-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Blockchain for Development CFP - AMCIS 2020 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 10:40:12 +0000 From: Paulo Rupino Cunha rupino@dei.uc.pt To: ISWorld list aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Call for Papers

Mini-Track: Blockchain for Development https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-9 https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-9

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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