[AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2023: Blockchain for Development

[Paulo Rupino Cunha]

Call for Papers


Minitrack: BLOCKCHAIN FOR DEVELOPMENT

Track: ICTs and Global Development (SIG GlobDev)

Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2023: https://amcis2023.aisconferences.org/ <https://amcis2023.aisconferences.org/>

Panama City, August 10-12, 2023



Blockchain is a promising technology. It is based on a shared, distributed ledger, where transactions are registered by consensus in a network of peers, using cryptographic mechanisms that render the records virtually immutable. This enables transparency, auditability, and resilience. Additionally, Blockchains can enforce smart contracts, further reducing uncertainty and promoting confidence among stakeholders and dispensing with middlemen.

There are innovative experiments in high profile areas, such as financial services, healthcare, value chains, intellectual property rights, or crowdfunding. In addition, Blockchain holds a huge potential for development. It can foster more democratic mechanisms and help fight corruption. It can also enable secure and lean ID mechanisms, reduce the number of unbanked, prevent voting fraud and tax evasion, improve management of public benefits, reduce commissions on remittances, or ensure integrity of public records. Using Blockchain, the opportunity exists to address afflicting areas and even leapfrog established solutions in developed countries.


Topics of interest for this minitrack include, but are not limited to:

●      The social and organizational impact of Blockchain for Development

●      Blockchain for Development case studies, applications, and implementations

●      Alternative ID systems based on Blockchain

●      Blockchain in e-government and public administration

●      Barriers and enablers in the adoption of Blockchain for Development

●      Blockchain and traditional pain points in Development 

●      Blockchain in fighting fraud and corruption

●      Blockchain and voting

●      Blockchain legal and regulatory aspects

●      Blockchain and regulatory frameworks

●      Smart contracts

●      Alternative uses of Blockchain

●      Tokens, ICOs, and decentralized finance (DeFi)

●      The impact of cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) on Development

●      Blockchain and disruptive innovation

●      Business models supported on Blockchain

●      Blockchain in support of migrants and refugees

●      Opportunities of the Metaverse in Development



Important Dates

	January 6, 2023: Manuscript submissions begin

	March 1, 2023: Submissions are due at 10 a.m. EST


Minitrack chairs

	Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal, rupino at dei.uc.pt <mailto:rupino at dei.uc.pt>

	Piotr  Soja, Cracow University of Economics, Poland, eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl <mailto:eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl>

	Marinos  Themistocleous, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, themistocleous.m at unic.ac.cy <mailto:themistocleous.m at unic.ac.cy>