<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:center;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:20.6867px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">T</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:20.6867px;letter-spacing:0.15pt">he<span style="text-transform:uppercase"> 6</span>^th<span style="text-transform:uppercase"> </span>International Conference on <span style="color:red">Blockchain Computing and Applications</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:18.5467px;color:red"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:20.6867px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">(</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:20.6867px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.15pt">BCCA<b> </b>2024<b>)</b></span></p><p align="center" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.2pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://bcca-conference.org/2024/index.php" style="color:blue"><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://bcca-conference.org/</span></a></span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:center;line-height:17.25pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:14.5pt;color:rgb(65,65,66)">26–29 November 2024 – Dubai, UAE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 03: Big Data</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 05: Metaverse and Digital Twin</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 06: IoT Network Security</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Track 07: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:6pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Publication</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">IEEE is a technical sponsor of BCCA 2024</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">. All accepted papers in BCCA 2024 and the workshops co-located with it will be submitted to IEEEXplore, dblp and Scopus for inclusion.</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:6pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Submission Guidelines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">There are three categories of submission in the Main track:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Long papers:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> 7-8 pages.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Short papers:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> 5-6 pages.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Poster papers (Undergrad):</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> 1-2 pages.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Submission Link: </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://edas.info/N31868" style="color:blue">https://edas.info/N31868</a></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:6pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Important dates</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Paper submission deadline: <span style="color:red"> </span><s>March 15^th</s>,<span style="color:red"> April 15^th,2024 (Extended Deadline)</span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Notification of paper acceptance: May 15^th, 2024</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Submission of camera-ready papers due: July 1^st, 2024</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)"> </span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Tutorials/Demos Important dates:</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Tutorial Proposal Submission Deadline: <span style="color:red">April 15^th, 2024</span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Notification of acceptance: May 15^th, 2024</span></li></ul><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Workshop dates:</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: <span style="color:red">April 15^th, 2024</span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Notification of acceptance: May 15^th, 2024</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:6pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Organizing Committee</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Honorary Chair</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC), Dubai</span></li></ul><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">General Co-Chair</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Omar Alfandi, Zayed University, UAE</span></li></ul><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Program Co-Chairs</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Flavia Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Qiang Ye, Dalhousie University, Canada</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Ouns Bouachir, ZU, UAE</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Sami Souihi, University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), France</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p></div>