About the Conference

The 23rd Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security & Trust (PST) provides a premier forum for sharing advances in cybersecurity research and security applications. PST2026 will be held in Ottawa, Canada, and will offer one industry day followed by two days of keynotes and technical presentations focused on Privacy, Security, and Trust, along with a special track on Emerging Technologies and Trends. Although the conference has returned to an in-person format, speakers who are unable to travel will be allowed to present remotely (hybrid support). PST2026 will be co-located with the Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC 2026).

• When: August 26-28, 2026
• Where: Ottawa, Canada
• Abstract and Full Paper Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026 (11:59 pm AoE)
• Notification to Authors: June 1, 2026
• Camera-ready Paper Due: July 3, 2026
• Authors Registration: July 3, 2026
• Early-Bird Registration ends: August 2, 2026

List of Topics

• Access Control and Capability Delegation
• Anonymity and Privacy vs. Accountability
• Biometrics, National ID Cards, Identity Theft
• Cloud Security, Web Security and Privacy
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Cryptographic Technologies
• Digital Forensics
• Digital Rights Management
• Generative AI security, privacy, and trust
• Human Computer Interaction and PST
• Identity and Trust Management
• Implications of, and Technologies for, Lawful Surveillance
• Internet of Things (IoT) Security and Privacy
• Intrusion Detection / Prevention Technologies
• Network and Wireless Security
• Observations of PST in Practice, Society, Policy and Legislation
• Operating Systems Security
• Post-quantum cryptography
• Privacy Preserving / Enhancing Technologies
• Privacy, Traceability, and Anonymity
• PST Challenges in e-Services, e.g. e-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce
• Quantum Cryptography beyond Quantum Key Distribution
• Quantum Key Distribution Protocols
• Recommendation, Reputation and Delivery Technologies
• Secure Software Development and Architecture
• Security Analytics and Data Mining
• Security and Privacy Challenges in Blockchain and its Applications
• Trust and Reputation in Self-Organizing Environments
• Trust Technologies, Technologies for Building Trust in e-Business Strategy
• Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Continuous Authentication

Submission Guidelines

High-quality papers in all PST-related areas that, at the time of submission, are not under review and have not already been published or accepted for publication elsewhere are solicited. Authors MUST ensure to select the track (Privacy, Security, or Trust) most relevant to their research when submitting their paper. Accepted papers will be accepted as ‘regular’ papers up to 10 pages, or ‘short’ papers of up to 6 pages including references and appendix. Up to 2 additional pages will be allowed in each category with over-length charges. Every additional page has a cost of $100.00 (CND). The standard IEEE two-column conference format should be used for all submissions. IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be downloaded here. The conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore as in previous editions of the conference. At least one author of an accepted paper must register by July 3, 2026. Accepted (short or regular) papers will be published in the proceedings. All submissions will be handled via EasyChair. 

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=pst2026

Double-blind Submission

Reviewing will be double-blind: the reviewers will not know the identities of the authors. It will be up to the authors to ensure the proper anonymization of their paper. For effective anonymization please follow these guidelines:Do not include any author's name or affiliation in the title. Do not include any acknowledgments. Refer to your own published work in the third person: use “In the previous work of Jones et al.”, not “In our previous work”. If you cite own papers that are not widely available (e.g., a paper currently under review), use anonymous author names in the citation, for example, an author of the form “A. Anonymous”.

PST Special Sessions

2026 23rd International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST) also organizes an Emerging Technologies and Trends Special Session to be held in conjunction with the conference. The aim is to provide researchers in focused areas the opportunity to present and discuss their work, as well as to offer a forum for interaction among a broader community of researchers related to the main topics of PST 2026.

Journal Special Issues

Selected papers presented at PST2026 will be recommended (after a significant extension of 40% new material) for some special issues of SCI-indexed journals based on the topic suitability. Final acceptantance will be subject to additional rounds of review conducted by the respective journal editors.

Organizing Committe

• Conference General Co-Chairs:
  • Paria Shirani, University of Ottawa, Canada;
  • Ali Ghorbai, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• Technical Program Co-Chairs: 
  • Rongxing Lu, Queen’s University, Canada
  • Suryadipta Majumdar, Concordia University, Canada
• Industry Day Co-Chairs: 
  • Vio Onut, IBM, University of Ottawa, Canada;
  • Guy-Vincent Jourdan, University of Ottawa, Canada

For registration and the most up-to-date conference information, please visit the PST2026 website.