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Tuesday, October 13
 

09:00 CEST

Conference Opening
Tuesday October 13, 2026 09:00 - 09:05 CEST
Welcome to Prague! We open the second edition of the OpenSSL Conference with a brief hello, a few practical notes for the days ahead, and an introduction of the people leading OpenSSL Corporation today.
Speakers
MZ

Magda Zdunkiewicz

OpenSSL Corporation
The speaker's biography is being finalized and will be published here shortly.
Tuesday October 13, 2026 09:00 - 09:05 CEST
Room 1
  Community, Talk

15:20 CEST

Why have the PQC standards taken so long? Bottlenecks, bickering, and building momentum
Tuesday October 13, 2026 15:20 - 16:00 CEST
NIST published ML-KEM/ML-DSA/SLH-DSA in Aug 2024, yet stable specs for TLS, email, code signing remain elusive. This panel explores why and what the community can do.
Speakers
MO

Mike Ounsworth

Lead open source maintainer, Cryptic Forest Software
Mike Ounsworth is a software security architect and cryptographic protocol designer. He is deeply involved in the Post-Quantum transition, particularly in re-designing IETF networking protocols to accommodate the new PQC algorithms, dual-algorithm hybrids, and mechanisms to ease migration... Read More →
Tuesday October 13, 2026 15:20 - 16:00 CEST
Room 2
  Community, Talk

17:00 CEST

Who Pays for Open Source? A First-Party Answer from the OpenSSL Corporation
Tuesday October 13, 2026 17:00 - 17:30 CEST
OpenSSL's contributor record shows the library is written overwhelmingly by paid engineers β€” a corrective to the volunteer-burnout narrative.
Speakers
KS

Kajal Sapkota

Business Development Manager, OpenSSL Corporation
Kajal Sapkota is Business Development Manager and Commercial Lead at OpenSSL Corporation, where she manages its funding: support contracts and partnerships across roughly one hundred organizations. She also leads sponsor relations for the OpenSSL Conference and has worked across marketing... Read More →
Tuesday October 13, 2026 17:00 - 17:30 CEST
Room 2
  Community, Talk
 
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