Ontario Cryptography Day

In the spirit of Bay Area Crypto Day, NY Crypto Day, and others, Ontario Cryptography Day aims to bring together the cryptography community in Ontario for a day of research talks and discussions. We hope to establish a recurring event rotating through universities in Ontario.

The event is open to academic, industry, and public sector researchers and practitioners in cryptography, but registration is required.

Friday June 6, 2025

Approximately 10am–4:30pm

University of Waterloo

Davis Centre (DC) 1301 and 1302

Registration

Registration is free but required

Program

The program will consist of technical talks, with coffee breaks and lunch.

The event will start at 10am and will end at approximately 4:30pm (end time to be confirmed).

Invited keynote speaker: Chris Peikert, University of Michigan

Speakers:

Atefeh Mashatan, Toronto Metropolitan University
Connor Paddock, University of Ottawa
Matthew McPherrin, Let's Encrypt
Rasoul Akhavan, University of Waterloo
Vahid Reza Asadi, University of Waterloo
To be announced

Travel

Parking: The closest visitor parking to the Davis Centre is Q Lot, which costs about $7/day and must be paid using the AMP Mobile pay app.

Public transport:

GO Transit: Some GO Transit buses come directly to campus. For example, there is a GO train departing Toronto’s Union Station at 7:34am to Bramalea which connects with a GO bus to the University of Waterloo campus, arriving at 9:50am. There are also GO trains to Kitchener station which connect with GRT buses/light rail from Kitchener to UW. Check the trip planner on the GO Transit website for more details.
Grand River Transit: The ION light rail stops at the University of Waterloo station. There are also many local buses that reach the University of Waterloo campus.

Map

Organizers

Mohammad Hajiabadi, University of Waterloo
Douglas Stebila, University of Waterloo

For more information, please email dstebila@uwaterloo.ca.