[AISWorld] AMCIS 2018 - CFP - Strategic Implications of Blockchain, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Dan J. Kim]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We kindly invite you to submit your research paper to the "Strategic
Implications of Blockchain, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things (IoT)"
mini-track under Strategic and Competitive Uses of Information Technology
(SCUIT) Track of  the 2018 AMCIS conference, which will take place on 16-18
August, 2018 in New Orleans, LA. 

 

Mini-track description:

It is widely speculated that the Blockchain distributed data architecture
will be important with wide ranging applications. The Blockchain structure
takes advantage of cryptography, redundancy, and self-validation to create
an amazingly robust, secure, and potentially anonymous distributed data
structure. The security of the Blockchain structure has been proven in the
extreme environment of cryptocurrency, where Blockchain is the basis of
bitcoin. While Bitcoin has become a legitimate currency accepted in
thousands of stores, its true test of data security is that it has been
accepted in some of the least reputable transactions in the world. Bitcoin
is sometimes called a "trustless" technology, not because it is trustworthy,
but because it reduces or eliminates the need for parties to trust each
other and the need for banks, governments, or other 3rd parties to verify
data and transactions. 

 

The ability to have absolute confidence in data and transactions without a
centralized clearinghouse can radically affect accounting, auditing, risk
management, information systems, banking, financial services, national
sovereignty, currency markets, supply chains, marketing, privacy and may
form the backbone for the much heralded "Internet of Things (IoT)." Many of
future IoT applications will depend on the level of trust between devices
and people. Papers in this mini-track would investigate the role of
blockchain as an enabling technology for financial transactions,
cryptocurrencies, and the proliferation of the Internet of Things.

 

The submission deadline is Feb 28, 2018 (CST).

Submission guidelines:
https://amcis2018.aisnet.org/submissions/types-of-submissions

Submit your paper:  https://amcis2018.aisnet.org/

 

If you have any questions, please let us know. 

Regards,

 

Mini-track Chairs: 

Foaud H. Mirzaei, University of North Texas, foad.hassanmirzaei at unt.edu
<mailto:foad.hassanmirzaei at unt.edu> 

Russell Torres, University of North Texas, russell.torres at unt.edu
<mailto:russell.torres at unt.edu>  

Dan J. Kim, University of North Texas, dan.kim at unt.edu
<mailto:dan.kim at unt.edu>