[Announcements] [Extended Deadline] IWPE 2026 CFP: The International Workshop on Privacy Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. July 6th, 2026

[David Rodríguez]

12TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PRIVACY ENGINEERING (IWPE’26)

Co-located with IEEE EuroS&P
July 6th, 2026 - Lisbon (Portugal)
Website: https://www.iwpe.info/ [1]

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IMPORTANT DATES

  	* Submission Deadline: February 26, 2026 [Extended Deadline]
  	* Notification of Acceptance: March 28, 2026
  	* Camera-ready: April 1, 2026
  	* _(Non-archival option available)_

ABOUT IWPE’26

Ongoing news reports regarding global surveillance programs, massive 
personal data breaches in corporate databases, and notorious examples of 
personal tragedies due to privacy violations have intensified societal 
demands for privacy-friendly systems. In response, current legislative 
and standardization processes worldwide aim to strengthen individual's 
privacy by introducing legal, organizational and technical frameworks 
that personal data collectors and processors must follow.

However, in practice, these initiatives alone are not enough to 
guarantee that organizations and software developers will be able to 
identify and adopt appropriate privacy engineering techniques in their 
daily practices. It is also difficult to systematically evaluate whether 
the systems developed comply with legal frameworks, provide necessary 
technical assurances, and fulfill users' privacy requirements. It is 
evident that research is needed in developing techniques and tools that 
can aid the translation of legal and normative concepts, as well as user 
expectations into systems requirements. Furthermore, methods that can 
support organizations and engineers in developing systems that address 
these requirements are of increasing value.

In this context, privacy engineering research is emerging as an 
important topic. Engineers are increasingly expected to build and 
maintain privacy-preserving and data-protection compliant systems in 
domains such as health, energy, transportation, social computing, law 
enforcement, public services; based on different infrastructures such as 
cloud, grid, or mobile. While there is a consensus on the benefits of an 
engineering approach to privacy, concrete proposals for models, methods, 
techniques, and tools that support engineers and organizations in this 
endeavor are few and in need of immediate attention.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

We welcome contributions on topics including, but not limited to:

  	* Integrating law and policy compliance into the development process
  	* Privacy or data protection impact assessments in the engineering 
context
  	* Privacy engineering and data-driven software development
  	* Privacy engineering in machine learning and AI
  	* Privacy engineering, data subject rights and data portability
  	* Privacy risk management models
  	* Technical standards, heuristics and best practices for privacy 
engineering
  	* User privacy and data protection requirements
  	* Management of privacy requirements with other system requirements
  	* Privacy-preserving architectures for databases, networks, and the 
cloud
  	* Privacy engineering in the context of interaction design and 
usability
  	* Validation and verification of privacy properties and requirements
  	* Engineering Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
  	* Transparency Engineering and transparency-enhancing tools (TETs)
  	* Integration of PETs and TETs into systems or the development 
ecosystem
  	* Tools and formal languages supporting privacy engineering
  	* Teaching and training privacy engineering
  	* Pilots and real-world applications
  	* Evaluation of privacy engineering methods, technologies, and tools
  	* Organizational, legal, political and economic aspects of privacy 
engineering

PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION

	* Types of Papers

  	* Short Papers: Up to 4 pages
  	* Long Papers: Up to 8 pages

  	* The review process is double-blind, submissions are therefore 
anonymous.

	* Publication Options

  	* Archival: Published in IEEE Xplore
  	* Non-archival: Not included in proceedings (to allow future 
submissions elsewhere)

  	* Format: Follow the IEEE EuroS&P template (English, double-column).
  	* Submission Link: EasyChair for IWPE'2 [2]6
  	* At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present 
at the workshop.

CONTACT

For inquiries, please email: iwpe26 at easychair.org

IWPE'26 Organizing Committee

  	* Meiko Jensen
  	* Frank Pallas
  	* Isabel Wagner
  	* Victor Morel
  	* David Rodriguez Torrado
  	* Kim Wuyts
  	* Catherine Easdon
  	* Liina Kamm

(_Visit the website for the full program committee._)

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  [3]
  David Rodríguez Torrado, Ph.D. - www.davidrtorrado.com [4]
_Assistant Professor - Profesor Ayudante_
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación
Departamento de Ingeniería de Servicios Telemáticos
  Despacho B-213. Av. Complutense, 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain

  david.rtorrado at upm.es

  Aviso / Disclaimer [5]  Piensa antes de imprimir.

Links:
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[1] https://www.iwpe.info/
[2] https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwpe25
[3] https://www.upm.es/
[4] http://www.davidrtorrado.com
[5] https://www.upm.es/disclaimer
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