The Conference Objective
Blockchain Confluence is a satellite conference of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Ledger Technologies. The main IEEE conference is happening in Pune, India, and this satellite event is happening in Lisbon, Portugal. In Lisbon, we are organizing a practice-focused gathering, a confluence point for academics, industry professionals, practitioners, and builders.
In parallel, there will be an IEEE conference for academics, a series of industry debates and keynotes, a hands-on workshop, and showcases of Portuguese blockchain projects. We aim to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange in the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Web3 space. By bringing together diverse perspectives, we seek to showcase cutting-edge innovations and spark interdisciplinary exchanges that drive the future of blockchain technology.
This conference is co-organized by Nova School of Business & Economics and Nova Information Management School.
Technical, promotional, and publishing partners of the conference:
Industry and academic sponsorship:
Topics of Interest
We invite submissions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:
DLT / blockchain applications; for example:
- Agriculture and agri-food
- Healthcare solutions
- Sustainable and smart territories
- Innovations in sports, culture, and leisure
- Green House Gases (GHG) emission tracking and tokenization
- Gaming and social networks (GameFi and SocialFi)
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- Real World Assets (RWA)
- Token-based incentives in innovation challenges and education
- Blockchain for energy communities and smart grids
- Government and Public Sector
- Digital asset management and tokenization
DLT / blockchain Technology; for example:
- Wallets interface
- Zero-knowledge proofs
- Self-sovereign identity
- Smart contracts architectures
- Layer 2 architectures
- Interoperability between blockchain systems
- Governance on-chain and DAOs
New data and knowledge economy facilitated by blockchain
Blockchain and emerging technologies (e.g. AI, quantum computing, metaverse)
Blockchain education
Important Information
This event is part of the Blockchain.PT Project – Agenda to Decentralize Portugal with Blockchain, (Project No. 51), Notice No. 02/C05-I01.01/2022, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Program (PPR), by the Portuguese Republic and by the European Union (EU) through the Next Generation EU Program.
Committees
Conference Chairs
- Leid Zejnilovic (Nova School of Business & Economics)
- Joana Pereira (Nova Information Management School)
- Miguel de Castro Neto (Nova Information Management School)
Engineering Committee Chair
- Miguel Pupo Correia (Instituto Superior Técnico, INESC-ID, Portugal)
Business Applications Committee Chair
- João Carlos Ferreira (ISCTE-IUL, Portugal)
Industry Committee Chair
- Pedro Roseiro (TICE.PT, Portugal)
Scientific Committee
- Armando Sousa (InescTec, Portugal)
- Carlos Ribeiro (Instituto Superior Técnico, INESC INOV, Portugal)
- Daniel Obermeier (Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal)
- Fátima Gonçalves (Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal)
- Federico Guede (Value for Health CoLAB, Portugal)
- Ian Scott (Nova Information Management School, Portugal)
- João Carlos Ferreira (ISCTE-IUL, Portugal)
- João Patrício (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal)
- Kim Peiter Jorgensen (TECMinho, Portugal)
- Luís Caires (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
- Nelson Zagalo (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
- Nicolae Goga (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania)
- Nilza Romão (INEGI, Portugal)
- Ricardo Gomes (Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)
- Tiago Domingos (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
Industry Committee
- Pedro Roseiro (TICE.PT, Portugal) Other practitioners to be confirmed
Organizing Committee
- Sara Lopes (Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal)
- Bruna Riboldi (Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal)