11:10 - 12:00 | Vortrag | Prof. Bart Preneel | Katholike Universiteit Leuven

(Vortragssprache: Englisch) 

Titel: "The Future of Cryptography“

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Prof. Bart Preneel is full professor heading the COSIC research group at the KU Leuven. His expertise lies in applied cryptography, cybersecurity, and privacy. Prof. Preneel has delivered numerous invited talks across 50 countries and received several awards including the RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics (2014) and Belgian ICT personality of the year (2025). He served as president of IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research) and is a fellow of the IACR and a member of the Royal Academy of Art and Sciences Belgium and the Academia Europea. He frequently consults for industry and government about cybersecurity and privacy technologies and he has testified multiple times for the Flemish, Belgian and European Parliaments. Prof. Preneel founded the mobile authentication startup nextAuth and holds roles in Approach Belgium, Tioga Capital Partners, and Nym Technologies. He is actively engaged in cybersecurity policy debates.