Swedish IT Security Research Network for Ph.D. students (SWITS) 2026
SWITS is a Swedish network for doctoral students in IT security and was created in 2001. The SWITS 2026 seminar will take place in Jönköping, 9-10 June 2026.
Time: Tue 2026-06-09 10.30 - Wed 2026-06-10 15.00
Location: Jönköping University
Language: English
The draft SWITS 2026 seminar program is as follows:
Tuesday, 9th June 2026:
- 10:30 Arrival, Coffee for early arrivals
- 11:00 Welcome, Introduction, research group presentations,
- PhD student presentations/discussion
- 12:30 Lunch
- 13:30 PhD student presentations/discussion
- 15:30 Coffee
- 16:00 Parallel workshops or PhD student presentations/discussion
- 17:00 Cybercampus Sweden, PhD education & SWITS
- 18:00 Social event & Dinner
Wednesday, 10th June 2026:
- 9:00 Welcome, PhD student presentations/discussion
- 10:00 Poster pitches, Poster presentations or demos by PhD students & Cybersecurity projects
- (Coffee and snacks are served in between)
- 11:30 Lunch
- 12:30 PhD student presentations
- 14:00 Invited talks / Demos: Jönköping University
- 14:30 Summing up, next steps
- 15:00 Coffee, and end of SWITS 2026
TRAVEL INFORMATION
The SWITS 2026 seminar location is at Jönköping University. The location is easily reachable from the city center:
- By Train: Arrive directly at the city centre. This is the most convenient option for people coming from the east or south.
- By Bus: Arrive directly at the city centre. This is usually the most convenient option for those travelling from Gothenburg
- By Plane: If you happen to join us from far away, flying to Landvetter airport and taking a direct bus is an option.
(More information about the meeting rooms/locations at Jönköping University will follow).
REGISTRATION: PARTICIPATION AND HOTEL
SWITS 2026 is co-organised and co-funded by Cybercampus Sweden. Thanks to this support by Cybercampus Sweden, participation will again be free this year.
We arrange for hotel rooms at Savoy Hotel and Elite Hotel. Please indicate in the registration for what nights you need a room.
For the night from Tuesday to Wednesday is free (funded by Cybercampus), for the night from Monday to Tuesday the price is 1025 SEK incl. moms. The amount has to be paid at the hotel.
Please note that hotel rooms can only be handled by us if you register by May 5th. Please indicate how many nights you want a hotel room for. We will try to coordinate so that delegates from the same university are placed in the same hotel.
DEADLINES
By 5th May 2026: Please register to SWITS 20 26 via this link .
As mentioned above, all PhD students are invited to submit a short (up to one-page) abstract of their presentation in PDF by 25th May 2026 by emailing it to Simone Fischer-Hübner (simofihu@kau.se).
The website with the draft seminar program, abstracts of presentations will be set up by the 2nd June 2026.
We are looking forward very much to seeing you at the seminar and to further cooperation!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Simone Fischer-Hübner (SWITS coordinator) & and the local SWITS 2026 hosts Joakim Kävrestad, Agnieszka Kitkowska and Erik Bergström.