International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2023)
http://blockchain1000.org/2023 , September 23 - 26, 2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Theme: Blockchain for Metaverse Era

Important Notice:

There have been some adjustments to the SCF2023 conference. The ten planned sub-conferences, initially scheduled for September, will now be divided into two phases. The first phase will take place as scheduled in September and include ICWS 2023, METAVERSE 2023, AIMS 2023, BIGDATA 2023, and ICBC 2023. The second phase is rescheduled for December and will include ICCC 2023, SCC 2023, CLOUD 2023, EDGE 2023, and ICIOT 2023. Papers accepted for ICBC 2023 will be published as scheduled.

From the invention of blockchain (BC) concepts in 2008, with the development of distributed data storage, point-to-point transmission, consensus mechanism, encryption algorithm and so on, the blockchain technology has been paid more and more attentions by all countries. At present, the application of blockchain has been extended from the financial field to the Internet of Things, intelligent manufacturing, supply chain management, and many other fields. The blockchain is creating a new technological innovation and industrial change on a global scale. We indeed need creative thinking, long-term visions, and innovative methodologies to respond to such a change. The first International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2018) was created in 2018 to promote research and application innovations around the world in the field of blockchain. Part of the SCF 2018, ICBC 2018 was successfully held on June 25 - June 30, 2018, Seattle, USA. Part of the SCF 2019, ICBC 2019 was successfully held on June 25 - 30, 2019, San Diego, USA. Part of the SCF 2020, ICBC 2020 and ICBC 2021 was successfully held over the Internet. ICBC 2022 was successfully held on December 10 - 14, 2022, Hawaii, USA. In 2023, we will celebrate our 2023 version of gathering, to strive to advance the largest international professional forum on blockchain services.

ICBC 2023 is a member of Services Conference Federation (SCF). SCF 2023 will have the following 10 collocated service-oriented sister conferences: 2023 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2023), 2023 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2023), 2023 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2023), 2023 International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2023), 2023 International Conference on AI & Mobile Services (AIMS 2023), and 2023 International Conference on Metaverse (METAVERSE 2023), 2023 International Conference on Internet of Things (ICIOT 2023), 2023 International conference on Cognitive Computing (ICCC 2023), 2023 International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE 2023), and 2023 International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2023).

As the founding member of the Services Conference Federation (SCF), the first International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) was held in June 2003 in Las Vegas, USA. Meanwhile, the First International Conference on Web Services - Europe 2003 (ICWS-Europe 2003) was held in Germany in October 2003. ICWS-Europe'03 is an extended event of the 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2003) in Europe. In 2004, ICWS-Europe was changed to the European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), which was held at Erfurt, Germany.

Sponsored by Services Society and Springer, SCF 2018 and SCF 2019 were held successfully in Seattle and San Diego, USA. SCF 2020 and SCF 2021 was held successfully online and in Shenzhen, China. To celebrate its 20-year-old birthday, SCF 2023 will be held on September 23 - 26, 2023, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

The Proceedings of ICBC 2023 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer International Publishing AG. Currently the Abstracting and Indexing services covered by Springer’s data feeds for LNCS proceedings include Engineering Index EI (Compendex and Inspec databases), DBLP, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Scopus, and ZBlMath. The Best Paper Awards will be sponsored by Springer, which is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for special issues in the Services Transactions on Internet of Things (STIOT), Services Transactions on Big Data (STBD), Services Transactions on Services Computing (STSC), Services Transactions on Cloud Computing (STCC), International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), and International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM). JWSR is indexed by SCI and EI [Link].

ICBC 2023 organizing committee invites you to participate in 2023 edition of ICBC, to be held on September 23 - 26, 2023, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

The technical program of ICBC 2023 will include a Research Track, an Application Track, and a Short Paper Track. The ICBC 2023 tracks seeks original, UNPUBLISHED research papers reporting substantive new work in various aspects of blockchain technologies and applications. Research Track papers MUST clearly indicate their contributions to the field of blockchain technologies, applications and solutions. All papers MUST properly cite related work in the field, such as those published in the proceedings of ICWS, SCC, CLOUD, AIMS, SERVICES, BigData, ICIOT, ICBC, EDGE, APSCC, ECOWS, and related journals including STBD, JWSR, STSC, STCC, STIOT and IJBPIM (see Literature Recommendations page).

