From fc23general at ifca.ai  Fri Mar 10 23:54:02 2023
From: fc23general at ifca.ai (FC23 General Chairs)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:54:02 +0100
Subject: [fc-announce] Call for Participation: FC23 (registration open)
Message-ID: <4873d7cfeb72b276420f5dbe5dbce688@ifca.ai>

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

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Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2023 (FC23)
May 1-5, 2023, Bluesun Hotel Elaphusa, Bol, Brac, Croatia
https://fc23.ifca.ai/
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Financial Cryptography and Data Security is a major international
forum for research, advanced development, education, exploration, and
debate regarding information assurance, with a specific focus on
commercial contexts.  The conference covers all aspects of securing
transactions and systems.

The goal of the conference is to bring security and cryptography
researchers and practitioners together with economists, bankers,
implementers and policy-makers.  Intimate and colourful by tradition,
the FC program features invited talks, academic presentations,
technical demonstrations and panel discussions.

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AVAILABLE ONLINE

We have assembled a vibrant program featuring technical presentations
of 39 full papers and 2 short papers, selected by rigorous peer review
from 183 submissions.  For full details please visit
https://fc23.ifca.ai/program.html

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WORKSHOPS

Four affiliated workshops will be held in conjunction with the
conference:

CoDecFin'23: 4th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance

DeFi'23: 3rd Workshop on Decentralized Finance

Voting'23: 8th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting

WTSC'23: 7th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts

In addition there will be a tutorial on Constant Function Market
Makers.

More details on the workshops and tutorial can be found at:
https://fc23.ifca.ai/workshops.html

The Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN) will hold its
Block #8 meeting in co-location with FC23, including a joint session
with two of the FC workshops (CoDecFin'23 and WTSC'23).

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EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 24, 2023

Registration information is available at:
https://fc23.ifca.ai/registration.html

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CONFERENCE HOTEL

A block of rooms at the conference hotel are available for conference
attendees at a negotiated group rate.  Participants are encouraged to
book their room ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Information on room rates and reservations is available at:
https://fc23.ifca.ai/accommodation.html

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TRAVEL

Information about airlines, airport transfers, and entry requirements
is available at: https://fc23.ifca.ai/travel.html

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STUDENT GRANTS

We are pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of
stipends for student participants to help defray the cost of
attendance.  The deadline for applications is March 17, 2023;
applications received after the deadline will be considered on a
rolling basis as long as funding is still available.  Details can be
found at: https://fc23.ifca.ai/stipends.html

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This conference is organized annually by the International Financial
Cryptography Association.

Additional information about the conference can be found at:
https://fc23.ifca.ai/
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