The 20th International Conference on Provable and Practical Security (ProvSec 2026) runs 24-26 September 2026 at the Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa, bringing the long-running academic cryptography and security series to New Zealand with an international programme committee and Springer LNCS proceedings.
ProvSec 2026 is the 20th International Conference on Provable and Practical Security, an established academic conference series in cryptography and cyber security. The 2026 edition is confirmed for Queenstown, New Zealand, running 24-26 September 2026 at the Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa.
The conference centres on "provable security" — the use of cryptographic proofs and formal security models — alongside a stated "practical security" theme covering real-world applications. According to the organisers, accepted papers are to be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), consistent with the series' long publishing history.
According to the official conference site, ProvSec 2026 is led by General Co-Chairs Etienne Borde (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Mengmeng Ge (Monash University, Australia), with Program Co-Chairs John Yuen (Monash University) and Shi-Feng Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China). The Local Organising Chair is Arman Khouzani (Victoria University of Wellington). The site lists support from Springer, the Monash FinTech Lab and MDPI Cryptography.
The conference is aimed at academic researchers, cryptographers, security professionals and graduate students. Its call for papers covers a broad technical scope including provable security for asymmetric and symmetric cryptography, post-quantum and lattice-based cryptography, privacy-enhancing technologies, blockchain and cryptocurrency, IoT and cloud security, and formal methods for security. The programme committee spans roughly 50 international members drawn from universities and research institutes across Australasia, Asia, Europe and North America. The organisers list a firm paper submission deadline of 15 June 2026 with notification in mid-July.
The conference venue is the Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa on Peninsula Road, Kawarau Heights. The organisers note a room allocation at the same property for delegate convenience across the conference nights, with bookings handled through the hotel directly. For arrivals, the official site notes that Queenstown Airport serves both domestic and international flights, with onward routing via Auckland or Christchurch available for long-haul travellers. These logistics are reported here as context for delegates, not as a service offer.
ProvSec 2026 brings a two-decade-old international security research series to New Zealand, hosted at a marquee Queenstown resort property. A single-venue conference with a globally distributed committee and delegates travelling from across Asia, Europe, Australia and North America represents solid inbound business-events value for the Queenstown region during the spring shoulder season.
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