ICBC 2023 covers state-of-the-art technologies and best practices of blockchain, as well as emerging standards and research topics which would define the future of blockchain. Topics of interest to include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Development Platforms for Blockchain
- Fundamental Research for Blockchain
- Blockchain Standard Design
- Blockchain and Cloud Computing
- Blockchain and Big Data
- Blockchain and Internet of Things
- Blockchain and Next Generation Internet
- Blockchain and Encryption Algorithm
- Blockchain Platforms for Applications
- Blockchain Application Reference Architectures and Instances
- Blockchain Application in Financial Services: Digital currency, Asset digitization, Smart securities
- Blockchain Application in Social Management: Digital Identity, Public Utilities, Public welfare, Government management
- Blockchain Application in Supply Chain Management: Anti-fake and Traceability, Smart contract, Logistics management
- Blockchain Application in Enterprise Management: Financial Management, Business management process, Data management
- Blockchain Application in Intelligent Manufacturing: Industrial Internet of Things, Intelligent manufacture and management
- Blockchain Application in Personal Service: Copyright protection, Legal service, Education service
- Other Block Chain Applications and Solutions
- Blockchain business models and innovations
- Blockchain for Metaverse

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. Accepted and presented papers from all ICBC tracks will appear in the conference proceedings. Submitted Research Track and Application Track manuscripts will be limited to 15 (LNCS Proceedings style) pages and REQUIRED to be formatted using the LNCS Proceedings template ( WORD , Latex ). Submitted Short Paper track manuscripts will be limited to 8 (LNCS Proceedings style) pages. The authors can extend a maximum of 2 pages for each paper but will have to pay extra fees for each extra page. Unformatted papers and papers beyond the maximum page limit may not be reviewed. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word format) is required. Detailed instructions for electronic paper preparation and submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, workshop proposals, and review process can be found at conference site.

The Proceedings of ICBC 2023 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer International Publishing AG. For all 10 collocated conferences of SCF 2023, the content of this proceedings volume will be made freely accessible to anyone in the Springer’s digital library after four years upon publication.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. One Best Paper award and one Best Student Paper award will be granted at ICBC 2023. The Best Paper Awards will be sponsored by Services Society and Springer, which is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services. The first author of the best student paper must be a full-time student.

Manuscripts submitted to the Research Track focusing on applications or solutions may be recommended to the Application Track or other tracks for further consideration if the session slots are available.

ICBC 2023 Submission

ICBC 2023 Research Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30771&track=117349

ICBC 2023 Application and Industry Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30771&track=117348

ICBC 2023 Short Paper Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30771&track=117350

For other co-located conferences, you can find detailed submission instructions and links from the Submission page.

Research Track/Application Track/Short Paper Track/Special Track:

Early-birds paper submission due: May 14, 2023

Review comments to Early-birds paper submission: June 14, 2023

Regular paper submission due: July 10, 2023

Review comments to Regular paper submssion: July 25, 2023

Camera ready manuscripts due: August 1, 2023

Conference dates: September 23 - 26, 2023

Hotel Information

SCF 2023 will be held on September 23 - 26, 2022, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions online. We also support participating the conference online for those who cannot come on-site.

The Services Conference Federation 2023 Venue in Hawaii:

Hotel Name: Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort
Hotel Address: 2005 Kalia Rd, Honolulu, HI, 96815, USA

ICBC 2023 Organizing Committee

General Chairs
Prof. Shiping Chen, CSIRO Data61 & UNSW, Australia

Program Chairs
Dr. Qin Wang, CSIRO Data61, Australia

Prof. Jun Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Operations Committee

Dr. Jing Zeng, China Gridcom Co.,Ltd.
Dr. Yishuang Ning, Tsinghua University
Dr. Sheng He, Tsinghua University

ICBC 2023 Program Committee
Dr., Roberto Di Pietro, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Dr., Adel ElMessiry, USA
Dr., Xinxin Fan, IoTeX
Dr., Chao Li, Beijing Jiaotong University
Dr., Catalin Meirosu, Ericsson
Dr., Lei Xu, Kent State University
Dr., Rui Zhang, Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mr., Arnab Chatterjee, R3
Prof., Rudrapatna Shyamasundar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Prof., Andreas Veneris, University of Toronto

Services Conference Federation (SCF 2023)

General Chairs 
Ali Arsanjani, Cloud Partner Engineering at Google
Wu Chou, Vice President-Artificial Intelligence & Software at Essenlix Corporation, USA

Coordinating Program Chair 
Liang-Jie Zhang, Shenzhen Entrepreneurship and Innovation Federation (SEIF), China

CFO and and International Affairs Chair
Min Luo, Georgia Tech, USA

Operation Committee 
Jing Zeng, China Gridcom Co.,LTD., China
Yishuang Ning, Tsinghua University, China
Sheng He, Tsinghua University, China

Steering Committee
Calton Pu, Georgia Tech, USA, (Co-Chair)
Liang-Jie Zhang, Shenzhen Entrepreneurship and Innovation Federation (SEIF), China (Co-Chair)

If you have any questions or queries on ICBC 2023, please send email to icbc AT ServicesSociety DOT org.