Linux Foundation and OPAQUE announce Confidential Computing Summit 2026 schedule
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Updated · PR Newswire · May 7
Linux Foundation and OPAQUE announce Confidential Computing Summit 2026 schedule
6 articles · Updated · PR Newswire · May 7
The event will be held in San Francisco on 23-24 June, with speakers from AMD, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, NVIDIA, Samsung and UC Berkeley.
Sessions will focus on confidential AI, agent security, attestation, cloud-to-edge infrastructure and protecting sensitive data, with registration open and early-bird pricing available until 12 May.
Organisers said the summit addresses trust, compliance and data-sovereignty barriers to enterprise AI, citing an IDC study that found 75% of organisations are adopting confidential computing.
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Confidential Computing Summit 2026: Blueprint for Secure AI with 75% Enterprise Adoption
Overview
The Confidential Computing Summit 2026, held in San Francisco, addresses the critical trust barrier limiting AI adoption by promoting confidential computing as essential infrastructure for secure AI. With over 70% of AI workloads involving sensitive data, the market is rapidly expanding, fueled by growing adoption and major investments. Key innovations like NVIDIA's secure AI toolkits and Trusted Execution Environments enable verifiable, hardware-rooted protection of data and models. Regulatory demands, including GDPR and digital sovereignty concerns, drive intensified standards efforts by the Confidential Computing Consortium. Together, these advances provide tamper-proof evidence of secure AI processing, building the trust needed for widespread, compliant AI deployment across industries.