Dates: Thursday, March 5 – Friday, March 6, 2026
Location: LG Sciencepark, Seoul, South Korea
The 9th HomomorphicEncryption.org Standards Meeting will be held on Mar. 5th and 6th, 2026 in the ISC building of the LG Sciencepark in Seoul, South Korea.
Overview
Based on the success of our previous standards meetings, and the founding of the HomomorphicEncryption.org group, we are pleased to announce the 9th HomomorphicEncryption.org Workshop. The workshop is targeted at application developers, security practitioners, and homomorphic encryption experts. Along with technical standards discussions, the program also includes sessions on software tools for developing and benchmarking homomorphic encryption solutions, hardware acceleration approaches, and industry applications of homomorphic encryption. The workshop is also a great place for PhD students to meet representatives from industry and academia.
Please note that the workshop will take place in-person. If you would like to contribute to, or suggest, topics in the agenda, please, let us know.
Thanks in advance. We are looking forward to seeing you in Seoul!
Tentative Agenda
Thursday, March 5, 2026
- 8:00 Socialization / Coffee and light snacks
- 9:00 Opening remarks from the HES Steering Committee
- 9:10 Welcome form LG
- 9:20 Welcome from DESILO
- 9:30 Review of agenda by the HES Steering Committee
- 9:40 Keynote by an LG Executive
- 10:40 Coffee break (provided)
- 11:00 Introduction to the breakout sessions:
- 11:30 Breakout sessions
- 13:00 Lunch (provided)
- 14:30 Breakout sessions
- 16:30 Coffee break
- 17:00 Announcements and community updates
- 17:30 Standardization updates
- 18:00 Community photo
Friday, March 6, 2026
- 9:00 Socialization / Coffee and light snacks
- 10:00 Keynote by Craig Gentry
- 11:00 Summary of 1st-day breakout sessions
- 11:30 Breakout sessions
- 13:00 Lunch (provided)
- 14:30 Breakout sessions
- 16:30 Coffee break
- 17:00 Summary of breakout sessions
- 18:00 Community discussion: next steps, reflections, comments. Led by Kurt Rohloff
- 18:30 Official close of the meeting