RADIUS Conference Returns with More Partners and New Speakers

OTTAWA, Ontario & HELSINKI - May 28, 2026 - PRLog -- InkBridge Networks and Radiator Software  announce registration is now open for the 2nd annual RADIUS Conference, the global event dedicated to the authentication protocol securing hundreds of millions of daily user connections across ISPs, enterprises, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure worldwide.

Building on the success of the inaugural 2025 conference in Tampere, Finland, RADIUS Conference 2026 returns in an upgraded two-part format:

• Workshop — Monday, June 8, 2026, at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Finland, as an official side event of TNC26, the premier European research and education networking conference hosted by GÉANT.

• Virtual Speaker Series — Monday, June 15, 2026, streamed globally and free to attend, featuring a full day of expert sessions across four tracks: ISP, Enterprise, General RADIUS, and Educational/Federated Identity.

Event registration: radiusconference.org.

WHY A RADIUS CONFERENCE, WHY NOW

First published in 1991, RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) has quietly become one of the most widely deployed protocols on the internet. It underpins eduroam, the global roaming federation connecting more than 10,000 research and education institutions. It authenticates carrier-grade subscriber networks at major ISPs. It secures enterprise Wi-Fi, VPNs, and zero-trust access deployments around the world.

Yet despite its scale, RADIUS has lacked a dedicated forum, a place where the people who write the standards, build the implementations, and operate the world's largest deployments can meet, compare notes, and shape the protocol's future. The 2024 disclosure of the BlastRADIUS vulnerability (https://www.inkbridgenetworks.com/blastradius) made clear what was at stake. The 2025 conference made clear that the community was ready.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alan DeKok (https://alandekok.com/) — Founder of the FreeRADIUS Project and CEO of InkBridge Networks. Conference host and speaker, DeKok has led the open-source FreeRADIUS project for more than two decades and is a contributor to RADIUS standards work at the IETF.

Karri Huhtanen — CTO and Founder of Radiator Software Oy, the Finnish company behind the Radiator commercial RADIUS server used by carriers and enterprises worldwide. Co-organiser of the conference and a long-standing voice in the European RADIUS community.

Mark Grayson – Cisco Fellow in the Global Technology and Standardization Group, where he holds broad responsibility for supporting Cisco's 5G/6G strategy. He has been granted over 200 patents in mobile communications, chairs the WBA's OpenRoaming program, and co-chairs the O-RAN Alliance's Fronthaul Working Group.

Full program available at radiusconference.org.

QUOTES

"The RADIUS community has been hungry for a dedicated space to compare notes, debate the future, and learn from each other. Joining forces with TNC26 takes that conversation to exactly the right audience — the networks and institutions that depend on this protocol every single day."

— Alan DeKok