Santa's Crypto Get-Together 2026

3 December–4 December 2026, Prague, Czech Republic

Hotel Olympik, Sokolovská 138, Praha (meeting hall Olymp)

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Santa's Crypto Get-Together (SantaCrypt) started in December 2001 as the first annual Czech and Slovak workshop aiming to facilitate closer cooperation among professionals working in the field of applied cryptography and related areas of security. This get-together of experts is organised to foster the exchange of information and ideas on past, ongoing, and future projects. We recognise the need for experts to meet their colleagues without the hassle of dealing with (potential) customers, bosses, and other distracting forces. ;-) The workshop is run in English on the first day and then in Czech and Slovak on the second day.

Invited Lectures

There will be invited lectures by:

  • Vadim Lyubashevsky, IBM Research, CH: On lattice cryptography or zero-knowledge.
  • Kenny Paterson, ETH Zurich, CH: TBD.
  • Petr Švenda, FI MU, ČR: Do not trust. SCRUTINY! A toolset for better testing of crypto implementations.
  • Felix Lange, Sven Hebrok, Univ. Paderborn, D: Usable large-scale evaluations of TLS servers and clients with TLS-Scanner
  • Matteo Busi, Ca' Foscari Univ. of Venice, I: On ALVIE and its use to support FPGA security.
  • Vašek Matyáš, FI MU: On sec-certs and its support for more transparent use of crypto.

Registration Fees

The registration fee includes the workshop proceedings and admission for both days of the conference.

Until 10 October 2026 — basic
3600 CZK
Until 10 October 2026 — students and DSM
3200 CZK
After 10 October 2026 — flat rate
4000 CZK

VAT is included. Payments are accepted to the organiser's bank account; details can be found on the registration pages. Participants from abroad, please contact the organisers for individual arrangements.

Accommodation

Hotel Olympik – Hotel Olympik, Sokolovská 138, Prague

Organised by

Kernun, a.s.
Ptašínského 309/06, 602 00 Brno
Tel: +420737042848
Contact email: zriha@fi.muni.cz

Program Committee

  • Vašek Matyáš, FI MU, Brno , Czech Republic – chair
  • Jan Hajný, FEKT VUT in Brno, CZ
  • Peter Gaži, IOHK Research, SK
  • Bohuslav Rudolf, NÚKIB & MFF UK, Prague, CZ
  • Martin Stanek, UK, Bratislava, SK
  • Petr Švenda, FI MU, Brno, CZ
  • Adolf Středa, MFF UK, CZ

Media Partners

DSM CryptoWorld