CHESS Cryptography Day in Prague

As part of the OpenSSL Conference, the CHESS project (Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia) will stage a short pre-conference event focused on practical and emerging topics in cryptography from Czech and Estonian researchers.

The programme will cover a range of topics relevant to the OpenSSL community, including multi-party cryptographic protocols, testing and validation of cryptographic implementations, formal methods, analyses of certified cryptographic products, and privacy-enhancing technologies. While grounded in CHESS project results, the session will also extend to broader cryptographic challenges and current developments.

The event aims to provide a space for discussion, knowledge exchange, and interaction between researchers, developers, and practitioners. It will be followed by an informal networking, offering opportunities to connect with contributors across academia and industry and explore potential collaboration.

WHEN: 12 October 2026, 13:30–14:30

WHERE: Hotel Diplomat, Prague 6 (Evropská 370/15, Prague)

Participation in the CHESS event is free of charge.

Programme:

13:00-13:30 Registration

13:30-15:00 Section I

• Patrik Dobiáš, Brno University of Technology: Side-Channel Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures in PQC Implementations
• Pawel Sobocinski, Tallinn University of Technology: Information Leakage in Resource Theories
• Jan Kvapil, Masaryk University: Surviving Device Compromise with Threshold Cryptography
• Nikita Snetkov, Cybernetica: Coppercloud – Introducing Privacy to Server-Supported Signatures
• Jelizaveta Vakarjuk, Cybernetica: Post-Quantum Trails Board Game

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30 Section II

• Peeter Laud, Cybernetica: Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Browser-Based Private Authentication to Blockchain
• Petr Švenda, Jiří Gavenda, Masaryk University: Bitcoin Coinjoins: A Measurement Study and an MPC-Based Coordinator
• Vashek Matyáš, Masaryk University: How Can You Use sec-certs to Investigate Cryptography in Security-Certified Systems

16:30 Networking

Registration

Register here: https://openssl2026.sched.com/?promo_code=CHESS#ticket-picker

If you register via the OpenSSL website (https://openssl-conference.org/register), please enter the promo code CHESS. Otherwise, the CHESS Cryptography Day ticket will not be visible in the registration form.

Contact person:

Zuzana Vémolová

vemolova(at)rect.muni.cz