FHE.org 2026 Conference Guide
How to get the most out of this year's conference in Taipei
🆕 First time coming? Here’s what to expect..
Conference attendees will check-in on arrival and get a badge with their lu.ma provided information on it. If you’d like to change the information displayed on your badge, please let us know!
At registration, attendees also receive this year’s special collector goodie. In a previous year at Toronto’s conference, attendees received an adorable Canadian themed gift of a plushie beaver (or BeFHEr, if you will).
HINT: This year’s goodie is a surprise, but here’s a hint — once it’s gone, it’s BEARY GONE.
At check-in, you’ll be able to grab a morning snack, beverage of choice, and mingle with some of the leading researchers in the FHE space, including research and development leaders from major FHE libraries and schemes.
The FHE.org community comes from all around the world to meet in person, discuss research, present on topics, and meet future collaborators and employers. Before and after the conference, you can also meet the same community (over 5,000 users) on our FHE.org discord at https://discord.fhe.org.
At the conference, there are both stage presentations and poster presentations.
Stage presentations are done with slides and a speaker on stage to the audience, with a succinct Q&A.
Poster presentations allow for a more intimate discussion and 1:1 Q&A with the authors who make themselves available at the poster session and during breaks throughout the day.
Attendees enjoy talks from some of the most prolific figures in the FHE (and cryptography!) space. For this year, the conference Program Chairs announced the invited speaker as Shai Halevi, another legend of the FHE space.
Between talks and poster sessions are snack breaks, a specially catered buffet lunch, and our famous DJed after party with drinks, food, and a photo booth for those who want to remember the occasion for their existing teams or new acquaintances!
The conference is a full day packed with interesting and carefully selected talks from the community. You can see the full program here at https://fhe.org/2026/program.
This year the conference has gotten even more interest from across the world as we welcome 25 generous sponsors that have enabled us to waive student costs and provide the highest quality and best attended conference in the FHE space.
It’s worth thanking all our sponsors (especially our repeat sponsors from previous years!), including our most recent addition to the sponsor list — Apple!
Want to join us at the 5th Annual FHE.org Conference on Fully Homomorphic Encryption, colocated with Real World Crypto 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 8, 2026?
As with last year, students can register for free by emailing contact@fhe.org from their academic email address.
Sponsors can also participate still by emailing with their proposals!
This year there will only be 200 seats available, so reserve them early!
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