2026 International Conference on Future Communications and Networks (FCN) aims to provide a forum that brings together international researchers from academia and practitioners in industry to meet and exchange ideas and recent research work on all aspects of future communications and networks. The 4th edition of this event, FCN 2026, will be held in Bologna, Italy, on October 28 – November 1, 2026. FCN 2026 is co-organized by FuTURE Mobile Communication Forum, China. The conference will feature keynote speeches, invited talks, technical symposia, and workshops.

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2nd Workshop on Exploring the Intersection of Blockchain and Policy: Shaping the Decentralized Future

October, 2026 Bologna, Italy

WORKSHOP SCOPE

The rapid advancement of decentralized technologies is reshaping global legal and policy frameworks at an unprecedented pace. As distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain applications continue to evolve, they create pathways toward more transparent, efficient, accountable, and trustworthy governance—while simultaneously introducing complex regulatory and compliance challenges. Meanwhile, the deep convergence of blockchain with emerging fields such as 6G communications, edge computing, Web3.0 infrastructure, and autonomous AI agents is giving rise to entirely new system architecture paradigms and governance demands.

This workshop examines the profound implications of blockchain and other DLTs across multiple domains, including: the regulation of cryptoeconomic ecosystems, the design of decentralized governance structures, system interoperability, decentralized infrastructure, data governance policy, as well as the technical integration and collaborative governance of blockchain with next-generation communication networks, the Web3.0 ecosystem, and AI agent platforms. It serves as a high-quality forum for policymakers, legal scholars, DLT developers, communications and AI researchers, and interdisciplinary scholars to engage in substantive dialogue.

We invite original submissions addressing the intersection of DLT/blockchain with law and policy, as well as cross-disciplinary work focusing on related legal and governance challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Blockchain policy and regulation
Legal applications of blockchain
Cryptoeconomic regulation (finance, contracts)
Anti-monopoly issues in decentralized economies
Decentralized governance policy
Decentralized network architectures and protocol design for 6G
Trusted communication frameworks via edge-blockchain synergy
Technical standards and interoperability of Web3.0 infrastructure
Technical implementation and institutional design of DAO governance
Lobbying in cryptoeconomic systems
Blockchain and interoperability policy
Blockchain and data governance policy
NFTs, creative industries, and related policy
AI-blockchain convergence and governance
Ethics, safety, and governance of autonomous AI agents on blockchain
Blockchain-based multi-agent collaboration and trust mechanisms
On-chain identity verification and behavioral auditing of AI agents
Economic models and incentive design for decentralized AI agent platforms (e.g., OpenClaw)

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Workshop Co-Chairs


Jidong Chen Tongji University, China	Jianfeng Cao Shenzhen University, China

Zihao Li University of Glasgow, UK	Hao Xu Tongji University, China