-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - HICSS 2024 - Blockchain Cases and Innovations Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 07:03:53 +0100 From: Paulo Rupino Cunha rupino@dei.uc.pt To: ISWorld list aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

CALL FOR PAPERS - Blockchain Cases and Innovations minitrack

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

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-spending problem in Bitcoin, 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) replicated 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.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Innovative uses of Blockchain technology • Blockchain case studies, applications, and implementations • Blockchain and privacy, security, and identity • Blockchain and digital transformation • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) • Decentralized Applications • Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) • Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) • Tokenization • 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 and challenges of smart contracts • Technology and infrastructure issues in Blockchain • Blockchain and Metaverse

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 Maria Papadaki British University in Dubai maria.papadaki@buid.ac.ae mailto:maria.papadaki@buid.ac.ae

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