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************************ CALL FOR PAPERS ********************

Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2026

The 9th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2026)
Part of the 2026 IEEE Cybermatics Congress

November 30 - December 4, 2026
Marie and Louis Pasteur University, Montbeliard, France

👉 https://ieee-cybermatics2026.org/


************************ AIM AND SCOPE ********************

IEEE Blockchain 2026 invites original, unpublished research contributions on all aspects of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The conference provides a premier forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the latest advances in blockchain theory, architecture, security, and applications.

IEEE Blockchain 2026 is co-located with four other IEEE conferences (CPSCom, SmartData, iThings, GreenCom) as part of the 2026 IEEE Cybermatics Congress.


*********************** TOPICS OF INTEREST ******************

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
- New blockchain architecture
- Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms
- Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger
- Cross-chain and off-chain technology
- Attacks and vulnerabilities of blockchain
- Blockchain scalability and performance optimization
- Simulation and performance evaluation techniques
- Smart contract and chain code
- Applications and services based on blockchain
- Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain
- Blockchain in IoT, cyber-physical systems, social networking
- Blockchain in supply chain management, agriculture, autonomous vehicles
- Blockchain in crowdsourcing, edge/cloud computing, next-gen communications
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency, AI, game theory, industry 4.0
- Redactable blockchain, modular architectures and Rollups


************************ IMPORTANT DATES *******************



Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2026
Registration due: October 1, 2026
Conference dates: November 30 - December 4, 2026


*********************** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ***************



All papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS in PDF format. Submissions must follow the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings manuscript style.

- Regular full paper: up to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over-length charge)
- Short paper: up to 6 pages (or 8 pages with over-length charge)

Page limits include all content, figures, tables, and references. Papers must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review elsewhere.


*********************** PUBLICATION ***************

Accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be included in the proceedings. All accepted papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore and EI. Distinguished papers, after further revision, will be invited for submission to a special issue.


*********************** GENERAL CHAIRS ***************

Abdel Hafid Abouaissa, Université de Haute Alsace, France
Raheel Hassan, University of East Anglia, UK


*********************** CONTACT ***************

For further questions, please contact:

Abdallah Makhoul, Marie and Louis Pasteur University, France
abdallah.makhoul@umlp.fr

Benoit Piranda, Marie and Louis Pasteur University, France
benoit.piranda@umlp.fr

Nancy Awad, Marie and Louis Pasteur University, France
nancy.awad@umlp.fr

Conference website: https://ieee-cybermatics2026.org/