ORSHIN Summer School

on Open-source ReSilient Hardware and software for Internet of thiNgs
7th – 10th September 2025 Crete, Greece

The school aims at bringing together Master/PhD students, academics and security experts from industry, focusing on the following specific topics:

Secure life cycle management of open source hardware

Open source hardware with formally verifiable security guarantees

Efficient firmware and hardware audits

Secure and privacy preserving cryptographic protocols

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Programme

Event's Schedule

DAY 1

Sep 7, 2025
19:00 - 21:00

Welcome reception

DAY 2

Sep 8, 2025
09:00 – 10:30

Talk

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30

Talk

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30

Talk

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30

Talk

19:00

Banquet dinner

DAY 3

Sep 9, 2025
09:00 – 10:30

Talk

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30

Talk

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30

Talk

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30

Talk

DAY 4

Sep 10, 2025
09:00 – 10:30

Talk

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30

Talk

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30

Talk

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30

Talk

Speakers

Dr. Benedikt
Gierlichs

Speaker

Prof. at KU Leuven, Scientific Lead of the ORSHIN project

Topic: Hardware masking as countermeasure against side-channel attacks

Marton
Bognar

Speaker

KU Leuven

Topic: Extending processors for stronger security

Aurélien
Francillon

Speaker

Prof. at EURECOM

Topic: Phase Side Channels

Olivier
Thomas

Speaker

Founder and CTO at Texplained

Topic: Reverse Engineering based OSH supply chain verification

Jan
Pleskac

Speaker

CTO and co-founder at Tropic Square

Topic: Application of ORSHIN research results in industry context

Stanislav
Jerabek

Speaker

Security researcher at Tropic Square

Topic: Secure Channel implementation

Maria Chiara
Molteni

Speaker

Researcher at Security Pattern

Topic: Trusted Lifecycle TLC and the definition of open source hardware

Tommaso
Sacchetti

Speaker

PhD student at EURECOM

Topic: Bluetooth Security

Volodymyr
Bezsmertnyi

Speaker

Researcher at NXP

Topic: Pre-Silicon Fault Injection Testing and Defenses​

More Speakers

to be confirmed

Stipends

Students who seek financial assistance (i.e. a registration fee waiver of a stipend, or more) please write to pela.noe@esat.kuleuven.be with the subject line “ORSHIN summer school stipend request” before 28 April 2025 (and preferably as soon as possible). Please include in your email a short motivating paragraph specifying your school and advisor (if any). Please also ask your advisor to write us an email in support (one email can pertain to multiple students). In all cases, please await a response before registering yourself (this saves us some trouble). If you ask for assistance, you will not be assessed a late fee if we respond too late for you to make the early registration deadline. Students who receive assistance should be prepared to show a student ID or other proof of affiliation at the registration desk.

Venue

The summer school will take place at Porto Platanias 5*, Crete
Participants of the summer school can benefit from a special rate in both of the indicated hotels. Please note that accommodation is not included in the registration fee for the summer school.

Porto Platanias Village Resort
Double room for single use with pool or garden view, with the NET daily rate of 145,00 EUR incl. breakfast
Double/Twin room with pool or garden view, with the NET daily rate of 155,00 EUR incl. breakfast
Triple room with pool or garden view, with the NET daily rate of 210,00 EUR incl. breakfast

Half board supplement: 26,00 euro per person, per day

Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa
Double room for single use with pool or garden view, with the NET daily rate of 175,00 EUR incl. breakfast
Double/Twin room with pool or garden view, with the NET daily rate of 185,00 EUR incl. breakfast
Triple room with pool or garden view, with the NET daily rate of 255,00 EUR incl. breakfast

We have blocked 50 rooms for summer school participants:
10 Doubles: 185,00€ per room, per day, at Porto Platanias Beach Resort on Bed & Breakfast basis
40 Doubles: 155,00€ per room , per day, at Porto Platanias Village Resort on Bed & Breakfast basis

Notes:

  • The above rates include all taxes & services.
  • The Climate crisis resilience fee 15€ per room, per day is not included.
  • Taxes are subject to change without prior notice.
  • Check in time 14:00 
  • Check out time 12:00
  • When you as participant want to book a room, please mention that you will take part in the  ‘ORSHIN summer school’.
  • Rooms are kept until 30th April 2025.


Travel

The closest airport to Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa Chania airport.

Address of the workshop venue:

Porto Platanias Beach Resort & Spa
GR-73014 Chania – Crete, Hellas

Transfer

We advise to contact one of these two companies to arrange transport from the airport to the conference venue:

Kyriakakis Travel
+30 28210 27700
kyrtravel@kyriakakis.gr

Star Crete Transfers:
https://starcretetransfers.gr/
Reservation Department Transfer
+30 6955851783
chaniataxitransfer@gmail.com

Public transportation

You can view the public bus time tables from Chania airport to Chania City Center and from Chania City Center to the hotel here:

https://www.e-ktel.com/en/services/dromologia

Do check the timetables closer to the date of the workshop, as they will be updated in the next few months.

In order to find the timetables for the bus, you need to select the starting point and then choose Platanias.

Normally, during the summer, the bus comes every half hour.

Event Information

Date

7 Sep - 10 Sep 2025

Event Location

Crete, Greece

Contact Info

Péla Noé

Mail : pela.noe@esat.kuleuven.be

News

News will be shown here as soon as it is published. 

The ORSHIN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101070008.