The RWC series of events was initiated by Kenny Paterson and Nigel Smart in 2012, as part of a celebration at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing. At that point the rather less punchy title was Is Cryptographic Theory Practically Relevant?. The event was an amazing success and within a week we had been contacted about organizing a follow up event; and so Real World Cryptography was born.

Past RWC events are achived here:

• 2021 Program: Virtual Main Page
• 2020 Program: New York, USA Main Page
• 2019 Program: San Jose, USA Main Page
• 2018 Program: Zurich, Switzerland Main Page
• 2017 Program: New York, USA Main Page
• 2016 Program: Palo Alto, USA Main Page
• 2015 Program: London, UK Main Page
• 2014 Program: New York, USA Main Page
• 2013 Program: Palo Alto, USA Main Page
• 2012 Program: Cambridge, UK Main Page

Former Steering Committee Members

• Aggelos Kiayias (2013-2021)
• Tom Ristenpart (2013-2020)