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Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – HICSS-52
(January 8-11, 2019)
Mini-track: THE TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT OF BLOCKCHAIN
Track: Organizational Systems and Technology
Scope:
Blockchain, the technology underlying the infamous Bitcoin
cryptocurrency, has been receiving considerable attention in
recent years, as new use cases in the public and private sector
are identified. What started as a mechanism to avoid the double
spending problem with digital money is being experimented in
scenarios where a trusted third party (e.g. a notary or a bank)
was normally required. Using this technology, transactions are
securely registered in a 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 has been leveraged in innovative approaches to land
registries, to stop the spread of conflict diamonds, to fight the
counterfeiting of medication, and, generally, to make supply
chains less opaque.
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.
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 the
new technology.
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
· 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-driven marketplaces
· Uses of smart contracts
· Technology and infrastructure issues in Blockchain
Important Dates for Paper Submission:
April 15, 2018: Paper Submission System Launched
June 15, 2018 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper Submission Deadline
August 17, 2018: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2018: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final
Manuscript for Publication
October 1, 2018: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to
register for HICSS-52
Mini-track Co-Chairs:
Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra
Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus
Vincenzo Morabito, Bocconi University
More information at:
http://www.hicss.org
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