Cybersecurity

Hardwear.io USA 2026

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Hardwear.io USA 2026 ran May 26–30, 2026 at Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, United States. It is a Cybersecurity conference. ConferenceGrid lists 19 speakers, 7 sponsors and 17 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 4, 2026

Hardwear.io USA 2026 is an in-person conference focused on hardware security, featuring intensive trainings, top-notch talks, professional networking, CTF challenges, and the HardPwn contest. The event brings together hardware researchers, innovators, contributors, and hackers to discuss current and future challenges in hardware security.

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19Speakers
7Sponsors
17Sessions
8Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Hardwear.io, in alphabetical order.

Assem
Daniel Wegemer
Dr. Yossi Oren
Associate Professor · Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Edoardo Mantovani
Eugene Lim
Guanxing Wen
Hash Salehi
Jakub Szefer
Jasper van Woudenberg
Nathan Nye
Philippe Teuwen
Piero Picasso
Rajesh Velegalati
Roman Korkikian
Ruiyi Zhang
Scott Sheahan
Sébastien Dudek
Sultan Qasim Khan
Will Eatherton
SVP, Head of Cisco Networking Engineering · Cisco

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

CiscoSilver
eShardBronze
DevIT JobCommunity Sponsor
InfoSecMapCommunity Sponsor
LedgerCommunity Sponsor
QuarkslabCommunity Sponsor
Somerset ReconNetworking Party Sponsor

Agenda

Selected from 17 sessions.

  • 10:05 – 10:45

    Confusing CNNs on NPUs with LLMs using FI; or, how much AI can we fit?

  • 11:05 – 11:50

    Out-of-Box Exploitation: Breaking the Trust Chain of the Ethereum Phone

  • 11:15 – 11:55

    Breaking the Root of Trust: Practical Side-Channel Key Extraction from a TPM

  • 11:55 – 12:40

    Supercharging the PicoEMP with Surplus High-Voltage Supplies

  • 12:00 – 12:40

    Your Mediatek WiFi Chip's Secrets: Bypassing Firmware Encryption

  • 13:40 – 14:20

    Hacking 5G: From Radio Security to the APIs

  • 13:40 – 14:20

    Workshop: Introduction to IoT Security: Hands-On CTF Style Lab

  • 13:40 – 14:25

    Security Analysis of Bluetooth Channel Sounding: Protocol and Implementations

  • 14:25 – 15:05

    StackWarp: Breaking AMD SEV-SNP Integrity via Deterministic Stack-Pointer Manipulation through the CPU’s Stack Engine

Quick answers

When is Hardwear.io USA 2026?
Hardwear.io USA 2026 ran May 26–30, 2026 at Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, United States.
Where is Hardwear.io USA 2026 held?
Hardwear.io USA 2026 was held at Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, United States.
Who is speaking at Hardwear.io USA 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 19 speakers, including Assem, Daniel Wegemer and Dr. Yossi Oren (Associate Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).
Who sponsors Hardwear.io USA 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 7 sponsors, including Cisco, eShard, DevIT Job, InfoSecMap and Ledger.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 8 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Eight companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
1Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Cisco

Speakers by seniority

5% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • VP-level15%
  • Other roles1895%

Of 19 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1CiscoSponsor · Silver1
2DevIT JobSponsor · Community Sponsor-
3eShardSponsor · Bronze-
4InfoSecMapSponsor · Community Sponsor-
5LedgerSponsor · Community Sponsor-
6QuarkslabSponsor · Community Sponsor-
7Somerset ReconSponsor · Networking Party Sponsor-
8Ben-Gurion University of the Negev1
Sponsors by tier
silver1
14% of 7
bronze1
14% of 7
community sponsor4
57% of 7
networking party sponsor1
14% of 7