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First International Workshop on Trustworthy Identity and Interactions on the Web - TIW 2026

27 - 29 October, 2026 - Angers, France

In conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - WEBIST 2026


CO-CHAIRS

Francesco Buccafurri
University of Reggio Calabria
Italy
 
Short Bio
Francesco Buccafurri is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Calabria in 1995. In 1996, he was a visiting researcher at the Database and Knowledge Representation Group at the Vienna University of Technology. His research interests include cybersecurity, privacy, digital identity, applied cryptography, e-government, blockchain, social networks, deductive databases, knowledge representation and non-monotonic reasoning, model checking, data compression, data streams, intelligent agents, and peer-to-peer systems. He has published more than 220 papers in top-tier international journals and conference proceedings. He regularly serves as a referee for international journals and is a member of numerous conference program committees. Francesco Buccafurri is Associate Editor of the Journal of Information Security and Applications (Elsevier), Information Sciences (Elsevier), and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. He also serves on the editorial boards of several other international journals and has acted as program chair or committee member for many international conferences. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society.
Carmen Licciardi
DIIES – Department of Information Engineering, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Italy
 
Short Bio
Carmen Licciardi is a PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy. She received her Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity Curriculum, at the University of Calabria in 2024. Her research interests include secure digital identity, privacy-preserving authentication mechanisms, trust services, and information security within the eIDAS framework. She co-authored a number of scientific papers published in international conferences and top-level journals. She is involved in the program/review committee of international workshops and conferences.

SCOPE

Digital identity is becoming a central building block of modern web systems, where people, services, devices, organizations, and autonomous agents continuously interact and exchange information. In such environments, ensuring trustworthy identities and reliable interactions is essential to support security, privacy, accountability, and trust. At the same time, the rapid evolution of AI technologies, decentralized identity models, authentication mechanisms, verifiable credentials, and privacy-preserving solutions is reshaping how digital identities are created, managed, and verified online. These advances also introduce challenges related to identity fraud, impersonation, social engineering, and trustworthy digital interactions. TIW 2026 aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging challenges, innovative approaches, and future research directions for trustworthy digital identity and interactions in web environments.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • Digital Identity Models and Architectures
  • Trustworthy Web Interactions
  • Authentication and Authorization Mechanisms
  • Decentralized and Self-Sovereign Identity
  • Verifiable Credentials and Digital Wallets
  • Identity Management for AI Agents and Autonomous Systems
  • Privacy-Preserving Identity Solutions
  • Identity Federation and Interoperability
  • Biometrics and Behavioral Identity Analysis
  • Identity Fraud Detection and Impersonation Prevention
  • Social Engineering and Identity-Related Threats
  • Trust, Reputation, and Accountability in Web Systems
  • Explainable and Trustworthy AI for Identity Management
  • Human-Centered Digital Identity Systems
  • Identity and Access Management for Distributed Environments
  • Provenance, Traceability, and Verifiable Interactions
  • Regulatory, Ethical, and Governance Aspects of Digital Identity
  • Real-World Applications and Case Studies

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: August 7, 2026 (extended)
Authors Notification: September 9, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: September 18, 2026

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Andrea Bisegna, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Marta Catillo, Universita degli Studi del Sannio, Italy
Vincenzo De Angelis, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Annalisa Franco, University of Bologna, Italy
Inam Ullah Khan, Kings College London, United Kingdom
Peter Kieseberg, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Andrea Ko, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Gabriella Laatikainen, VTT Finland, Finland
Sara Lazzaro, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Francesca Musiani, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)., France
Maria Papadaki, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Daniela Pöhn, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, RI CODE, Neubiberg, Germany, Germany
Amir Sharif, Center for Cybersecurity, FBK, Italy
Mina Sheikhalishahi, Open Universiteit, Netherlands
Ivan Visconti, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

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PAPER SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.

PUBLICATIONS

After thorough reviewing by the workshop program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

WEBIST Workshops - TIW 2026
e-mail: webist.secretariat@insticc.org
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