About us

The 8th International Congress on Blockchain and Applications (BLOCKCHAIN'26) will be held in University of Naples Federico II, Italy from 21st-23rd October, 2026. This annual congress will bring together researchers and practitioners of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies (DLT), who will share ideas, projects, lectures, and advances associated with those technologies and their application domains. This meeting will be co-located with the PAAMS'26 conference.

Important Dates

Fri, May 8, 2026
Submission deadline
Fri, May 8, 2026
Workshop deadline
Fri, May 15, 2026
Doctoral Consortium deadline
Fri, Jun 19, 2026
Notification of acceptance
Wed, Jul 15, 2026
Camera-Ready papers
Wed, Oct 21, 2026
Conference Celebration

Call For Paper

Key and innovative theories, methodologies, schemes and technologies of blockchain and AI
Architectures and platforms for blockchain and AI
Blockchain and AI for Big Data
Blockchain and AI for Multi-Agent systems
Blockchain and AI for the Internet of Things
Blockchain and AI in 5G
Sensors and devices for blockchain
Distributed consensus mechanisms (PoW, PoS, PoE…)
Encryption algorithms
Fault tolerance mechanisms
Other distributed ledger technologies
Cloud, fog, and edge computing approaches for blockchain
Blockchain standardization issues
Platforms for smart contracts
Side-chain and cross-chain systems
Anonymity and privacy in blockchain
Malicious transactions detection
4th and 5th generation blockchain
Blockchain and AI enabled new business models and applications
Blockchain and AI for e-commerce
Blockchain and AI for logistics and transportation
Blockchain and AI for supply chain management
Blockchain and AI for product life cycle
Blockchain and AI for knowledge and innovation management
Blockchain and AI for agriculture
Blockchain and AI in eHealth
Applications of cryptocurrencies
Blockchain as a Tamper-Proof Technology
Application of smart contracts
Blockchain Governance and Human Rights
Applications of blockchain and AI in other domains
Use-cases of blockchain and AI in Industry 4.0, banking, etc.
Blockchain and AI for fintech
Blockchain and AI for insurtech

The BLOCKCHAIN'26 congress is devoted to: promoting the investigation of next-generation blockchain and DLT technologies; exploring the latest ideas, innovations, guidelines, theories, models, technologies, applications and tools of blockchain/DLT combined with other cutting-edge technologies; and identifying critical issues and challenges that researchers and practitioners must deal with in future research.

Committee

General Chair

Rafael Pastor Vargas

UNED (Spain)

TPC Chair

Ramón Jesús Sánchez Iborra

University of Murcia (Spain)

Miguel Pincheira Caro

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy)

Workshops Chair

Francisco Luis Benitez MartĂ­nez

Fidesol (Spain)

Albano Carrera

University of Salamanca (Spain)

Advisory board

Javier Prieto

University of Salamanca (Spain)

Abdelhakim Hafid

Université de Montréal (Canada)

Paulo Vieira

Guarda Polytechnic Institute (Portugal)

Ă“scar Lage

Tecnalia (Spain)

Ashok Kumar Das

IIIT Hyderabad (India)

AntĂłnio Pinto

Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Portugal)

Paulo Leitao

Technical Institute of Bragança (Portugal)

Pedro Nevado

University of Salamanca (Spain)

Organizing committee Chair

Salvatore Villani

University of Naples Federico II (Italy)

Speakers

Christian Bettstetter

University of Klagenfurt and Lakeside Labs

Austria

Stefano Ferretti

University of Bologna

Italy

Sebastian Lobentanzer

Helmholtz Munich

Germany

Pablo Chamoso Santos

University of Salamanca

Spain