C A L L F O R P A P E R S
The 23rd Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security & Trust (PST 2026)
August 26-28 2026
Ottawa, Canada
Website : https://pstnet.ca/
Submission link : https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=pst2026
About the Conference
The 23rd Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security & Trust
(PST) provides a premier forum for sharing advances incybersecurity
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 28, 2026 11:59 pm AoE
Notification to Authors: June 8, 2026
Artifact Submissions due: June 14, 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, Trust, or Emerging
Technologies) most relevant to their research when submitting their
paper. The initial submission may be up to 10 pages for 'regular'
papers and up to 6 pages for 'short' papers, including references and
appendix. The final submission may include up to 2 additional pages 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
forConference Proceedings can be downloaded at:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates. Theconference
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 information in the
acknowledgments section that could reveal the identity of the
authors. Refer to your own published work inthe 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 anonymousauthor names in the citation, for example,
an author of the form "A. Anonymous".
Artifact Evaluation and Reproducibility Badges
PST 2026 will run an optional Artifact Evaluation process for accepted
papers. Authors are encouraged to plan ahead when conducting their
research and preparing submissions: well-documented code and datasets
submitted alongside accepted papers will be evaluated by our Artifact
Evaluation Committee and may be awarded IEEE reproducibility
badges (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplorehelp/overview-of-ieee-xplore/about-content#reproducibility-badges),
which appear on the paper's IEEE Xplore page. For code and datasets,
badges are awarded at three levels - Available, Reviewed, and
Reproducible - reflecting increasing degrees of artifact quality and
independent verification.
Details on the Artifact Evaluation process:
https://pstnet.ca/pst2026/callforartifacts.html
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.
Policy on AI Use
To uphold academic integrity, transparency, and trust in research, PST
2026 requires clear disclosure of generative AI useand prohibits
practices that compromise the credibility ofsubmissions, such as
undisclosed AI-generated content, hallucinated citations, or
unverified claims. Please check theauthors' guidelines on the PST 2026
website.
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 (https://pstnet.ca/).