April 7-10, 2025 | Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre, Canada

Conference Agenda 2025

Racing Against the Global Quantum Deadline, a Call to Action

Presented April 7, the day before ICMC. This optional special-focus event will help you prepare now for the threat posed by future quantum computers. The agenda includes important, actionable information for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in a data-dependent enterprise.
Click Here for the PQ Cyber Day Agenda

Tuesday April 8

Conference Sessions

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

Foyer

09:00 - 10:10 Plenary Keynote Session

Grand Ballroom

Moderator: Erin Connor, Consultant, Program Director, ICMC

09:00 Welcome Address and CMUF Update (P10a) Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States

09:10 Government Keynote: NSA View on PQC Transition (P10b) Adrian Stanger, CSD Senior Cryptographic Authority, National Security Agency (NSA), United States


09:40 Industry Keynote: Timeline for PQC Adoption (P10c) Matthew Campagna, Chairman of ETSI Quantum-safe Cryptography Technical Committee, Sr Principal Engineer, Amazon Web Services (AWS), United States


10:10-11:00 Networking Break in Exhibits

Foyer

11:00-12:00 Plenary Session

Grand Ballroom

Moderator: Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States

11:00 CMVP Program Update (P11a) Alex Ca|is, CMVP Deputy Program Manager (US), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States; Kailai Chen, CMVP Program Manager (Canada), Canadian Centre for CyberSecurity (CCCS) CMVP, Canada; David Hawes, CMVP Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States [60MIN]


12:00-13:00 Lunch in Exhibit Area

Foyer

13:00-15:00 Track Sessions

Salon CD

PQ Technology (Q12)

Updates, Verification & Validation

Moderator: Roberta Faux, Head of Cryptography and Field CTO, Arqit, United States


13:00 Titbits: Latest Updates on PQC Deployments (Q12a) Nils Gerhardt, CTO, Utimaco, Germany


13:30 PQSecure Formality: Formal Verification and Assurance in Hardware for Post-Quantum Cryptography (Q12b) Reza Azarderakhsh, Professor and CEO, PQSecure and Florida Atlantic University, United States


14:00 Overview of Validating Falcon (FIPS 206 FN-DSA) (Q12c) Pierre Ciadoux, NIST Foreign Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States


14:30 The Big Picture of Lattice Signature Thresholdization (Q12d) Thomas Espitau, Lead Crpytographic Researcher, PQShield, France


Salon AB

Certification (C12)

Standards & Policy

Moderator: Fiona Stewart, Security Assurance Consultant, Assurgo, United States


13:00 Mind the Gap: Navigating the Gray Areas of 19790:2025 (C12a) Carolyn French, Manager – Product Assurance and Standards, Canadian Centre for CyberSecurity (CCCS), Canada


13:30 The Technical Guideline BSI-TR 02102 (Cryptographic Mechanisms: Recommendations and Key Lengths) and Its Impact (C12b) Werner Schindler, Section Head, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), Germany


16:30 NIAP Policy 5 Updates (C12c) Jade Stewart, NIAP Portfolio Manager, National Security Agency (NSA), United States


14:30 Cloud Management and Security Standards for Financial Services (C12d) Smita Mahapatra, Senior Security Industry Specialist, AWS, United States


Crush Space

Crypto Tech (G12)

Formalities

Moderator: TBA


15:00-15:30 Networking Break in Exhibits

Foyer

15:30-17:00 Track Sessions

PQ Technology (Q13)

PQ & Financial Services

Moderator: TBA


13:00 Panel Discussion: X9 Standard Quantum TLS (Q13a) Leader: Philip Lafrance, Standards Manager, ISARA Corporation, Canada ; Anthony Hu, Senior Software Developer, wolfSSL, Canada; David Hook, VP Software Engineering, Keyfactor/Legion of the Bouncy Castle, Australia [60MIN]


14:00 Payment Processing in the Post-Quantum World (Q13c) Manish Upasani, Head of Products, Utimaco, United States


Certification (C13)

ACMVP

Moderator: Jade Stewart, NIAP Portfolio Manager, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), United States


13:00 ACMVP Project Update Panel (C13a) Leader: Courtney Matta, Senior Customer Solutions Manager, AWS, United States; Panelist: Christopher Celi, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States; Stephan Mueller, Principal Consultant, atsec information security, United States; Raoul Gabiam, Principal Cloud and Cybersecurity Engineer, MITRE, United States; Barry Fussell, Principal Engineer, Cisco Systems, United States; Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States [60MIN]


14:00 Integration of the ACVMP Within the CMVP (C13c) Christopher Celi, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States


Crypto Tech (G13)

Automation & Priorities

Moderator: Joshua Brickman, Senior Director, Security Evaluations, Oracle, United States


15:30 ACVTS for Global Adoption: Setting Up a Scheme-Specific ACVP Server (G13a) Joachim Vandersmissen, IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States


16:00 NIST Special Publication 800-140BR1 Security Policy Format (G13b) Chris Brych, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, Canada; Greg Burlea, IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States


16:30 A Contrarian’s View of Priorities in the PQC Transition (G13c) Bruno Couillard, CEO & Co-founder, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada


17:00-18:30 Welcome Reception in Exhibits

Open to everyone. Located in the Exhibit Area. Catch up with your colleagues for a refreshing beverage at the end of the day’s events.

FIPS 140 Certificate Presentation Ceremony

Located in the Crush Space. A free event for conference registrants. During the ICMC opening reception, FIPS-certified product developers will have the opportunity to receive a commemorative certificate from NIST and receive of photograph of the presentation. Click here for complete information.

Wednesday April 9

Conference Sessions

08:00 - 09:00 Coffee in the Exhibits

Foyer

09:00 - 10:30 Track Sessions

Salon CD

PQ Technology (Q20)

Standardization, Mitigation & Integration

Moderator: Tomas Mraz, OpenSSL Software Foundation, Czechia


09:00 The Use of Standardized Cryptography to Protect From the Quantum Threat (Q20a) Jonathan Hammell, Senior Technical Advisor, Cryptographic Security, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canada


09:30 Migrating Secure Channel Protocols to Post-Quantum Standards: A Case Study on eSIMs (Q20b) Emmanuelle Dottax, Cryptography and Security Architect, IDEMIA ST, France


10:00 Integrating Open-Source FIPS-Validated PQ Cryptography (Q20c) Daryl Martin, Sr. SDM, Amazon Web Services, Canada


Salon AB

Certification (C20)

CMVP & Automation

Moderator: Nithya Rachamadugu, VP Cybersecurity Certification, DEKRA, United States


09:00 TBA (C20a) