<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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:13pt;line-height:18.5467px"> </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:20.6867px;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:18.5467px"></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:20.6867px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">(</span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:20.6867px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">BCCA<b> </b>2023<b>)</b></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"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(65,65,66)">in Conjunction with</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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="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);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </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"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(65,65,66)">24–26 October, 2023 – Kuwait City, Kuwait</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" target="_blank">https://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2023/call.php</a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></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></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></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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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ce Sans Pro",sans-serif">Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></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></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></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></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" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2023</a></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></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></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></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></b></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;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></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></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:13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