All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers offering original, high quality, unpublished research and implementation experiences are solicited for submission.

All submissions should follow the formatting instructions of the Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), since the time of submission.

Submitted papers should be at most 18 pages (using 10-point font), excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and at most 22 pages total.
The abstract should be accessible to non-expert readers and any citation in the abstract should not refer to the reference lists. Ideally, it should be within 250 words.

Submissions must be anonymous (no author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, obvious references).

The conference will also consider short submissions of up to 8 pages (at most 10 pages with bibliography and appendices) for results that are preliminary or that simply require few pages to describe. We also welcome position papers.

*** Camrea-Ready Instruction ***
Papers must be submitted through www.easychair.org. All submissions must be written in English.

At least one author of every accepted paper must register to the conference by the early registration deadline indicated by the organizers. The paper of authors not registering will be removed from the proceedings. Authors have to present their own paper. We reserve the right to take punitive measures against authors not complying. Accepted papers will be published in LNCS and will be available at the conference.

*** Information for Copyright form ***
Title: Cryptology and Network Security - 16th International Conference, CANS 2017, Hong Kong SAR
Volume Editors: Sherman S.M. Chow and Srdjan Capkun

Visa requirements are different according to each country. In general, all visitors to Hong Kong must have a passport that is valid for at least one month after the period of their intended stay in Hong Kong. However, documents issued to stateless persons must be valid for a minimum of two months after the period of intended stay. Visitors from most countries are not required to obtain visas and can stay for periods varying from 7 days to 180 days, depending on nationality.

Please check the web site of the Hong Kong Immigration Department (HKSAR Visa Requirements for Foreign Countries / Territories is under Part II) and the Chinese embassy or consulate to find out whether you need to apply for an entry visa to Hong Kong.

As part of the visa application process, you may be required to include a visa support letter. To request a visa support letter, register for the conference and then email your request to our general chair Kehuan Zhang, and include

• Full name (as appeared on your passport)
• Passport number
• Complete postal mailing address
• Telephone (and fax) number
• Title of your paper (if you have any papers accepted)