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The Křižík Effect — OpenSSL Conference Prague 2026

Edition № 02 of the OpenSSL Conference brings together the global cryptographic community in Prague to discuss the stewardship and future of OpenSSL—the cryptographic library critical to the modern internet. Through three days of keynotes, deep-dives, workshops, and off-the-record dinners, attendees will connect with the maintainers, learn the latest in appl…

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14Speakers
11Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
20Companies · in total
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Speakers

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

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CiscoPlatinum
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
NetApp
PQShield
Rochester Institute of TechnologyUniversity Partner
Securosys
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 20 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

Twenty companies. three 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
3All threespeak · spons · exh
8Sponsoringsponsor only
9Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

PQShield·Edinburgh Napier University·Securosys

Speakers by seniority

36% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner321%
  • VP-level214%
  • Research / Science17%
  • Other roles857%

Of 14 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01PQShieldSp2V
  2. 02Edinburgh Napier UniversitySp·U1V
  3. 03SecurosysSp1V
  4. 04AWSSp
  5. 05Brno University of Technology · Faculty of Information TechnologySp·U
  6. 06CHESS — Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South MoraviaSp·P
  7. 07CiscoSp·P
  8. 08Legion of the Bouncy CastleSp
  9. 09Masaryk University · Faculty of InformaticsSp·U
  10. 10NetAppSp
  11. 11Rochester Institute of TechnologySp·U
  12. 12Bouncy Castle Inc.1V
  13. 13cryptlib1V
  14. 14Eindhoven University of Technology1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
9% of 11
partner1
9% of 11
university partner4
36% of 11
unspecified5
45% of 11
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.