Eurocrypt 2026

10-14 May 2026

Rome, Italy

Call for Papers

General information

Eurocrypt 2026, the 38th annual international conference on the theory and applications of cryptographic techniques, will take place in Rome, Italy on 10-14 May 2026. Eurocrypt 2026 is organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). The proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.

Original research papers are welcomed on any cryptographic topic, including but not limited to:

Please note more generally that a topic for any IACR area conference is a topic for Eurocrypt. Program committee members are no longer allowed to issue reviews such as "This topic is more suitable for [area conference]".

Important dates

2 Oct 2025

Submission deadline at 23:59 AoE (anywhere on Earth)

6 Dec 2025

Affiliated events submission deadline at 23:59 AoE (anywhere on Earth)

8 Dec 2025

Rebuttal period begins

12 Dec 2025

Rebuttal period ends

29 Jan 2026

Final notification

17 Feb 2026

Student stipend request deadline

10 May 2026

Conference begins

Schedule

Eurocrypt 2026 will operate a two-round review system with a rebuttal phase. Before the first round, submissions that do not abide by the rules set out on the paper submission page (anonymity, formatting, etc) will be desk-rejected, without consideration of their merits. In the first round, the program committee selects the submissions that will proceed to the second round, and the authors receive the first round notification. The authors of the selected submissions are invited to submit a text-based rebuttal letter to respond to the reviews. Furthermore, in cases where this is considered useful by the PC chairs and/or the reviewers, additional communication between authors and reviewers may be initiated (in both rounds).

The submissions that have not been selected during the first round of reviews (early rejects) may be submitted to other conferences after the first round notification date.

In the second round, the program committee further reviews the selected submissions by taking into account the rebuttal letters. The committee then makes the final decision of acceptance or rejection.

Early withdrawal

Until final decisions have been made, authors can only withdraw their paper with the express approval of the program chairs.

PC member submissions

Program committee members and area chairs are restricted to submit either 1 single-author paper, up to 2 papers if at least one of them is with a co-author, or up to 3 papers if all are with co-authors and at least two are with student co-authors. The program committee co-chairs are not allowed to submit any papers.

Awards

The program committee may choose one or more papers to receive an overall Best Paper Award. In a continuing effort to promote independent work by researchers at early stages of their careers, the program committee may also award a prize for the best paper(s) authored exclusively by early-career researchers. As usual, awards will only be given if deserving papers are identified.

Stipends

Students whose papers have been accepted and who present their talks at the conference will have their registration fees waived. Furthermore, a limited number of stipends are available to students that are unable to obtain funding to attend the conference. Students in underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Application instructions will be posted together with other registration information.

Artifacts

To encourage open and reproducible research, authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit artifacts associated with their papers, such as software or datasets, for review. The artifact review will be a collaborative process between authors and the artifact review committee. The goal of the process is not just to evaluate artifacts, but also to improve them for reproduction and reusability by the scientific community. Artifacts that pass successfully through the artifact review process will be archived on IACR's artifact archive. Please see the detailed call for artifacts (available later).

Program committee

to be announced

Program co-chairs

eurocrypt2026programchairs at iacr.org

General co-chairs

eurocrypt2026 at iacr.org