The Workshop on Migration and Agility in Cryptographic Systems (MAgiCS) will take place in Rome on May 10th, 2026, at the Città Universitaria (University Campus) of Sapienza University of Rome, co-located with Eurocrypt 2026. MAgiCS26 focuses on the topic of migration and the transition of cryptographic systems. The workshop aims to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical processes for their application in real-world scenarios.

Date: May 10th 2026

Location: Città Universitaria, Sapienza University of Rome, co-located with EuroCrypt 2026

About:

Cryptographic migration, specifically in the post-quantum setting, is a challenging and, in practice, mainly unsolved task. The problem sits at the intersection of applied IT and cryptographic engineering and addresses two fundamentally different audiences: practitioners who actually work in data centers and cryptographic engineers who design and implement cryptographic systems. Despite advances in cryptographic technologies, the process of migrating existing systems and IT infrastructures to new standards presents significant challenges. Rapid transition appears to require a strong incentive to adopt new technology. The issue of migration is particularly prominent in the current transition towards post-quantum cryptography, which aims to protect data against future quantum computing threats. Due to its practical relevance, at least for high-security applications, there are numerous practical post-quantum migrations going on worldwide. Despite these worldwide activities, there is comparatively little research on the general structure of migration projects and how to suitably model cryptographic migration. In fact, many people consider migrating software and hardware components as a best-practice task. So, people legitimately ask “Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?” as David Ott did at RWC 2022. The proposed Eurocrypt co-located workshop on Migration and Agility in Cryptographic Systems shall serve as an international nucleus for the research community addressing formalisms for cryptographic migration.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Methodology and concepts supporting crypto-agility
• Maturity model for crypto-agility
• Software tooling for crypto-agility
• Hardware accelerator design for classical asymmetric and post-quantum cryptography
• Protocol design supporting crypto-agility
• Fail-safe protocols for crypto-agility
• Migration models and concepts
• Key management, replacement and lifecycle concepts & protocols
• Formal models and verification tools
• Hybrid solutions (classic + PQC / multiple PQC schemes / QKD + PQC)
• Solutions for secure legacy support
• Attacks on hybrid schemes
• Identification of the use of legacy cryptography

Paper Submission:

Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, anonymous, and not submitted to journals or other conferences/workshops that have proceedings. Submissions must be written in English, strictly follow Springer CCIS format (with default margins, font size, etc.) and should be at most 18 pages, excluding only references. Papers not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration. The review process for MAgiCS is double-blind. Accepted papers will be published in a Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) proceedings volume by Springer. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. 

Important Dates:

• Paper submission: February 1st, 2026
• Notification of acceptance: March 22nd, 2026
• Camera‑Ready Version: March 29th, 2026
• Workshop: May 10th, 2026

Contact:

Organizer: Daniel Loebenberger and Marc Stöttinger