The 6th OpenPGP Email Summit, May 2022

Purpose: Meeting of experts to discuss technical details around encrypted emails using OpenPGP.

This is an event open for anybody involved in the development of email clients using OpenPGP for encryption.

The meeting will take place on May 27/28, 2022 in Geneva (Switzerland), with the option to already meet informally on May 26.

NOTE: This is a meeting of those who develop software related to OpenPGP email. Thus, we will have a lot of tech talk about key servers, key discovery, subject encryption, password recovery, security/policies, etc. If you just are interested in these topics as a user, you probably will be bored to death ;-) .

Thus, you're very welcome to join us if you are working in the area of

technical details
for sending encrypted emails
with OpenPGP
in a project or product

Rules: This is a public meeting. As we want to be fully transparent, anything discussed during the meeting is considered public.

If you want to attend, please add your name to the List of Attendees (Cryptpad).

If you need funding for your travel/hotel expenses please get in contact with Patrick (patrick@enigmail.net).

Location

The event will take place at the Offices of Proton AG (developer of ProtonMail), at Route de la Galaise 32, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland.

Reaching the office

In Geneva, when staying in a hotel, you are provided with a complimentary public transport pass. This pass will allow you to use all public transports (train, tram, bus, even the yellow boats on the lake) within the extensive Geneva area (zone 10) for the entire duration of your stay, including your departure day. So do not throw it away because it will allow you to reach the airport or the train station.

Coming from the airport:

In the baggage hall of Geneva airport there are machines that will give you a complimentary public transport ticket, that you can use on all public transport in Geneva (as above), for 80 minutes.

Itinerary 1 (bus + walk, one change):

Take the bus 23 (Carouge-Tours), 16 stops until Palettes
Walk 126m (3 minutes) to reach bus stop for bus 42 (Lully-Croisée), 8 stops until Manufactures
Walk 394m (6 minutes) to reach Route de la Galaise 32

Itinerary 2 (train + bus + walk, two changes):

Take any train leaving from Geneva airport train station, they all stop at Cornavin train station (7 minutes, 1 stop)
From Cornavin take the L4 train direction Annemasse (departing every 15 minutes), 2 stops until Lancy-Bachet
Walk 46 m to the bus stop for bus D (Saint-Julien SNCF), 6 stops until Galaise
Walk 550m (8 minutes) to reach Route de la Galaise 32

Coming from the Cornavin train station:

If you need a public transport ticket, you can purchase it from the machines or using the TPG app.

From Cornavin take the L4 train direction Annemasse (departing every 15 minutes), 2 stops until Lancy-Bachet
Walk 46 m to the bus stop for bus D (Saint-Julien SNCF), 6 stops until Galaise
Walk 550m (8 minutes) to reach Route de la Galaise 32

At the office:

Please note that there is currently no outside signage for Proton AG. After entering the "underpass" (still outside but under the building), the entrance is at the sliding doors on the right hand side.

On Thursday and Saturday: The building will be closed due to these being non-working days. Please ring the bell for "PROTON", and someone will come down to let you in.
On Friday: Enter the building, and use the elevators on the right side at the end of the lobby to go to the 5th floor. On the 5th floor, ring the bell.

To reach your hotel from the office and vice versa, you can use the TPG app to calculate your itinerary.

Hotel Information

Ibis Styles in Carouge: quite nice and usually not too expensive
Les Chambres du CTN: very close to the office, cheaper but very no-frills

Covid Procedures

There are no travelling restrictions in Switzerland. For the Summit, we require a valid COVID certificate, i.e. vaccinated or recovered.

Agenda

Thursday, May 26, 2022:

Informal meeting for those who want to chat, discuss, develop etc. any kind of topics outside the Summit Agenda
Informal gathering at 7pm with drinks and dinner at Chat Noir.

Friday, May 27, 2022:

09:30: Welcome, Organizational Issues, Agenda and Schedule
10:00: Introducing each other
10:30: Plenary Talks
12:30: Lunch
13:30: Organizing Working Groups
14:00: Working Groups
19:30: Dinner at Vicolo39

Saturday, May 28, 2022:

09:30: Working Groups
12:30: Lunch
13:00: Working Group
15:00: Final Working Group Reports
15:45: Wrap up
16:30: End

The notes for all sessions can be found here: [OpenPGPEmailSummit202205Notes]