<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:0.15pt">The 5^th IEEE Conference on </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:blue;letter-spacing:0.15pt">Blockchain Computing and Applications</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:blue"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">(</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">BCCA 2023</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">)</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=f4565c80-abcd623f-f4526f8f-000babda033e-9459d7943e765a2e&q=1&e=c9a4e400-dbcc-439f-ab77-48cde034684f&u=https%3A%2F%2Fbcca-conference.org%2F" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://bcca-conference.org/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt">  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">IEEE Co-Sponsorship <b><span style="color:red">APPROVED</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">in Conjunction with</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:0.15pt">Kuwait Fintech and Blockchain Summit</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=87d46e25-d84f509a-87d05d2a-000babda033e-a54097f57c40c237&q=1&e=c9a4e400-dbcc-439f-ab77-48cde034684f&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcst.edu.kw%2Fblockchain-summit%2Findex.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.kcst.edu.kw/blockchain-summit/index.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">24–26 October 2023 – Kuwait City, Kuwait</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(88,89,91)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">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 breaches, identity theft, and a plethora of cyber-related attacks, in essence, leading to sustainability in data privacy and security. This conference aims at to attract the 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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Track 01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Track 03: Big Data</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Track 05: Metaverse and Digital Twin</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Track 06: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services</span></b></li></ul><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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red">Submission Guidelines</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">There are three categories of submission:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Long papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> 7-8 pages.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Short papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> 5-6 pages.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Poster papers (undergrad):</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> 1-2 pages.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Submission Link: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2023" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2023</a></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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red">Important dates</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Paper submission deadline : </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:red"> </span><s><span style="color:red">April 15^th, 2023</span></s><span style="font-size:12pt;color:red"> May 3^rd 2023 (Firm)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Notification of paper acceptance: June 10^th, 2023</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Submission of camera-ready papers due: October 1^st, 2023</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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Tutorials/Demos Important dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Tutorial Proposal Submission Deadline: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:red">May 1^st, 2023</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Notification of acceptance: June 10^th, 2023</span></li></ul><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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red">Organizing Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">General Co-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Khalid Al-Begain, KCST, Kuwait</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Moayad Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Latif Ladid, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg</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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Program Co-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Ismaeel AlRidhawi, KCST, Kuwait</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Antonella Guzzo, University of Calabria, Italy</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Keping Yu, Hosei University, Japan</span></li></ul></div></div>