Crypto 2026

August 17-20, 2026

Santa Barbara, USA

Crypto 2026 is the 46th Annual International Cryptology Conference. It takes place in Santa Barbara, California, USA on August 17-20, 2026, with affiliated events on August 15-16 in the same location. Crypto 2026 is organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).

Attendees should pay attention to the UCSB campus map because the locations of housing, dining, and some events have changed from prior years.

Important dates

Feb 12, 2026

Submission deadline at 23:59 US Pacific time

Apr 7, 2026

First round notification

Apr 13, 2026

Rebuttal deadline

May 4, 2026

Final notification

Jun 8, 2026

Final versions due

Aug 17, 2026

Conference begins

Website updates

Aug 18, 2026

Unlike Github (probably), the rump session program is up

Aug 11, 2026

Rump session info posted, with a deadline of August 17 at 22:00 PDT

Aug 3, 2026

Affiliated events program is online

Jul 19, 2026

Conference program is online

Jun 29, 2026

Registration is now open, with an early registration deadline of July 26, 2026

Jun 22, 2026

Accepted papers and Student support information published

May 11, 2026

Travel/Venue and Visa information published

Mar 16, 2026

Call for affiliated events published

Jan 6, 2026

Call for papers and paper submission guidelines published

Nov 1, 2025

Website launched