23rd Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST2026)
Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (pending)
26-28 August 2026 - Ottawa, Canada (Hybrid)


Organizing committee


Conference General Chairs

Paria Shirani, University of Ottawa, Canada
Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada


Technical Committee Chairs

Rongxing Lu, Queen's University, Canada
Suryadipta Majumdar, Concordia University, Canada


Privacy Track

Carlisle Adams, University of Ottawa, Canada
Alessandro Brighente, University of Padova, Italy


Security Track

Furkan Alaca, Queen’s University, Canada
Paria Shirani, University of Ottawa, Canada


Trust Track

Lianying Zhao, Carleton University, Canada
Savio Sciancalepore, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands


Emerging Technologies and Trends

Jun Yan, Concordia University, Canada
Yuhong Liu, Santa Clara University, USA


Industry Day Chairs

Vio Onut, IBM, University of Ottawa, Canada
Guy-Vincent Jourdan, University of Ottawa, Canada


Artifact Evaluation Chairs

David Barrera, Carleton University, Canada
Simone Soderi,, University of Oulu, Finland


Proceedings Chair

Yousra Aafer, University of Waterloo, Canada


Publicity Chair

Tooska Dargahi, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK




Important Dates

Paper Submission:
May 1, 2026

Acceptance Notification:
June 1, 2026

Camera-Ready:
July 3, 2026
Author Registration:
July 3, 2026
Early-Bird Registration Ends:
August 2, 2026
Conference Date:
August 26-28, 2026