NextG-Sec 2026

Schedule

Program Keynotes Panel

June 23, 2026 — Wang Center, Stony Brook University, NY

09:00 – 10:20 ACNS Keynote 2 Joint session with the main ACNS conference
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee Break
11:10 – 12:40 Workshop Opening & Keynotes
11:10 – 11:20 Opening Remarks
11:20 – 12:00 Keynote: Dr. Endadul Hoque
12:00 – 12:40 Keynote: Dr. Brad Reaves
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Panel & Keynote
14:00 – 14:45 Panel Discussion
Dr. Elisa Bertino, Dr. Hongxin Hu, Dr. Omar Chowdhury, Dr. Hanif Rahbari
14:50 – 15:30 Keynote: Dr. Farbod Tavakkoli
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Paper Presentations
  • 16:00 – 16:20 Invited Paper
    NextG Security for Mission Critical Communication
    Arupjyoti Bhuyan (Idaho National Laboratory), William Edwards (US Navy, Retired), Junaid Islam (OODA LLC), Jason Hilker (US Marine Corps, Retired)
  • 16:20 – 16:40 Full Paper
    Towards Post-Quantum Secure eSIM Provisioning Protocols
    Harrison Banda (University of Regensburg), Hannes Bartz (German Aerospace Center, DLR), Juliane Krämer (University of Regensburg), Michael Meyer (University of Regensburg), Vincent Quentin Ulitzsch (MIT)
  • 16:40 – 17:00 Full Paper
    AI-Assisted 5G Security Testing: Leveraging LLMs for the Assessment of User Equipment
    Syed Khandker (New York University Abu Dhabi), Zacharia Kornas (New York University), Christina Pöpper (New York University Abu Dhabi)
  • 17:00 – 17:20 Short Paper
    The Application of Zero-Trust Architecture in O-RAN Networks — Current Challenges and the Road Ahead
    Charalampos Katsis (Purdue University), Imtiaz Karim (The University of Texas at Dallas), Elisa Bertino (Purdue University)
Evening ACNS Social Dinner Joint social dinner with ACNS 2026 attendees