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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
17Sponsors
11On the bill · sessions
26Companies · 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
SecurosysSilver
Amazon Web ServicesBronze
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 26 companies show up — and 4 bet on three roles at once?

26 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
12Sponsoringsponsor 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. 09Legion of the Bouncy CastleSp
  10. 10LightshipSp·S
  11. 11Masaryk University · Faculty of InformaticsSp·U
  12. 12NetAppSp·G
  13. 13NetSTARSp
  14. 14Red HatSp·B
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
6% of 17
gold1
6% of 17
silver3
18% of 17
bronze4
24% of 17
partner1
6% of 17
university partner4
24% of 17
unspecified3
18% of 17
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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