:17pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(64,64,65)">)</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(64,64,65)">1–5 May 2023 | Dubai, UAE  </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald"><a href="https://link.gmreg5.net/x/d?c=25085594&l=0927fd1f-3568-4f33-ac12-d7683eb9282e&r=e01751ef-9487-45b6-b2d5-ea7e8d6f4847" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"> </span></a><a href="https://icbc2023.ieee-icbc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://icbc2023.ieee-icbc.org/</span></a></span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(17,85,204)"> </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(17,85,204)"> </span></i></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"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(17,85,204)"> </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(192,0,0)">Call for Papers</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Oswald;color:rgb(192,0,0)"> </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0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ont-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Blockchain and Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">ICBC 2023 authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process, and all submissions must be made electronically through EDAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">via the URL: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect-eu.mimecast.com%2Fs%2Fty49CvY3ZsEBmQHQ0yam%3Fdomain%3Dedas.info&data=05%7C01%7Cadel%40cud.ac.ae%7Ca6fd5ad1f73949c0dade08da7fb78605%7C7644c2b3c7ff4afe9164929bad7cf39c%7C0%7C0%7C637962723445995892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SqB2pQyUCjSarbDfJvOMmGZHS3TnuZKOU%2BnttDJ4KP0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">https://edas.info/N29908</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Note that the maximum paper length is 8 pages for full papers, 4 pages for short papers, 2 pages for poster submissions, and 16 pages for Systemization of Knowledge (SoK) papers, all excluding references.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:5.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:red">Important Dates</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Paper Submission Deadline:                                           <b>December 4, 2022</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Tutorial Proposal and Poster Submission Deadline:   <b>January 15, 2023</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Demo Submission Deadline:                                           <b>January 25, 2023</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Acceptance Notifications:                                               February 12, 2023</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Tutorial and Demo Acceptance Notifications:             February 28, 2023</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(64,64,65)">Camera-Ready Deadline:                                                 March 19, 2023</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:red">General Co-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Adel Ben Mnaouer</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">                    Canadian University Dubai, UAE                                  </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Burkhard Stiller</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">                          University of Zürich, Switzerland</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Fakhreddine Karray</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">                  MBZUAI, UAE</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Oswald;color:red">Technical Program Co-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 60pt 0.0001pt 0in;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Moayad Aloqaily</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">                       MBZUAI, UAE                                            </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 60pt 0.0001pt 0in;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Vinayaka Pandit</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">                        IBM India Research Lab, India</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">  </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 60pt 0.0001pt 0in;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Laura Ricci</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">                                  University of Pisa, Italy</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:rgb(68,114,196)"> </span></i></p></div>