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Call for Papers
Mini-Track: Blockchain for Development
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Track Global Development (SIG GlobDev)
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA August 12-16, 2020
Blockchain is emerging as a very promising technology. It is based
on a shared, distributed ledger, where transactions are registered
by consensus in a network of peers, using cryptographic mechanisms
that render the records virtually immutable. This enables
transparency, auditability, and resilience. Additionally,
Blockchains can also store and enforce smart contracts – pieces of
code that are executed automatically once predetermined conditions
are met – further reducing uncertainty and promoting confidence
among stakeholders that would not normally trust each other and,
thus, dispensing with middlemen. This has led to innovative
experiments in high profile areas, such as financial services,
insurance, healthcare, value chains, shipping and logistics,
Internet-of-Things, Intellectual Property Rights licensing, and
crowdfunding, among others. In addition, Blockchain also holds a
huge potential for development in general and emerging economies
in particular. It can foster more democratic mechanisms and help
fight corruption. It can enable secure and lean ID mechanisms,
reduce the number of unbanked, prevent voting fraud and tax
evasion, improve government management of public benefits, reduce
commissions on remittances of emigrants, control donations and
charity initiatives, or ensure integrity of public records. In the
past, we have seen emerging economies lag in ICT adoption when
compared with developed counterparts. With Blockchain, however,
the opportunity exists to implement the technology in the same
time frame, to address afflicting areas and even leapfrog
established solutions in others.
Topics of interest for this minitrack include, but are not limited
to:
- The social and organizational impact of Blockchain for
Development
- Blockchain for Development case studies, applications, and
implementations
- Alternative ID systems based on Blockchain
- Blockchain in e-government and public administration
- Barriers and enablers in the adoption of Blockchain for
Development
- Blockchain and traditional pain points in Development
- Blockchain and voting
- Blockchain and the legal system
- Blockchain and regulatory frameworks
- Smart contracts
- Alternative uses of the Blockchain
- Tokens, ICOs, fundraising
- Blockchain and disruptive innovation
- Business models supported on Blockchain
Important dates:
January 6, 2020: Manuscript submissions opens
February 28, 2020: Deadline for paper submissions (5:00pm MST)
April 13, 2020: Author notification
April 22, 2020: Deadline for camera-ready submissions
Mini-track chairs:
Paulo Rupino da Cunha (
rupino@dei.uc.pt
<mailto:rupino@dei.uc.pt>)
Piotr Soja (
eisoja@cyf-kr.edu.pl
<mailto:eisoja@cyf-kr.edu.pl>)
Marinos Themistocleous (
themistocleous.m@unic.ac.cy
<mailto:themistocleous.m@unic.ac.cy>)
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