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PKC oversight is provided by the <a href="/conferences/pkc/">PKC Steering Committee</a></p> <p>PKC now has a <a href="test_of_time_award">Test of Time Award</a>. </p> <p>For information about organizing PKC in the future, contact <img align="middle" alt="email address hidden" src="/images/address/pkcrep.png"/> </p> <p>Information about individual conferences is available below. Information about publications from the conferences may be found in <a href="/cryptodb/">Cryptodb</a>. </p> <ul> <li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2025'>PKC 2025</a>, R酶ros, Norway. </li><li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2024'>PKC 2024</a>, Sydney, Australia. </li><li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2023/'>PKC 2023</a>, Atlanta, USA. </li><li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2022/'>PKC 2022</a>, Yokohama, Japan. </li><li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2021/'>PKC 2021</a>, Edinburgh, UK. </li><li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2020/'>PKC 2020</a>, Virtual, . </li><li><a href='http://pkc.iacr.org/2019'>PKC 2019</a>, Beijing, China. </li><li><a href='https://pkc.iacr.org/2018/'>PKC 2018</a>, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. </li><li><a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2017/'>PKC 2017</a>, Amsterdam, Netherlands. </li><li><a href='http://troll.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pkc16/'>PKC 2016</a>, Taipei, Taiwan. <a href='https://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2016/'>Mirror of website</a></li><li><a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2015/'>PKC 2015</a>, Washington, D.C., USA. </li><li><a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2014/'>PKC 2014</a>, Buenos Aires, Argentina. </li><li><a href='http://ohta-lab.jp/pkc2013/'>PKC 2013</a>, Nara, Japan. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2013/'>Mirror of website</a> created 15-Apr-14</li><li><a href='http://pkc2012.cased.de/'>PKC 2012</a>, Darmstadt, Germany. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2012/'>Mirror of website</a> created 15-Apr-14</li><li><a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2011/'>PKC 2011</a>, Taormina, Italy. </li><li><a href='http://pkc2010.di.ens.fr/'>PKC 2010</a>, Paris, France. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2010/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 24-Jun-10.</li><li><a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2009/'>PKC 2009</a>, Irvine, CA, USA. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2009/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 27-Apr-09.</li><li><a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2008/'>PKC 2008</a>, Barcelona, Spain. </li><li><a href='http://pkc07.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/'>PKC 2007</a>, Beijing, China. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2007/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 22-May-07.</li><li><a href='http://pkc06.cs.columbia.edu'>PKC 2006</a>, New York, USA. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2006/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 29-Jun-06.</li><li><a href='http://pkc2005.epfl.ch/'>PKC 2005</a>, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2005/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 29-Jun-06.</li><li><a href='http://pkc2004.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/'>PKC 2004</a>, Singapore, Singapore. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2004/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 22-May-07.</li><li><a href='http://www.sait.fsu.edu/conferences/2003/pkc/'>PKC 2003</a>, Miami, USA. <a href='http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2003/'>Mirror of website</a> Mirror created 29-Jun-06.</li></ul> 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