-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] HICSS 2022 CFP: Blockchain cases and innovations Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:01:19 +0000 From: Paulo Rupino Cunha rupino@dei.uc.pt To: ISWorld list aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
Dear colleagues,
Please consider submitting your work to our minitrack on Blockchain cases and innovations at the Hawai’i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
Blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, has been receiving considerable attention in recent years, as new use cases in the public and private sector have been identified. What started as a solution to the double spend problem with digital money, is being explored as the backbone technology in scenarios where a trusted third party (e.g., a notary or a bank) is normally required. Using this technology, transactions are securely registered on a data structure (aka the ledger) distributed across a network of peers that validate the entries using a consensus mechanism. New records are cryptographically linked to existing ones, rendering them virtually immutable. The resulting auditability and transparency have been leveraged in proposing innovative solutions to land registries, to stop the spread of conflict diamonds, to fight the counterfeiting of medication, to make supply chains less opaque, and, generally, to promote new financial services. Additionally, blockchains can also store and enforce the execution of algorithmic code know as 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. Nevertheless, we are still in the early days of blockchain adoption, compared by some to the introduction of the World Wide Web itself. Then, as now, few if any could predict the full extent of the disruptive innovations that would emerge fostered by this emerging technology.
For these reasons, it is important for academics to systematically research this field, at various levels. Conferences play a key role in disseminating knowledge about Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT - including blockchains) due to the speed at which developments occur. The proposed minitrack had a considerable attendance in the past three editions, with the audience also registering to get information on new editions or other related developments. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Blockchain case studies, applications, and implementations
· Blockchain and privacy, security, and identity
· Blockchain and digital transformation
· Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
· Decentralised Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
· Decentralised Applications
· Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
· The social and organizational impact of blockchain
· Barriers and enablers in blockchain adoption
· Blockchain and business model innovation
· Regulatory frameworks for Blockchain
· Governance and Blockchain
· Verticals using Blockchain (financial, healthcare, energy, transportation, others)
· Blockchain in e-government and public administration
· Blockchain and the Internet-of-Things
· Blockchain in education
· Blockchain in solving migration and refugee issues
· Blockchain-driven marketplaces
· Uses of smart contracts
· Technology and infrastructure issues in Blockchain
On-line at: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/organizational-systems-and-technology/#bl...
Important Dates for Paper Submission:
· June 15, 2021 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper Submission Deadline
· August 17, 2021: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
· September 22, 2021: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication
· October 1, 2021: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for HICSS-55
Minitrack Co-Chairs:
· Marinos Themistocleous (Primary Contact), University of Nicosia themistocleous.m@unic.ac.cy
· Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra rupino@dei.uc.pt
· Klitos Christodoulou, University of Nicosia christodoulou.kl@unic.ac.cy
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