The 2016 Kristian Beckman Award winner, Professor Bart Preneel, is one of three Keynotes engaged to speak at the upcoming 31st International IFIP Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC 2016).
The flagship event of IFIP’s Technical Committee 11 on Security and Privacy Protection in Information Systems, IFIP SEC 2016 will bring together security experts, practitioners, researchers, industry stakeholders and government decision-makers from 30 May to 1 June 2016 in Ghent, Belgium, to hear international keynotes:
- Professor Preneel of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven discuss “The Post-Snowden Threat Landscape”;
- Daniel Le Métayer of Inria explore “The Risk-Based Approach to Privacy: Prospects and Challenges”; and
- Professor Herbert Bos of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands address the topic, “Crazy Time: Exploiting Software without Bugs”.
At IFIP SEC 2016, Professor Preneel will officially receive his prize as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Kristian Beckman Award, which recognises an individual who has significantly contributed to the development of information security, particularly at an international level.
In addition to his work at KU Leuven, Professor Preneel heads the COSIC research group, has been visiting professor at five European universities, has invented five patents and authored over 400 scientific publications. He has participated in about 40 EU projects, seven as coordinator, and been invited speaker at more than 120 conferences in 40 countries.
For more information about IFIP SEC 2016, visit http://ifipsec.org/2016/index.php
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Security and Privacy Experts to Converge on Belgium for International Security Conference
The 2016 Kristian Beckman Award winner, Professor Bart Preneel, is one of three Keynotes engaged to speak at the upcoming 31st International IFIP Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC 2016).
The flagship event of IFIP’s Technical Committee 11 on Security and Privacy Protection in Information Systems, IFIP SEC 2016 will bring together security experts, practitioners, researchers, industry stakeholders and government decision-makers from 30 May to 1 June 2016 in Ghent, Belgium, to hear international keynotes:
At IFIP SEC 2016, Professor Preneel will officially receive his prize as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Kristian Beckman Award, which recognises an individual who has significantly contributed to the development of information security, particularly at an international level.
In addition to his work at KU Leuven, Professor Preneel heads the COSIC research group, has been visiting professor at five European universities, has invented five patents and authored over 400 scientific publications. He has participated in about 40 EU projects, seven as coordinator, and been invited speaker at more than 120 conferences in 40 countries.
For more information about IFIP SEC 2016, visit http://ifipsec.org/2016/index.php
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