GConferenceGridThe Conference Catalogue · Vol. 2026Folio № 4E65DA
Security

OpenSSL Conference Prague 2026

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he 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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12Voices
10Underwriters
0Exhibitors
10On the bill · sessions
18Companies · in total
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The Voices

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
Daniel Bernstein
Research Professor, Department of Computer Science · University of Illinois Chicago
David Hook
VP Software Engineering · Bouncy Castle
Hayden Delaney
Partner · Thomson Geer Lawyers
Johannes Lintzen
PQShield Ltd
Lina Böcker
Partner, Specialised Attorney for IT Law · Osborne Clarke
Marcel Dasen
Executive Vice President of Engineering · Securosys
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
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CiscoPlatinum
LightshipSilver
Amazon Web ServicesBronze
Safe LogicBronze
AWS
Bouncy Castle
NetApp
NetSTAR
PQShield
Securosys
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The Programme

Selected from 10 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 18 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

Eighteen 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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
3All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
8Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

PQShield Ltd·Bouncy Castle·Securosys

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

42% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner325%
  • VP-level217%
  • Product18%
  • Engineer · IC18%
  • Research / Science18%
  • Other roles433%

Of 12 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01PQShield LtdSp2V
  2. 02Bouncy CastleSp1V
  3. 03SecurosysSp1V
  4. 04Amazon Web ServicesSp·B
  5. 05AWSSp
  6. 06CiscoSp·P
  7. 07LightshipSp·S
  8. 08NetAppSp
  9. 09NetSTARSp
  10. 10Safe LogicSp·B
  11. 11cryptlib1V
  12. 12Edinburgh Napier University1V
  13. 13Eindhoven University of Technology1V
  14. 14NetSTAR Global, Inc1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
10% of 10
silver1
10% of 10
bronze2
20% of 10
unspecified6
60% of 10
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters