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Call for Papers for Mini-track at AMCIS 2019
August 15 - 17, 2019, Cancun, Mexico
<https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org>
https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org
Mini-track Title: Strategic Implications of Blockchain, Bitcoin,
and the
Internet of Things (IoT)
Track: Strategic and Competitive Uses of Information Technology
Mini-track Description
It is widely speculated that the Blockchain distributed data
architecture
will be both important and disruptive with wide ranging
applications. The
Blockchain structure takes advantage of cryptography, redundancy,
and
self-validation to create an amazingly robust, secure, and
potentially
anonymous distributed data structure. The security of the
Blockchain
structure has been proven in the extreme environment of
cryptocurrency,
where it serves as the backbone of Bitcoin. While Bitcoin has
become a
legitimate currency accepted in thousands of stores, its true test
of data
security is that it has been accepted in some of the least
reputable
transactions in the world. Bitcoin is sometimes called a
"trustless"
technology, not because it is trustworthy, but because it reduces
or
eliminates the need for parties to trust each other and the need
for banks,
governments, or other 3rd parties to verify data and transactions.
The ability to have absolute confidence in data and transactions
without a
centralized clearinghouse can radically affect accounting,
auditing, risk
management, information systems, banking, financial services,
national
sovereignty, currency markets, supply chains, marketing, and
privacy.
Blockchain may also provide an appropriate backbone for the much
heralded
"internet of things (IoT)." Future IoT applications will depend
more heavily
on the level of trust between devices and people. Papers in this
mini-track
would investigate the role of blockchain as an enabling technology
for
financial transactions, cryptocurrencies, and the proliferation of
the
Internet of Things. A wide range of theoretical perspectives and
research
methods are welcome within this mini-track.
More information is available at
<https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/>
https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/ or by contacting the
mini-track
chairs.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Full paper submissions (<5000 words, excluding references,
tables, and
figures) and Emergent Research Forum (ERF) papers (<3500 words,
excluding
references, tables, and figures) must be electronically submitted
through
Manuscript Central. Papers will be peer reviewed using a
double-blind
system.
IMPORTANT DATES
1. January 7, 2019: Manuscript Central system opens for paper
submissions
2. March 1, 2019: Deadline for paper submissions at 10:00am PST
3. April 15, 2019: Paper decisions
4. April 24, 2019: Deadline for camera-ready submissions
MINI-TRACK CHAIRS
Dan J. Kim University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
(
dan.kim@unt.edu)
Chris Maurer University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA (
<mailto:csm9y@comm.virginia.edu> csm9y@comm.virginia.edu)
Obiageli Ogbanufe Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
(
obi.ogbanufe@okstate.edu)
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