The 7th ANNUAL

NATIONAL HBCU BLOCKCHAIN, FINTECH, AND AI CONFERENCE

The National Center for the Study of Blockchain and FinTech at The Graves Business School is pleased to announce

Call For Papers & Workshops

The 7th ANNUAL

NATIONAL HBCU BLOCKCHAIN, FINTECH, AND AI CONFERENCE

Conference Date: November 8 - 10, 2026 | Location: TBA

Conference Theme

Engineering Trust: Scalable, Intelligent, and Secure Financial Systems with Blockchain and AI
This conference explores the design, engineering, and governance of next-generation financial systems at the intersection of blockchain, fintech, digital assets, and artificial intelligence.

We invite contributions that advance scalable architectures, intelligent systems, secure infrastructures, and economically sound models for modern financial ecosystems. The conference emphasizes rigor, real-world applicability, and interdisciplinary collaboration across computer science, engineering, and business disciplines.
Particular attention is given to:
- Deterministic and reliable AI in financial systems
- Secure and scalable blockchain infrastructures
- Data-driven financial innovation and market design
- Regulatory, economic, and societal implications of emerging technologies

 

Call for Submissions

The National FinTech Center invites full paper submissions and workshop proposals.
This conference brings together researchers, engineers, economists, financial analysts, and policymakers working on the next generation of financial technologies
We encourage submissions that are:
- Technically rigorous, aligned with computer science and engineering
- Economically grounded, aligned with finance, business, and economics
- Interdisciplinary and systems-oriented
- Empirical, theoretical, or applied

Only full papers will be accepted for the review process.

Authors of accepted papers will have the option of including either the full paper or an extended abstract (2-3 pages) in the conference proceedings.
Completed papers will be eligible for the Best Paper Award (both faculty and doctoral students).

Please see the paper submission guidelines on the conference webpage.

 

Important Dates

Submission Portal Opens: May 25, 2026
Submission Portal Closes: June 25, 2026

CONFERENCE TOPICS


Financial Systems, Digital Assets, and Market Design

  • Digital assets, tokenization, and programmable finance 
  • Market microstructure in crypto and hybrid financial systems 
  • DeFi protocols, liquidity, and risk modeling 
  • Stablecoins, CBDCs, and payment system innovation 
  • Financial analytics and econometrics for blockchain-based markets 
  • Accounting, auditing, and valuation in digital asset ecosystems 

 

AI and Intelligent Systems for Financial Technologies

Submissions related to artificial intelligence should be clearly positioned within the context of blockchain, FinTech, cryptocurrencies. This conference is not intended to cover general AI topics. Manuscripts without a direct and substantive connection to blockchain or fintech applications, will not be considered in the review process.

  • Deterministic, explainable, and auditable AI for finance 
  • AI for smart contract analysis, monitoring, and optimization 
  • Machine learning for trading, credit risk, and fraud detection in blockchain systems 
  • AI-enabled compliance, AML, and regulatory monitoring 
  • Robustness, validation, and reliability of AI models in financial environments 
  • Integration of AI with decentralized and distributed systems 

 

Blockchain Systems, Infrastructure, and Security

  • Scalable blockchain architectures and interoperability 
  • Cryptographic systems, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy technologies 
  • Smart contract security and formal verification 
  • Cybersecurity in distributed financial systems 
  • Decentralized identity and secure data frameworks 
  • Infrastructure for digital asset custody, clearing, and settlement

 

Computational Engineering and Financial Systems Design

 

  • Distributed systems and real-time financial data platforms 
  • High-performance computing for blockchain and fintech 
  • Simulation and agent-based modeling of financial ecosystems 
  • Optimization in crypto-economic and token-based systems 
  • Data engineering pipelines for blockchain analytics 
  • Systems integration across AI, blockchain, and financial platforms

 

Regulation, Governance, and Economic Implications

  • Regulatory frameworks for digital assets and AI-driven finance 
  • Governance models for DeFi, DAOs, and hybrid systems 
  • Economic impact of tokenization and decentralized markets 
  • RegTech and SupTech innovations 
  • Cross-border financial regulation and compliance 
  • Policy design for emerging financial technologies 

 

Sustainability, Ethics, and Responsible Innovation

  • Responsible AI in financial systems 
  • Ethical and societal implications of algorithmic finance 
  • Environmental impact and energy-efficient blockchain systems 
  • Financial inclusion and equitable access through fintech 
  • Bias, fairness, and accountability in AI-driven financial decisions 

 

Education, Workforce, and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy

  • Curriculum development in blockchain, fintech, and AI 
  • Teaching computational finance and decentralized systems 
  • Interdisciplinary program design across computer science, engineering, and business 
  • Experiential learning, labs, and applied research models 
  • Workforce development for emerging financial technologies 

 

Industry Applications and Emerging Innovations

  • Enterprise blockchain and financial services transformation 
  • Tokenization of real-world assets and new business models 
  • AI and blockchain integration in banking, insurance, and capital markets 
  • Web3 infrastructure and financial applications 
  • Applied case studies and industry implementations

 

Workshops

We invite workshop proposals that:
  • Address cutting-edge topics at the intersection of blockchain, fintech, and AI 
  • Provide hands-on technical or applied experiences in 40-45 minutes
  • Support curriculum innovation and faculty development 

 

Program Committee

A multidisciplinary Program Committee composed of faculty and industry experts will oversee the peer review process. A listing of these experts will be posted to the conference page soon.

 

Contact

The National FinTech Center 
Morgan State University
Email: info.fintech@morgan.edu
Website: https://fintech.morgan.edu

 

Materials presented here are subject to change.