Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) is an international cryptography conference (originally a workshop) held every August in Canada since 1994. The first workshop was organized by Carlisle Adams, Henk Meijer, Stafford Tavares and Paul van Oorschot. Through 1999, SAC was hosted at either Queen's University or Carleton University, but starting in 2000, locations have ranged across Canada.
The SAC conference is an annual international gathering on cryptography (initially a small meeting) held every August in various Canadian locations since 1994. The inaugural event was organized by Carlisle Adams, Henk Meijer, Stafford Tavares and Paul van Oorschot. From 1999 to 2000, the conference took place at either Queen's University or Carleton University, but then expanded to cover multiple sites across Canada.