BFI2026 - 2nd International Workshop on Blockchain and Financial Intelligence @ BCRA 2026
International Conference on Blockchain Research and Applications
Palermo, Italy
https://bcra-conf.seedsbit.com/calls/blockchain-and-financial-intelligence/

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Paper submission deadline: 15 May 2026 (23:59 AoE)
Acceptance notification: 29 May 2026 (23:59 AoE)
Camera-ready submission: 5 June 2026 (23:59 AoE) (Aligned with the main conference)
Workshop dates: one day between 10 and 15 July 2026
Venue: Splendid Hotel La Torre, Mondello, Palermo, Italy
Submission link: https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=bcra2026

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Blockchain technology, combined with advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), is dramatically reshaping the financial landscape. This convergence is powering new decentralized financial ecosystems (DeFi), enhancing transaction transparency, optimizing financial risk management, and enabling novel regulatory approaches. The 2nd International Workshop on Blockchain and Financial Intelligence (BFI 2026) aims to investigate the dynamic relationship between blockchain, AI-driven financial analytics, decentralized finance, and large-scale generative models, emphasizing their potential to revolutionize traditional finance and emerging fintech solutions within the Web 3.0 paradigm.

BFI 2026 invites original research, case studies, and critical reviews at the intersection of blockchain, AI, large models, DeFi, fintech, and Web 3.0. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following six themes.

- Blockchain-Enhanced Financial Intelligence
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and AI Integration
- Security, Trust, and Privacy in Blockchain Finance
- Data Governance
- Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations
- Practical Industry Applications

Submissions may include theoretical work, system designs, empirical studies, simulations, implementation reports, or well-grounded interdisciplinary research.

The workshop seeks original papers of two types:

1) Position Papers: well-argued position or work in progress.
2) Research Papers: technical research, experience reports, empirical studies, etc.

The evaluation will be based on the significance of the problem, the novelty of the solution, advancement beyond prior work, the sufficiency of supporting evidence, and the clarity of presentation.

The accepted papers will be published in Springer Proceedings and indexed by EI Compendex.

All submissions must be in English and in PDF format.

Please use the Springer proceedings template (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines) for papers during the submission stage. Papers can be submitted via the EasyChair platform (https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=bcra2026) by the deadline.

It is mandatory for at least one of the author(s) of accepted papers to register and present their papers at the conference to have the papers published. Detailed presentation instructions will be sent to the accepted paper authors.

Workshop chairs

Dr. Guanjie Cheng, Zhejiang University, China
Dr. Shangrong Jiang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Dr. Junqin Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China