<div dir="ltr"><p><font size="2">Hi all,</font></p>
<p><font size="2">We are pleased to announce that the Confidential Computing devroom will return to FOSDEM 2026. The devroom will take place on Sunday, February 1, 2026 (9:00-13:00) in Brussels, Belgium. We are now accepting talk proposals through the <a href="https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/">FOSDEM Pretalx system</a><a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link gmail-cursor-pointer"><span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-ms-0.5 gmail-inline-block gmail-align-middle gmail-leading-none">. The full CfP can be fo</span></a>und here: </font><a href="https://falder.org/fosdem26-cfp">https://falder.org/fosdem26-cfp</a>.</p><p><font size="2">This will be the seventh edition of the devroom, continuing our focus on the open-source ecosystem around hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), also known as Confidential Computing.</font></p><p><font size="2">We invite submissions addressing any aspect of free and open-source confidential computing, including but not limited to:</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Programming frameworks and operating system support for TEEs</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Open-source attestation and deployment frameworks</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Cloud-native confidential computing use cases</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Language and compiler support for trusted hardware</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">TEE-specific attacks, mitigations, and reverse engineering</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Open enclave architectures (RISC-V, GPUs, accelerators, etc.)</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Visions and discussions on future trusted hardware</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">This year, attestation-related topics are again welcome in our devroom.</font></p>
<h3><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">Key dates (Brussels time):</span></font></h3>
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<p><font size="2">Submission deadline: December 1, 2025</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2025</font></p>
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<p><font size="2">Devroom date: February 1, 2026 (Sunday, 9:00-13:00)</font></p>
</li></ul><p><font size="2">Talk slots are generally 20-40 minutes including Q&A, but shorter presentations (around 10 minutes) for focused ideas or discussion points are also welcome.</font></p><div><font size="2"><a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link gmail-cursor-pointer">Looking forward to FOSDEM!</a></font></div><div><font size="2"><a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link gmail-cursor-pointer"><br></a></font></div><div><font size="2"><a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link gmail-cursor-pointer">Ilaria, on behalf of the Confidential Computing Devroom organizers</a></font></div><p><font size="2"><a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link gmail-cursor-pointer"><br></a></font></p><font size="2"><br></font></div>