CFP: Special track on BLOCKCHAIN AND DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL GOOD (BANDIT) @ ACM GoodIT 2025

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CFP: Special track on BLOCKCHAIN AND DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES FOR=20
SOCIAL GOOD (BANDIT) @ ACM GoodIT 2025

https://sites.google.com/unipi.it/bandit2025/home

3-5 September 2025, Antwerp, Belgium

Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library.
Special issues associated with the conference are being organized.=20
Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to those=20
journals.

## MOTIVATION AND RATIONALE

Social good has a big impact on society. Indeed, the term =E2=80=9Csocial=
 good=E2=80=9D=20
refers to something that benefits the general public, and at the same=20
time, it is something that reflects and respects their wishes, being=20
=E2=80=98from=E2=80=99 the people. The social good can be envisioned as g=
lobal citizens=20
uniting to unlock the potential of individuals through collaboration to=20
create a positive societal impact. Much interest has been produced in=20
the last years, and new proposals and technologies have been considered.=20
Among them, Blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, and=20
decentralized technologies in general, such as IPFS, have been=20
considered to improve all the aspects of the social good. Blockchain and=20
decentralized technologies have had a big impact on the world. In=20
particular, Blockchain technology has been applied to several fields,=20
such as e-health, IoT, media, etc. The big question around the=20
definition of this track is: =E2=80=9CHow does the blockchain have a big =
impact=20
on the social good? And how can decentralization improve the ICT=20
industries?=E2=80=9D. The track manages the possible application of=20
decentralized technologies in research fields that are included in the=20
global scope of the social good. These address sectors such as=20
agriculture, supply chain traceability, energy, health, property rights,=20
and digital identities, ranging from a global to a local scope. More=20
recently, in the realm of civic participation, civil society initiatives=20
and social economies, blockchains are being tested to implement=20
collaborative models: social finance and local currency schemes,=20
peer-to-peer production and exchanges, decentralized organizations=20
management and decision-making, purpose-driven tokens that incentivize=20
pro-social behaviors, etc.

Examples of applications involving considerable experimentation and=20
innovation are complementary and community currency systems. These=20
systems aim to support humanitarian aid initiatives, self-organizing=20
local community development, and basic income projects. These involve=20
novel tokenization mechanisms based on smart contracts that require=20
further investigation and discussion. While blockchain's revolutionary=20
potential has been largely tested (in the financial domain, in=20
particular), applications in social domains and for addressing=20
sustainability challenges have been explored far less.

This special track aims to explore and debate the main concepts and=20
implications of blockchain technology, how it can be a driver of=20
innovation, and its positive effects on our societies, industry, legal=20
systems, and economic/financial systems. Also, the risks and=20
uncertainties that blockchain arrows are welcome to be debated in this=20
section, as regards: conflicts arising from the introduction, in mutable=20
social interactions, of logics based on tokenization, automation, and=20
trustlessness; energy consumption and environmental impacts; technical=20
accessibility and digital skill divides.

## TOPICS

* Blockchain and decentralized architectures and algorithms
* Protocols for management and access using blockchain
* Consensus and Mining Algorithms Suited for Social Good
* NFT and Web3 for Social Good
* Security and privacy in Blockchains and decentralized platforms
* Blockchain application in civic participation initiatives in local=20
communities
* Blockchain application in social and collaborative economies in local=20
communities
* Blockchain-based local currencies for financial inclusion
* Tokenomics and collaborative incentives models for local communities
* Decentralized Autonomous Organizations for Smart Communities
* Voting and opinion formation systems
* Blockchain applications for environmental sustainability
* Blockchain applications for public administration
* Blockchain applications in IoT
* Blockchain applications in healthcare
* Blockchain applications in business
* Blockchain applications in supply-chain management and certification
* Blockchain applications in the industry
* Blockchain applications in mobile communications and wireless networks
* Decentralized Technology for Social Media
* Blockchain in Social Networking
* AI for blockchain

## IMPORTANT DATES

* Papers submission: 25th May 2025
* Notification of acceptance: 8th July 2025
* Camera-ready paper due: 19th July 2025

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