Committees

General Chair

• Andy Lewis-Pye, London School of Economics, UK

Program Chairs

• Aggelos Kiayias, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Maria Kyropoulou, University of Essex, UK

Program Committee (TBA)

Steering Committee

• Ittai Abraham (co-chair), Intel
• Dan Boneh, Stanford University
• Christian Cachin, University of Bern
• Ittay Eyal (co-chair), Technion
• Giulia Fanti, CMU
• Maurice Herlihy, Brown University
• Satoshi Nakamoto (pending confirmation)
• Tim Roughgarden, Columbia University
• Eli Ben Sasson, Technion
• Emin Gun Sirer (co-chair), Cornell University
• Rainer Böhme ('24 PC chair), University of Innsbruck
• Lucianna Kiffer ('24 PC chair), IMDEA Networks
• Nicolas Christin ('25 PC chair), Carnegie Mellon University
• Zeta Avarikioti ('25 PC chair), TU Wien and Common Prefix
• Aggelos Kiayias ('26 PC chair), University of Edinburgh
• Maria Kyropoulou ('26 PC chair), University of Essex

The steering committee consists of up to 16 members. Up to 6 of them are the program chair(s) of the next AFT conference, and the program chair(s) of the two most recent AFT conferences that have taken place - up to two members per edition, even if there were more PC-chairs due to exigent circumstances. PC-Chair Membership in the steering committee changes after every AFT conference.

Since 2025, the positions held by the 9 members of the inaugural steering committee are being determined by an election that takes place annually, usually at the AFT conference, among the attendees of the conference. Each year, three positions are up for election, in an initial order that has been determined by the committee. The term of each elected member is 3 years. Re-election is permitted. The steering committee elects among itself a chair or multiple co-chairs every year.