<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:864px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:13o" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="gmail-:13n" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_lgj6sdku0" alt="image.png" width="472" height="125" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">================================================================</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="en-AE" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:blue">Call for Participation (ICBC 2023)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">================================================================</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Dubai, UAE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">May 01-05, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"><a href="https://icbc2023.ieee-icbc.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://icbc2023.ieee-icbc.org/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">The IEEE ICBC 2023 is less than one month away! Register now and be a part of this premier conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. ICBC 2023, 1-5 May in Dubai, UAE, features excellent technical symposia, engaging tutorials, leading industry panels, dynamic full-day workshops, Panel discussions and two fantastic keynote speakers</span></i><span lang="en-AE">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"><a href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGLBFlLE8Vgr1nStvXDQmZcz7gCe2m9jARbEriUXOhx6UUTaHp-n77e-TzvzwuV1fMIS_14D48=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:ACaslonPro-Bold,serif;color:rgb(0,176,240);text-transform:uppercase">REGISTER TODAY</span></i></b></a></span><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,176,240)"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:8pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">It features:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">* 2 Keynote addresses at disjunct times of the main conference:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 28.35pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span lang="en-AE">"</span><b><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">Blockchain Turbulences: From Trust to Censorship Resistance</span></i></b><span lang="en-AE"> "</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">              by Prof. PROF. DAVOR SVETINOVIC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">              </span><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">Professor at Khalifa University, and Vienna University of Economics and Business</span></i><span lang="en-AE">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">                                              </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 28.35pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span lang="en-AE"> "</span><b><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"> Repurposing but uncompromising the Blockchain</span></i></b><span lang="en-AE">"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE">              by PROF. DR. STEFAN TAI</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">               Professor at Technical University of Berlin</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:7pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">* 89 Technical papers (Full papers, short papers, SoKs and posters). Covered Topics include:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 14.2pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE">Distributed Consensus & Fault Tolerance Algorithms; Performance, Scalability Issues; Distributed Database Technologies for Blockchain; Blockchain Interoperability and Cross-chain mechanisms; Blockchain Platforms; Decentralized App Development, DAPPs, and Services; Smart Contracts and Verification; Security, Privacy, Attacks, Forensics; Transaction Monitoring and Analysis; Regulations & Policies in Cryptocurrency; Novel Mechanisms for the Creation, Custody, and Exchange of Crypto-assets; Anonymity and Criminal Activities of the Cryptocurrency; Managing the Risks of Cryptocurrency; Distributed Trust; Decentralized Internet Infrastructure; Decentralized Financial Services; Blockchain for Internet of Things/Cyber Physical Services; Blockchain social media platforms/tokens; Blockchain and Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence</span></i><span lang="en-AE">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">* 10 demos</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">* 4 tutorials</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">* 3 Panel discussions.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:13.5pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif">IEEE ICBC 2023 will also feature full day workshops:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:13.5pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"> </span></i><b><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">CryptoEx Workshop 2023</span></i></b><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">The first IEEE International Workshop on Cryptocurrency Exchanges (</span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,174,255)"><a href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGLBFlLE7PVWpAPJHsUGe9O47RI2QW6OAPbJNRXBzZxfL8lD3-m-mZx5SviTCIpyX17AbMBR3o=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(0,174,255)">CryptoEx 2023</span></a></span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">) will be held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (</span></i><span lang="en-AE"><a href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGLBFlLE31_GgyYHXLeTG0nAYqRK4GCFVFal192Yq5q_v7VhWSng8X0Ec217iOVaFgF7Oh0zgE=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,174,255)">ICBC 2023</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">) on May 5, 2023 in Dubai, UAE. The workshop is co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, POSTECH Center for Crypto Blockchain Research (CCBR), Blockchain Law Society of Korea, and Coinone.</span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:13.5pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">More information about CryptoEx Workshop 2023 can be found </span></i><span lang="en-AE"><a href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGLBFlLE7PVWpAPJHsUGe9O47RI2QW6OAPbJNRXBzZxfL8lD3-m-mZx5SviTCIpyX17AbMBR3o=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,174,255)">here</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">.</span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"> </span></i><b><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Crosschain Workshop 2023</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"> </span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"><br></span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">The 2^nd Crosschain Workshop (</span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,174,255)"><a href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGLBFlLE0tv292icRtUGSCK5e_XDwZrIDrYHBts9m818RTRuvgIbK-92GAceWlckbmfEypMWro=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(0,174,255)">Crosschain Workshop 2023</span></a></span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">) will be held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (</span></i><span lang="en-AE"><a href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGLBFlLE31_GgyYHXLeTG0nAYqRK4GCFVFal192Yq5q_v7VhWSng8X0Ec217iOVaFgF7Oh0zgE=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,174,255)">ICBC 2023</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">)  on May 5, 2023 in Dubai, UAE. The workshop aims to bring researchers and practitioners from across the world together to advance the field of crosschain technology. The workshop will run as a hybrid event (In-person and online). It has two sessions: An Academic session and a Technology Application session.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)"><br></span></i><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">More information about the Crosschain Workshop 2023 can be found </span></i><span lang="en-AE"><a href="https://icbc2023.ieee-icbc.org/crosschain-2023#full" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(0,174,255)">here</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="en-AE" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Formata-Light,serif;color:rgb(65,65,65)">.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="en-AE" style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">See you in Dubai on May 1-5, 2023 !!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AE"> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hi" style="border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px;padding:0px;width:auto;background:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ajx" style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:0px;width:auto;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top:none;margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu" style="border-top:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq" style="clear:both;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border-top:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div>