DLT 2026
8th Distributed Ledger Technology Workshop
Co-located with the Scientific School on Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies
https://convegni.unica.it/dlt2026/
Workshop: June 4-6, 2026
Scientific School: June 1-4, 2026
Venue: Hotel Flamingo Resort, Pula (Sardinia), Italy


=== Important dates ===

Regular and Short Research Papers
- Extended Abstract Submission (strict): 10 March 2026
- First Author Notification: 15 March 2026
- Registration: 31 March 2026
- Paper Submission: 14 April 2026
- Second Author Notification: 15 May 2026


PhD Student Reports
- PhD Student Report Submission (strict): 1 March 2026
- Notification: 15 March 2026
- Registration: 31 March 2026


Oral Communications
- Extended Abstract Submission (strict): 10 March 2026
- Notification: 15 March 2026
- Registration: 31 March 2026


Workshop
4 - 6 June 2026

=== Scope ===

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is having an ever growing popularity. The first applications of DLT concern cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, etc.), but the DLT disruptive features enable several applications in many scenarios of interest both in research and business contexts. In particular, the possibility of executing Smart Contracts makes the DLT technology suitable to be adopted in a large number of application fields, being Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems, Edge Computing, Supply Chain Management, and Business Process Management, only some examples. At the same time, the adoption of DLT opens new challenges in terms of privacy, security, scalability, sustainability and decentralization.

This workshop is a forum for researchers, developers, and users to discuss issues related to Distributed Ledger Technology and its adoption in research and business scenarios. The primary goal is to foster discussion and cross-fertilisation of ideas among experts in different fields related to DLTs, and thus advance the national and international state-of-the-art. Research, applications, case studies, and experiences concerning DLT are all encouraged with a special focus on the privacy and security issues. The topics of interest of the workshop includes (but are not limited to):

* Blockchain foundations
* Consensus protocols
* Cryptography for blockchains
* Privacy and anonymity on blockchains and their applications
* Attacks to/through smart contracts
* Formal verification of blockchain protocols and smart contracts
* Scalability of blockchains and their applications
* Lightweight protocols based on blockchains
* Smart contracts and their applications
* Smart contract languages (Solidity, Rust, Move, …)
* Decentralized finance
* Decentralized identity
* Transactions analysis
* Energy consumption issues
* Applications of blockchain technology
* Decentralization and governance in DLT
* Non-fungible tokens
* Cross-chain interoperability
* Game theory and blockchains
* Decentralized physical infrastructure network
* Security and auditing tools
* Blockchain for AI and AI for Blockchain
* Regulatory compliance



=== Submission guidelines ===


Contribution types
The workshop accepts four kinds of contributions:
1) Regular research papers (10-15 pages, excluding references and appendices; included in the proceedings): they must present original research results, i.e., results that have not been previously published and are not under concurrent submission to conferences or workshops with proceedings, nor to journals; research results in the form of Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) papers are also welcome.


2) Short research papers (4-8 pages, excluding references, no appendices allowed; included in the proceedings): they must present original research results; research results in the form of position papers are also welcome.


3) PhD student reports (4-8 pages, excluding references and appendices; not included in the proceedings): they allow doctoral students to describe their research topic, any results already achieved, and the plan for future research activities.


4) Oral communications (1-2 pages, extended abstract only; not included in the proceedings): they allow authors to present work in progress, already published results, or opinion papers on the current state of the art and future research directions.


Participation Requirements
All accepted contributions require a presentation at the workshop. Therefore, at least one author of each accepted contribution must attend the workshop in person to give the presentation. Remote presentations will not be allowed.


Proceedings
All accepted regular and short papers will be included in the workshop (post-)proceedings, which will be published on CEUR-WS. Consequently, these submissions must be formatted according to the CEURART style (https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html#CEURART).

Special issue
Selected regular/short papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of a journal in the area.


Submission and Review Process
The submission process for PhD student reports and oral communications follows a one-stage procedure: authors must submit their contribution by the corresponding deadline and will receive the notification by March 15, 2026. In case of acceptance, authors must register for the workshop by March 31, 2026, , and are strongly suggested to book the room by this deadline to access the high discount the organizers have obtained with the hosting structure.
Oral communications and PhD student reports will have a light review process. The notification will consist of a short statement motivating acceptance or rejection for oral communications, and constructive feedback for PhD student reports.


The submission process for regular and short papers follows a two-stage procedure:
- Stage 1 - Extended Abstract Submission
Authors must submit the extended abstract (1-2 pages) by the Extended Abstract Submission deadline. Extended Abstract Submission will have a light review process. Contributions that receive a positive evaluation at this stage will have a ‘green light’ to be accepted, at least as oral communications.
Authors of accepted extended abstract must register for the workshop by March 31, 2026, and are strongly suggested to book the room by this deadline to access the high discount the organizers have obtained with the hosting structure.


- Stage 2 - Paper Submission
Authors of accepted oral communications may submit the complete version of the contribution as a regular paper or short paper by the Paper Submission deadline. If the complete version is positively evaluated, the contribution will be included in the workshop (post-)proceedings. If the evaluation is negative, the acceptance as an oral communication will remain valid.
Regular papers and short papers are expected to be reviewed by three reviewers.


Submission link: https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=dlt20260

=== Workshop Chairs ===


Lodovica Marchesi - Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Andrea Pinna - Università degli Studi di Cagliari

=== Program Chairs ===


Andrea Pinna – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Francesco Tiezzi – Università degli Studi di Firenze

=== Organizing co-chairs ===


Maria Ilaria Lunesu – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Lodovica Marchesi – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Andrea Pinna – Università degli Studi di Cagliari

=== Program Committee (TBC) ===
Marco Baldi – Università Politecnica delle Marche
Gavina Baralla – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Massimo Bartoletti – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Stefano Bistarelli – Università degli Studi Perugia
Chiara Braghin – Università degli Studi di Milano
Angelo De Caro – IBM Zurich
Carmelo Felicetti - Università degli Studi della Calabria
Stefano Ferretti – Università degli Studi di Bologna
Danilo Francati – Aarhus University / Concordium
Letterio Galletta – IMT Lucca
Valentina Gatteschi – Politecnico di Torino
Alberto Leporati – Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Bernardo Magri – Manchester University
Alessandro Marcelletti – Università degli Studi di Camerino
Marino Miculan – Università degli Studi di Udine
Paolo Mori – Istituto di Informatica e Telematica del CNR
Andrea Morichetta – Università degli Studi di Camerino
Monica Palmirani - Università degli Studi di Bologna
Remo Pareschi – Università degli Studi del Molise
Alessia Pisu – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Maurizio Pizzonia – Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Livio Pompianu – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Sabina Rossi – Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Domenico Saccà – Università degli Studi della Calabria
Francesco Santini - Università degli Studi di Perugia
Ivan Visconti – Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
Roberto Zunino – Università degli Studi di Trento