SF in June: Confidential Computing Summit

It should be around 70F/21C in San Francisco around the 29th June, which is a pretty good reason to pop over to attend the Confidential Computing Summit which is happening on that day. One of the signs that a technology is getting some real attention in the industry is when conferences start popping up, and Confidential Computing is now at the stage where it has two: OC3 (mainly virtual, Europe-based) and CCS.

I have to admit to having skin in this game – as Executive Director of the Confidential Computing Consortium, I’ll be presenting a brief keynote – but given the number of excellent speakers who’ll be there, it’s very much worth considering if you have an interest in Confidential Computing (and you should). I’d planned to paste the agenda into this article, but it’s just too large. Here is a list of just some of the sessions and panels, instead.

• State of the Confidential Computing Market – Raluca Ada Popa, Assoc. Prof CS, UC Berkeley and co-founder Opaque Systems
• Confidential Computing and Zero Trust – Vikas Bhatia, Head of Product, Microsoft Azure Confidential Computing
• Overcoming Barriers to Confidential Computing as a Universal Platform – John Manferdelli, Office of the CTO, VMware
• Confidential Computing as a Cornerstone for Cybersecurity Strategies and Compliance – Xochitl Monteon, Chief Privacy Officer and VP Cybersecurity Risk & Governance, Intel
• Citadel: Side-Channel-Resistant Enclaves on an Open-Source, Speculative, Out-of-Order Processor – Srini Devadas, Webster Professor of EECS, MIT
• Collaborative Confidential Computing: FHE vs sMPC vs Confidential Computing. Security Models and Real World Use Cases – Bruno Grieder, CTO & Co-Founder, Cosmian
• Application of confidential computing to Anti Money Laundering in Canada – Vishal Gossain, Practice Leader, Risk Analytics and Strategy, Ernst and Young

As you can tell, there’s a great selection of business-led and technical sessions, so whether you want to delve into the technology or understand the impact of Confidential Computing on business, please come along: I look forward to seeing you there.