Invited Speakers

Olivier Blazy

Professor at École Polytechnique, France

Olivier Blazy is a professor at École Polytechnique specializing in cybersecurity and cryptography. His research focuses on cryptographic protocols, zero-knowledge proofs, and post-quantum cryptography, with contributions to the NIST PQC competition. He has served as an associate professor at the University of Limoges and led the ANR project IDFix, which explores identity-based communications. His work also extends to European cybersecurity policy discussions and media engagements on security issues.

His research focuses on the areas of implicit cryptography and identity-based communications. Dr. Blazy is currently leading the ANR project IDFix, which specializes in ID-based communications.

Pascal Lafourcade

Professor of Computer Science at IUT of Clermont Auvergne

Pascal Lafourcade is a Professor at the IUT (University Institute of Technology) of Computer Science at the University of Clermont Auvergne and a member of the Laboratory of Computer Science, Modeling and Systems Optimization. He specializes in computer security and cryptography.