Previous Conferences

From 2006 to 2016 the ARES Conferences have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS).
Starting in 2017 the ARES Conferences have been published by ACM’s International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS).
Details about each ARES edition can be found below.

ARES 2022 – Vienna, Austria
Link https://2022.ares-conference.eu/
Keynote
Speakers		 The strange world of the password
Steven Furnell, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Usable Privacy: Retrospective and Challenges ahead
Delphine Reinhardt, University of Göttingen, Germany
Acceptance Rate 21,73% (full paper only)
 Publisher ACM ICPS (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3538969)

ARES 2021 – All-Digital Conference
Link https://2021.ares-conference.eu/
Keynote
Speakers		 When humans and security or privacy technology interact
Sonia Chiasson, Carleton University, Canada
Secure and Privacy-Conscious Federated Analytics
Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL – Station 14, Switzerland
Acceptance Rate 20,34% (full paper only)
 Publisher ACM ICPS (https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3407023)

ARES 2020 – All-Digital Conference
Link https://2020.ares-conference.eu/
Keynote
Speakers		 Children need Cyber Security Education too
Karen Renaud, Abertay University, UK
Security, the Elusive Goal of Privacy, and the Surprising Difficulties around Corona Tracing
Thorsten Strufe, KASTEL, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Acceptance Rate 21,26% (full paper only)
 Publisher ACM ICPS (https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3407023)

ARES 2019 – Canterbury, UK
Link https://2019.ares-conference.eu 
Keynote
Speakers		 Alastair MacWillson, Institute of Information Security, Qufaro@Bletchley Park
Awais Rashid, Professor of Cyber Security, University of Bristol
Acceptance Rate 20,75% (full paper only)
 Publisher ACM ICPS (https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3339252)

ARES 2018 – Hamburg, Germany
Link https://2018.ares-conference.eu/
Keynote
Speakers		 Adrian Perrig, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Dr. Joan Daemen, Radboud University, Security Architect at ST Microelectronics, The Netherlands
Acceptance Rate 22,32% (full paper only)
 Publisher ACM ICPS (https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3230833)

ARES 2017 – Reggio Calabria, Italy
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2017/
Keynote
Speakers		 Andrea Servida, European Commission, Belgium
Marta Milo, University of Sheffield, UK
Neil D. Lawrence, University of Sheffield and Amazon, UK
Kevin Jones, Innovation and Scouting, Airbus, UK
Acceptance Rate ~24% (full paper only)
 Publisher ACM ICPS (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3098954)

ARES 2016 – Salzburg, Austria
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/
Keynote Speakers Koen Hermans, EUROJUST, The Netherlands
Bernhard Schölkopf, Max-Planck-Campus Tübingen, Germany
Negar Kiyavash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US
Thomas C. Stubbings, Thomas Stubbings Management Consulting eU, Austria
Acceptance Rate ~24% (full paper only)
 Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7777698)

ARES 2015 – Toulouse, France
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2015/
Keynote Speakers Peter Eckersley, EFF Technology Projects Director, US
Rainer Böhme, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Pierangela Samarati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Afonso Ferreira, Trust & Security Unit, European Commission
Acceptance Rate ~29% (full paper only)
 Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7299495)

ARES 2014 – Fribourg, Switzerland
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2014/
Keynote Speakers Bart Preneel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Volkmar Lotz, SAP Research, Germany
Allison Mankin, Verisign Labs, US
Acceptance Rate ~16%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6969844)

ARES 2013 – Regensburg, Germany
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2013/
Keynote Speakers Elena Ferrari, DiSTA STRICT SociaLab, University of Insubria, Italy
Carl Gunter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Acceptance Rate ~24%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6656131)

ARES 2012 – Prague, Chzech Republic
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2012/
Keynote Speakers Prof. Annie I. Antón, North Carolina State University
Chenxi Wang, Forrester Research
Acceptance Rate <20%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6329167)

ARES 2011 – Vienna, Austria
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2011/
Keynote Speakers Prof. Shari Pfleeger, Dartmouth College
Gary McGraw Ph.D., Cigital Inc.
Acceptance Rate <25%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6045375)

ARES 2010 – Krakow, Poland
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2010/
Keynote Speakers Prof. Ross Anderson, Cambridge University
Prof. Gene Spafford, Purdue University
Acceptance Rate <25%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5437532)

ARES 2009 – Fukuoka, Japan
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2009/
Keynote Speakers Prof. Elisa Bertino, Purdue University
Prof. Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University
Prof. Eiji Okamoto, Tsukuba Uniiversity
Acceptance Rate ~25%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=5066394&isYear=2009)

ARES 2008 – Barcelona, Spain
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2008/
Keynote Speakers Prof. Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University
Prof. Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg
Prof. Ravi Sandhu, University of Texas at San Antonio
Acceptance Rate ~22%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4529303&isYear=2008)

ARES 2007 – Vienna, Austria
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2007/
Keynote Speakers Prof. Reinhard Posch, Chief Information Officer for the Federal Republic of Austria
Prof. Bhavani Thuraisingham, University of Texas at Dallas
Acceptance Rate ~30%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4159774&isYear=2007)

ARES 2006 – Vienna, Austria
Link http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2006/
Keynote Speakers Dr. Louis Marinos, ENISA
Prof. Andrew Steane, University of Oxford
Prof. David Basin, ETH Zurich
Acceptance Rate ~35%
Publisher CPS (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=34117&isYear=2006)