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OpenSSL Conference Prague 2026

The OpenSSL Conference brings together the people who build, secure, govern, and rely on modern digital infrastructure, from code to compliance, from research to real-world deployment. It is where industry, academia, policy, and open source come together to advance secure, trustworthy technology for everyone.

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17Speakers
19Sponsors
11On the bill · sessions
28Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at OpenSSL, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Escamilla
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Threat Intelligence | Threat Hunting · NetSTAR Global, Inc
Bill Buchanan
Professor of Applied Cryptography · Edinburgh Napier University
Bill Buchanan OBE
Professor of Applied Cryptography · Edinburgh Napier University
Daniel Bernstein
Research Professor, Department of Computer Science · University of Illinois Chicago
Daniel J. Bernstein
Research Professor, Computer Science · University of Illinois Chicago
David Hook
VP Software Engineering · Bouncy Castle
Eric Young
Co-author, SSLeay (1995) · Independent · Brisbane
Hayden Delaney
Partner · Thomson Geer Lawyers
Johannes Lintzen
Commercial Lead · PQShield Ltd
Lina Böcker
Partner, Specialised Attorney for IT Law · Osborne Clarke
Marcel Dasen
Executive Vice President of Engineering · Securosys
Matt Caswell
President, OpenSSL Foundation · OpenSSL Foundation
Michele Sartori
Senior Product Manager · PQShield Ltd
Peter Gutmann
Founder and Maintainer · cryptlib
Tanja Lange
Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science · Eindhoven University of Technology
Tereza Formanová
Attorney at Law · Sedlakova Legal
Tim Hudson
Co-author, SSLeay · President, OpenSSL Corporation · OpenSSL Corporation · Brisbane
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CiscoPlatinum
NetAppGold
Bouncy CastleSilver
LightshipSilver
Lightship SecuritySilver
SecurosysSilver
Amazon Web ServicesBronze
KeyPairBronze
PQShieldBronze
Red HatBronze
Safe LogicBronze
AWS
Brno University of Technology · Faculty of Information TechnologyUniversity Partner
CHESS — Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South MoraviaPartner
Edinburgh Napier UniversityUniversity Partner
Legion of the Bouncy Castle
Masaryk University · Faculty of InformaticsUniversity Partner
NetSTAR
Rochester Institute of TechnologyUniversity Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 11 sessions on the bill.
  • Day 1 — Engineering

    Engineering

    Engineering · Track 02
  • Day 1 — Opening Keynote

    The SSLeay reunion. 1995 → 2026

    For the first time in this community's modern history - the two original authors and the maintainer who carries the project today, on one stage.

    Opening Keynote · Track 03
  • Day 1 — Plenary

    Plenary · Bernstein

    Plenary · Track 01
  • Day 1 — Policy

    Policy

    Policy · Track 02
  • Day 2 — Cryptography

    Cryptography

    Cryptography · Track 03
  • Day 2 — Engineering

    Engineering

    Engineering · Track 03
  • Day 2 — Keynote

    Keynote

    Keynote · Track 01
  • Day 2 — Policy

    Policy

    Policy · Track 03
  • Day 3 — Cryptography

    Cryptography

    Cryptography · Track 01
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 28 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

28 companies. four 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
4All threespeak · spons · exh
14Sponsoringsponsor only
10Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Edinburgh Napier University·PQShield·Bouncy Castle·Securosys

Speakers by seniority

29% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner318%
  • VP-level212%
  • Manager / Lead16%
  • Product16%
  • Engineer · IC16%
  • Research / Science212%
  • Other roles741%

Of 17 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Edinburgh Napier UniversitySp·U2V
  2. 02PQShieldSp·B2V
  3. 03Bouncy CastleSp·S1V
  4. 04SecurosysSp·S1V
  5. 05AWSSp·B
  6. 06Brno University of Technology · Faculty of Information TechnologySp·U
  7. 07CHESS — Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South MoraviaSp·P
  8. 08CiscoSp·P
  9. 09KeyPairSp·B
  10. 10Legion of the Bouncy CastleSp
  11. 11LightshipSp·S
  12. 12Lightship SecuritySp·S
  13. 13Masaryk University · Faculty of InformaticsSp·U
  14. 14NetAppSp·G
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
5% of 19
gold1
5% of 19
silver4
21% of 19
bronze5
26% of 19
partner1
5% of 19
university partner4
21% of 19
unspecified3
16% of 19
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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