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Reminder: Call For Presentations for the seL4 Summit 2026
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 20 Mar '26

20 Mar '26

Reminder: Submit a proposal [0] for the seL4 Summit 2026 [1], to be held in Vancouver September 1-3. Join our exciting lineup of keynote speakers [2] and industry experts [3] at the seL4 summit! **NEW!** The 2026 edition of the seL4 summit will feature a **full first day** dedicated to **applications, overviews, and perspectives** on seL4-based systems and formally verified software in the real world. This will be followed by Days 2 and 3 focusing on more technical development, research, reports, and discussions. We are particularly keen to **welcome people who are new to seL4** or still developing their familiarity with the technology. The event will offer an **ideal opportunity to gain a high-level view of the landscape and ecosystem** of seL4 and its associated tools, frameworks and languages, as well as formally verified software in general, and to take stock of the latest updates.The program includes a wide range of seL4-related themes and topics: Themes - visions, lessons-learned, roadmaps for verified software deployments - use-cases, deployments, experiences - walk-throughs and demos of tools, frameworks, systems - early work, crazy ideas, out-of-the-box thinking - technical progress, updates, breakthroughs Topics - seL4 experience reports - seL4 and assurance - seL4 on-going and planned R&D, mature of early stage - seL4 and hardware Check the full Call For Presentations [0]. To propose a talk, upload an abstract of one page or less by **20 April 2026** to the submission portal [4]. [0] https://sel4.systems/Summit/2026/cfp.html [1] https://sel4.systems/Summit/2026/ [2] https://sel4.systems/Summit/2026/#keynotes [3] https://sel4.systems/Summit/2026/#voices-nearby [4] https://form.jotform.com/260147181364858 Birgit Brecknell seL4 Foundation Project Coordinator Sydney, Australia Mon 9-5 Wed 2-5 Fri 9-5 birgit(a)sel4.systems <mailto:birgit@sel4.systems> bbrcknl(a)gmail.com <mailto:bbrcknl@gmail.com>

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The seL4 Summit 2026 Keynotes and "Voices from Nearby"
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 18 Mar '26

18 Mar '26

**The seL4 Summit 2026 Keynotes and "Voices from Nearby”** **Keynotes** We are pleased to announce that we have two outstanding keynotes for the seL4 Summit 2026 [0]: Anjana Rajan [1], Former Assistant National Cyber Director at The White House, and Martin Dehnel-Wild [2], Technical Director & Principal Security Researcher at Kry10. Abstracts coming soon — stay tuned! **"Voices from Nearby”** This year, the summit will feature a full first day dedicated to applications, overviews, and perspectives on seL4-based systems and formally verified software in the real world. This will include a session on "Voices from Nearby," with industry experts who work in or share their thoughts on areas that are adjacent to the core seL4 areas. Alistair Woodmand [3], Board Member of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, will share his insights on the European Cyber Resiliency Act and implications for open source software, and David Hardin [4], Associate Director of Systems Engineering at Collins Aerospace, will give an overview on trends in real-world formal verification. Details to come soon. Register for the seL4 summit 2026 [5], or submit a talk proposal [6]. [0] https://sel4.systems/Summit/2026/ [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjanarajan/ [2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpdehnel/ [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-woodman-51934433/ [4] https://loonwerks.com/people/david-hardin.html [5] https://events.linuxfoundation.org/sel4-summit/register/ [6] https://sel4.systems/Summit/2026/cfp.html Birgit Brecknell seL4 Foundation Project Coordinator Sydney, Australia Mon 9-5 Wed 2-5 Fri 9-5 birgit(a)sel4.systems <mailto:birgit@sel4.systems> bbrcknl(a)gmail.com <mailto:bbrcknl@gmail.com>

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Neutrality joins the seL4 Foundation
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 13 Mar '26

13 Mar '26

We are pleased to welcome a new member [0] - Neutrality [1] - to the seL4 Foundation [2]. Designed for organisations that cannot compromise on trust, Neutrality is building Atoll, a formally-verified, secure, European-sovereign virtualisation and cloud hosting platform. Atoll provides a mathematical proof of isolation between customer workloads, delivering a new level of assurance. Atoll builds on the foundation provided by the formally-verified seL4 microkernel, extending its formal correctness proof and platform support to securely run colocated commercial workloads handling sensitive data on commodity hardware. Neutrality combines cutting-edge research in Systems, Formal Methods, and Security with a world class engineering team to provide organisations unprecedented levels of trust in their most critical systems. Joining the seL4 Foundation enables the team at Neutrality to collaborate with the global community advancing the seL4 microkernel and formally verified, high-assurance computing. [0] https://sel4.systems/Foundation/Membership/ [1] https://neutrality.ch/ [2] https://sel4.systems/Foundation/ Birgit Brecknell seL4 Foundation Project Coordinator Sydney, Australia Mon 9-5 Wed 2-5 Fri 9-5 birgit(a)sel4.systems <mailto:birgit@sel4.systems> bbrcknl(a)gmail.com <mailto:bbrcknl@gmail.com>

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