Full Name: 2026 9th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA 2026)

Abbreviation: ICBTA 2026

Date: December 11-13, 2026

Place: Seoul, South Korea

Co-Sponsored by: Kogakuin University, Japan; Beijing Huaxia Rongzhi Blockchain Technology Institute, China

Call for paper:

Theories of blockchain

Smart contract, chain code, and distributed ledger

Distributed consensus

Fault tolerance mechanisms

Blockchain schemes for decentralization

Security, privacy and trust of blockchain

Security issues & Attacks on blockchain based systems

Performance analysis and optimization

Simulation and performance evaluation techniques

Protocols & algorithms based on blockchain

Blockchain related data structures

Blockchain for IoT

Blockchain for cyber physical systems

Blockchain for future Internet

Blockchain for edge and cloud computing

Blockchain for social media

Blockchain for supply chain management

Blockchain for crowdsourcing and crowdsensing

Blockchain for 5G/6G

New applications with blockchain techniques

Publication:

All accepted and presented papers will be included into ICBTA 2026 Conference Proceedings and published as a volume of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems by Springer. This book series is abstracted and indexed by EI Compendex, SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago. All books published in the series are submitted for consideration in Web of Science.

Submission:

1. Full paper (publication and presentation)

2. Abstract (presentation only)

Conference Schedule:

Friday - December 11, 2026 | 10:00 - 17:00 | Pre-conference Registration & Pre-test of Online Sessions

Saturday - December 12, 2026 | 08:30 - 12:10 | Walk-in Registration & Information Booth & Keynote Speech & Group photo taking

Saturday - December 12, 2026 | 14:30 - 20:00 | Poster Session & Concurrent Sessions & Dinner

Sunday - December 13, 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | Day Trip (Optional, extra fee) & Concurrent Sessions (Online)