Call for Workshops Proposals The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019) Atlanta, USA, July 14-17, 2019 http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/ Proposals are solicited for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019). Each workshop provides a forum to address a specific topic at the forefront of blockchain technology and related research topics. A workshop associated with Blockchain-2019 can be either one full day or half day in length. Proceedings of all the workshops will be available to the workshop attendees. All workshop papers will be included in the main conference proceedings and published by IEEE CPS, which is collected by IEEE Explore and indexed by EI. Submissions of workshop proposals must reach the workshop chair by November 30th, 2018. Workshop Proposal Submission Each workshop proposal (maximum five pages) must include the following in this order: l Title of the workshop l Workshop Organizers (names, affiliation and contact information), limiting up to 2 workshop chairs for half-day workshop and 3 workshop chairs for full-day workshop l Scope and topics of the workshop (max 1 page) l Rationale (max 1 page) w Why is the topic current and important? w Why the workshop may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality? w Why the workshop may attract a large number of attendees, in addition to the authors? w How the workshop differs from others; i.e., related workshops and conferences of similar topic? l A one-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer, describing relevant qualifications, including research and conference/workshop organizing experience l Names of potential participants, such as program committee members and invited speakers (indication that speakers accepted to participate is a plus) l Planned format of the workshop, including w Duration of the workshop: Half-day, Full-day and tentative schedule w Preferred day of workshop w Number of refereed papers w Unique, creative and novel workshop formats are strongly encouraged l Draft Call for Papers (max 1 page) l A description of the publicity and promotion plan For previously-held workshops, in addition to the above, proposals must provide the following information, for two most recent incarnation of the workshop (either at this or another conference): l Number of submissions l Number of accepted papers l Number of registered attendees Proposal Evaluation Criteria l The workshop is within the scope of Blockchain and concerns a coherent and important technical topic of high interest in the community. l Its novelty with respect to other forums, especially with respect to other Blockchain-2019 workshops. l Its potential impact on the target community, including likely high participation. l Research caliber of the PC committee and PC chairs. Workshop Preparation and Organization Timeline l Workshop Submission Due: No later than November 30, 2018 l Decision Notification: No later than December 15, 2018 (decision will be made on a rolling-basis) l CFP and Website for each Workshop are due: No later than January 30, 2019 l Suggested Submission Deadline for Workshops: March 15, 2019 l Suggested Workshop Paper Notification: Apr 15, 2019 l Submission of Camera Ready Papers to Publisher (hard deadline): May 02, 2019 Please submit your workshop proposal to both Workshop Chairs with the subject heading "IEEE Blockchain-2019 workshop proposal" * Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, raymond.choo@utsa.edu<mailto:raymond.choo@utsa.edu> * Luca Chiaraviglio, University of Rome Tor Vergata, luca.chiaraviglio@gmail.com<mailto:luca.chiaraviglio@gmail.com>