The 7th OpenPGP Email Summit, May 2023

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 Friday/Saturday May 26/27, 2023 in Geneva (Switzerland). For those who will arrive on Thursday evening, we have organized an informal dinner in Geneva at Cafe du Grütli.

NOTE: This is a meeting of those who develop software related to OpenPGP email. Thus, we will have a lot of tech talk about and standards, key discovery and key servers, subject encryption, password recovery, security/policies, etc.

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.

Registration

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

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.

You should receive the pass by email 3 days in advance, so that you can even use it when travelling from the airport or train station to the hotel. There's no need to print it, if you can show it on a smartphone, that should be sufficient.

Even AirBnBs are required to offer this pass, as it's covered by the city tax. If you're staying at an AirBnB you might want to ask the host to confirm that you'll get one (it's free for the host but they need to register for it).

If you don't receive a pass, or need an additional public transport ticket, you can purchase it from the machines or using the TPG app.

Coming from the airport:

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:

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 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.
On 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.

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

Agenda

Thursday, May 25, 2023:

Informal gathering at 7pm with drinks and dinner at Cafe du Grütli, Rue Général Dufour, 16 (Geneva).

Friday, May 26, 2023:

09:30: Welcome, Organizational Issues, Agenda and Schedule
09:45: Introducing each other
10:00: Report on action items of last Summit
10:45: Plenary Talks
12:30: Lunch
13:30: Organizing Working Groups
14:00: Working Groups
19:30: Dinner at Vicolo39

Saturday, May 27, 2023:

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: [OpenPGPEmailSummit202305Notes]