Come be part of Cedarcrypt, our new initiative to grow cryptography research, development and representation in the Levant region.
Cryptography’s major conferences meet in a handful of the same cities every year, and researchers from the Levant are rarely in the room. We want to fix that.
What is Cedarcrypt?
This July 13-16, 2026, we’re bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students at the American University of Beirut’s Mediterraneo campus in Paphos, Cyprus, for four days of lectures, workshops and talks. Secure messaging, post-quantum cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, formal verification: if it counts as applied cryptography, it belongs at Cedarcrypt.
Cedarcrypt exists to show that cryptography work comes out of our region too. We want a place where the next generation of cryptographers from the Levant and beyond can learn from established experts, present their own research, and meet the people they will be working with for the rest of their careers.
Call for Submissions
We need you to make this happen. We’re seeking:
- Workshop leaders to teach hands-on skills.
- Lecturers to cover both the foundations and the newest work.
- Researchers to present their latest results.
Senior professors and first-year PhD students are equally welcome to submit.
We’re particularly interested in work on secure messaging protocols and the problems of running private communication systems at scale, and in post-quantum cryptography as the community works through the migration. Zero-knowledge proofs and their applications in privacy-preserving systems are another focus.
We also want submissions on formal verification of cryptographic implementations, on secure implementation practices, and on privacy technologies more broadly. If your work touches on how cryptography is built, deployed, or analyzed in practice, we want to hear from you.
The Venue
Paphos is a UNESCO World Heritage city on the southwest coast of Cyprus, with beaches and a good deal of archaeology. The AUB Mediterraneo campus is in the city itself, and most major European cities have direct flights.
Get Involved
This is the first edition, and we intend to run it every year. Come help us get it right.
Visit cedarcrypt.org to learn more and submit your proposal.