Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security

Call for Papers (now passed)

Status: Paper reviews happening now.

Call for Workshops (now passed)

Status: SOUPS 2026 will have eight half-day workshops, details here. Workshop submissions are due on May 28, for most workshops.

Call for Lightning Talks open, priority deadline May 14

Call for Posters open, deadline May 28

Call for John Karat Award open, deadline June 11

Draft Program

This year SOUPS is a bit different. We're back in Europe. We've gotten more paper submissions than ever. And we're not with our friends at USENIX Security. To hopefully facilitate transit, we are beginning workshops on Sunday at 1pm, and the main conference on Monday at 1pm. To give you a sense of what that means for our schedule this year, we provide this visual aid, which we will finalize after paper acceptances.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference - August 23-26, 2026

Technical papers
Mandatory Paper Registration Deadline: Feb 12
Paper Submission Deadline: Feb 19
Early Rejection Notification: March 26
Author Response Period: April 23 - April 30
Paper Notifications: May 19
Camera Ready Deadline: June 15

Posters
Submission deadline: May 28
Notification of acceptance: June 18

Workshops and beyond
Proposal submission deadline: March 26
Notification of proposal acceptance: April 6
Workshop paper submission deadline: May 28
Notification of workshop paper acceptance: June 11
Camera ready workshop papers due: June 25

Lightning talks and demos
Submission deadline: May 28
Submission notification: June 8
Submissions received after May 28 will be considered until the program is full.

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