*The 5th IEEE Conference on **Blockchain Computing and Applications* *(* *BCCA 2023**)* https://bcca-conference.org/ <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=f4565c80-abcd623f-f4526f8f-000babda033e-9459d7943e765a2e&q=1&e=c9a4e400-dbcc-439f-ab77-48cde034684f&u=https%3A%2F%2Fbcca-conference.org%2F> IEEE Co-Sponsorship *APPROVED* in Conjunction with *Kuwait Fintech and Blockchain Summit* https://www.kcst.edu.kw/blockchain-summit/index.html <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=87d46e25-d84f509a-87d05d2a-000babda033e-a54097f57c40c237&q=1&e=c9a4e400-dbcc-439f-ab77-48cde034684f&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcst.edu.kw%2Fblockchain-summit%2Findex.html> 24–26 October 2023 – Kuwait City, Kuwait Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa Blockchain is a revolutionary technology in decentralized systems that enables secure decentralized transaction processing while ensuring data privacy and authenticity. It is now playing a significant role in several areas such the Internet of Things, supply-chain management, manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, healthcare systems, and much more. Unlike centralized transaction processing solutions, blockchain uses a distributed ledger mechanism to record data transactions on multiple devices, this will prevent data breaches, identity theft, and a plethora of cyber-related attacks, in essence, leading to sustainability in data privacy and security. This conference aims at to attract the work of both researchers and practitioners in the area of cyber-security to share and exchange their experiences and research studies in both academia and industry in the field of blockchain. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: - *Track 01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning* - *Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems* - *Track 03: Big Data* - *Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain* - *Track 05: Metaverse and Digital Twin* - *Track 06: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services* *Submission Guidelines* The special track has three categories of submission: - *Short papers: *(5-6 pages). - *Systemization of Knowledge (SoK): *(10-15 pages) SoK papers evaluate, systematize, cluster, classify, and contextualize existing knowledge (Focused Surveys). - *Poster papers: *(1-2 pages) (undergraduate). *Submission Link: *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2023 *Special Track** Important dates* - Paper submission deadline: June 15th, 2023 - Notification of paper acceptance: July 31st, 2023 - Submission of camera-ready papers due: September 1st, 2023 *Journal Special Issues* Selected papers of high quality from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to the following journal(s): · IEEE Networks (IF: 10.2) · Ad Hoc Networks (IF: 4.8) · Springer Cluster Computing (IF: 2.04) *Keynote Speakers* · *Stephen Nilsson*, Founder, CEO, Enterprise Blockchain Implementer & Evangelist · *Riad Hartani*, Co-Founder Xona Partners · *Salil Kanhere*, University of New South Wales Sydney · *Abdallah Shami*, Professor and Associate Dean Research at Western University · *Srdjan Krčo*, Co-founder and CEO of DunavNET · *Satya N Gupta*, Chairman- Blockchain For Productivity Forum · *Farshad Firouzi*, Assistant Professor at Duke University · *Hoda Al Khzaimi*, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAe · *Roberto Di Pietro, *HBKU-CSE, Doha, Qatar. *Organizing Committee* *General Co-Chairs* · Khalid Al-Begain, KCST, Kuwait · Moayad Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE · Latif Ladid, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg *Program Co-Chairs* · Ismaeel AlRidhawi, KCST, Kuwait · Antonella Guzzo, University of Calabria, Italy · Keping Yu, Hosei University, Japan