***Call for Papers***

The IEEE ICBC Crosschain Workshop 2022 is seeking submissions of technical papers and industry talks in the following areas related to Crosschain Communications:

* Crosschain bridges
* Crosschain applications protocols
* Crosschain function call protocols
* Crosschain consensus protocols
* Crosschain cryptoeconomic design
* Other crosschain communications protocols

The workshop will have two sessions: Academic and Application of Technology. The two sessions will have separate submission processes.

ACADEMIC SESSION

Authors are invited to submit original papers written in English that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

Technical papers must be formatted using the IEEE 2-column format and not exceeding 8 pages (excluding references). The papers can be 4 page research overviews, or 6 or 8 page full papers. The paper submission templates are available on IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The review process will be single blind; that is, authors should indicate their names and affiliations on their submitted manuscripts. All accepted and presented papers will be published in the workshop proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore. All papers should be submitted through the EasyChair conference submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cross2022

Authors of accepted papers will present a 25 minute talk (including question time) at the workshop.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission date: Jan. 8, 2022
Author notification: Mar. 23, 2022
Camera-ready version: Apr. 6, 2022
Workshop date: May 6, 2022


APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY SESSION

Speakers are invited to submit proposals for industry talks. Industry talks explain applications of technology. The talks must avoid company marketing. Submissions should be in the form: 400 character abstract plus 2500 character detailed, slide by slide overview of the proposed talk. Accepted speakers are required to submit their slides 4 weeks in advance of their talk. The slides are reviewed for conformance with the agreed talk outline. All talks will be 25 minutes including question time. All talk proposals should be submitted through the EasyChair conference submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cross2022

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission date: Jan. 21, 2022
Speaker notification: Mar. 23, 2022
Finalised slided: Apr. 6, 2022
Workshop date: May 6, 2022

The most up-to-date information about the workshop can be found here: https://crosschain.mx/workshop2022/

Please address all questions to the IEEE ICBC 2022 Crosschain Workshop Chairs:

Peter Robinson, ConsenSys, Australia
Email: peter.robinson@consensys.net

Dr Stefan Schulte, UT Hamburg, Germany
Email: stefan.schulte@tuhh.de

Dr Sandra Johnson, ConsenSys, Australia
Email: sandra.johnson@consensys.net