<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;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:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black;letter-spacing:0.15pt">The 5^th IEEE
Conference on </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:blue;letter-spacing:0.15pt">Blockchain Computing and Applications</span></b><b><span style="color:blue"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">(</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(0,32,96);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">BCCA 2023</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">)</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%"><span></span></span></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"><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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://bcca-conference.org/</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">IEEE Co-Sponsorship </span><b><span style="color:red;letter-spacing:0.15pt">APPROVED</span></b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">in
Conjunction with</span><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;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%;color:black;letter-spacing:0.15pt">Kuwait Fintech
and Blockchain Summit</span></b><span></span></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"><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"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.kcst.edu.kw/blockchain-summit/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">24–26
October 2023 – Kuwait City, Kuwait<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Jumeirah Messilah Beach
Hotel & Spa<span></span></p>

<p 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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(88,89,91)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;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><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="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:10pt;color:black">Researchers are encouraged to
submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but
not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black">Track 01: Artificial
     Intelligence and Machine Learning</span></b><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black">Track 02: IoT and
     Cyber-Physical Systems</span></b><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black">Track 03: Big Data</span></b><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black">Track 04: Security and
     Privacy on the Blockchain</span></b><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black">Track 05: Metaverse and
     Digital Twin</span></b><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black">Track 06: Blockchain
     Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services</span></b><span></span></li>
</ul>

<p style="margin:6pt 0in;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><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="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="color:black">The special track has three
categories of submission:</span><span></span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>Short papers: </b>(5-6 pages).<b><span></span></b></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>Systemization of Knowledge (SoK): </b>(10-15 pages) SoK papers evaluate,
     systematize, cluster, classify, and contextualize existing knowledge
     (Focused Surveys).<b><span></span></b></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>Poster papers: </b>(1-2 pages) (undergraduate).<b><span></span></b></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="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><span></span></p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0in;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">Special Track</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Important dates<span style="color:red"><span></span></span></span></b></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Paper submission
     deadline: </span><span style="color:red">June
     15^th, 2023</span><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Notification of paper
     acceptance: July 31^st, 2023</span><span></span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black">Submission of
     camera-ready papers due: September 1^st, 2023</span><span></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"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red"> </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">Journal
Special Issues<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="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="color:black">Selected papers of high quality from
the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to the following
journal(s):<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">IEEE
Networks (IF: 10.2)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Ad
Hoc Networks (IF: 4.8)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Springer
Cluster Computing (IF: 2.04)<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0in;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">Keynote Speakers<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Stephen
Nilsson</span></b><span style="color:black">, Founder, CEO, Enterprise
Blockchain Implementer & Evangelist<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Riad
Hartani</span></b><span style="color:black">, Co-Founder Xona Partners<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Salil
Kanhere</span></b><span style="color:black">, University of New South
Wales Sydney<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Abdallah
Shami</span></b><span style="color:black">, Professor and Associate
Dean Research at Western University<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Srdjan
Krčo</span></b><span style="color:black">, Co-founder and CEO of
DunavNET<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Satya
N Gupta</span></b><span style="color:black">, Chairman- Blockchain For
Productivity Forum<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Farshad
Firouzi</span></b><span style="color:black">, Assistant Professor at Duke
University<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Hoda
Al Khzaimi</span></b><span style="color:black">, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAe<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="color:black">Roberto Di Pietro, </span></b><span style="color:black">HBKU-CSE, Doha, Qatar.<b><span></span></b></span></p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0in;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-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Khalid
Al-Begain, KCST, Kuwait</span><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;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:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Moayad
Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE</span><span></span></p>

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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Latif
Ladid, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg</span><span></span></p>

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Co-Chairs</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Ismaeel
AlRidhawi, KCST, Kuwait</span><span></span></p>

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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Antonella
Guzzo, University of Calabria, Italy</span><span></span></p>

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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color:black">Keping
Yu, Hosei University, Japan</span><span></span></p>

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