-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - HICSS 2024 - Metaverse Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:40:49 +0000 From: Paulo Rupino Cunha rupino@dei.uc.pt To: ISWorld list aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

CALL FOR PAPERS - Metaverse

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-57), Waikiki, Hawaii, January 3-6, 2024 http://www.hicss.org/ http://www.hicss.org/ Metaverse minitrack, under the Organizational Systems and Technology track https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-57/organizational-systems-and-technology/#me... https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-57/organizational-systems-and-technology/#metaverse-minitrack

The technological advancements in blockchain technology, the evolution of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), the technological progress in extended reality (virtual and augmented), the developments in other scientific fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the convergence of all the above technologies have increased the popularity of Metaverse. It is expected that a new generation of Internet will evolve from Metaverse, built of technologies like extended reality, blockchain, and others. The dynamic of Metaverse is huge with many experts predicting that it will generate a multi-trillion market in the coming years. Despite the opportunities and the advantages that Metaverse may offer, there are many open challenges that need to be assessed and addressed including social, legal, ethical, technical, and others.

For these reasons, it is important for academics to systematically research this field at various levels. Conferences, with their fast turnaround, play a key role in disseminating knowledge about Metaverse due to the speed at which developments occur. The proposed minitrack aims to bridge a gap at HICSS and serve as a venue to share knowledge and discuss the latest developments in Metaverse. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Open Metaverse • Blockchain and Metaverse • Non-Fungible Tokens and their impact on Metaverse • Metaverse use cases • Social, legal and ethical challenges of Metaverse • Metaverse adoption and diffusion • Virtual economies • Metaverse interoperability • Best Metaverse practices • Metaverse and disruptive innovation • Gaming and virtual worlds • Real estate in Metaverse • Metaverse business models • Extended reality applications • Underlying theories and concepts • Assessing the impact of Metaverse in human relations and behavior • Integrating humans, machines and AI • Cross platform ownership of digital goods • Technologies and infrastructures for virtual worlds

Important Dates for Paper Submission:

June 15, 2023 | 11:59 pm HST: Submission Deadline August 17, 2023 | 11:59 pm HST: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 22, 2023|11:59 pm HST: Deadline for Submission of Final Manuscript for Publication October 1, 2023 | 11:59 pm HST: Deadline for at least one author to register for HICSS-57

Minitrack co-chairs:

Marinos Themistocleous (Primary Contact) University of Nicosia themistocleous.m@unic.ac.cy mailto:themistocleous.m@unic.ac.cy Paulo Rupino da Cunha University of Coimbra rupino@dei.uc.pt mailto:rupino@dei.uc.pt Klitos Christodoulou University of Nicosia Christodoulou.kl@unic.ac.cy mailto:Christodoulou.kl@unic.ac.cy _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org