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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">The Fifth International
Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%"> <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">(</span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">BCCA<b> </b>2023<b>)<span></span></b></span></p>

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Conjunction with<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:17.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">KUWAIT BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:17.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(65,65,66)">24–26 October, 2023 – Kuwait City, Kuwait<span></span></span></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <a href="https://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2023/call.php">https://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2023/call.php</a>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></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"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(88,89,91)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: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"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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 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 a
sustainability in data privacy and security. This conference aims at to attract
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></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: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"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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></span></span></p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Track
     01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <ul type="circle">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based AI and Robotics Technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based AI and cloud computing</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based Economic paradigms and game theory</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based Distributed Knowledge and Processing</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based Humans-Agents Interactions / Human-Robot Interactions</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 </ul>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Track
     02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <ul type="circle">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      IoT Applications and Services</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      Internet of Things architectures and protocols</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Industry 4.0</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Intelligent
      manufacture and management</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Consensus
      and mining algorithms suited for resource-limited IoTs</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      Controlled mobility and QoS</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      energy optimization techniques in WSN</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      Software defined networks</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 </ul>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Track
     03: Big Data</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <ul type="circle">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      in Data Fusion</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      Analytics and Data mining</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Distributed
      data store for blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Distributed
      transaction for blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      based Data Science and Data Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Protocols
      for management and access using blockchains</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      architectures tailored for domain-specific applications</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 </ul>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Track
     04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <ul type="circle">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Authentication
      and authorization in Blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Applications
      of blockchain technologies in digital forensic</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Privacy
      aspects of blockchain technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      open-source tools</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Forensics
      readiness of blockchain technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      Attacks on Existing Systems</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      Consensus Algorithms</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      Intrusion Detection/Prevention</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Security
      and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Attacks
      on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Smart Grid</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 </ul>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Track
     05: Metaverse and Digital Twin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <ul type="circle">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      in the metaverse</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      in the digital twin</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">NFT
      Applications and protocols</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Edge
      computing for Internet of Metaverse</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Network
      security of the metaverse</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Digital
      twin and Metaverse privacy</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Consensus
      and mining algorithms suited for the metaverse</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      Controlled mobility and QoS in the metaverse</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Cybersecurity
      in the metaverse</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 </ul>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Track
     06: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and
     Services</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <ul type="circle">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain-based
      security solutions of smart cities infrastructures</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and ITS)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      Technologies and Methodologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Recent
      development and emerging trends Blockchain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">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></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Theory
      of Blockchain in Cybersecurity</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Applications
      of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Implementation
      challenges facing blockchain technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Blockchain
      in social networking</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Performance
      metric design, modeling and evaluation of blockchain systems</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Network
      and computing optimization in blockchains</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Experimental
      prototyping and testbeds for blockchains</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 </ul>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"> </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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Submission Guidelines<span></span></span></b></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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt 0.25in;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"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">There are three
categories of submission:<span></span></span></p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Long
     papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"> 7-8
     pages. Overlength papers will be rejected without review.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Short
     papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"> 5-6
     pages.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Positioning
     papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"> 3-4
     pages.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Submission Link: </span></b><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2023">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2023</a>
<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span></span></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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Important dates<span></span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Full paper Important Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)"><span></span></span></p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Paper
     submission deadline : <span style="color:red"> March 15^th,2023,  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Notification
     of paper acceptance: May 31^st, 2023</span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Submission
     of camera-ready papers due: October 1^st, 2023</span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
</ul>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Tutorials/Demos Important dates:<span></span></span></b></p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Tutorial
     Proposal Submission Deadline: <span style="color:red">April 1^st,
     2023</span></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Notification
     of acceptance: June 10^th, 2023<span></span></span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="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"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"> </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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Organizing Committee<span></span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">General Co-Chair<span></span></span></b></p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Khalid
     Al-Begain, KCST, Kuwait<span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Moayad
     Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE<span></span></span></li>
</ul>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Program Co-Chairs<span></span></span></b></p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Ismaeel
     AlRidhawi, KCST, Kuwait<span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Antonella
     Guzzo, University of Calabria, Italy<span></span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Keping
     Yu, Hosei University, Japan<span></span></span></li>
</ul></div></div>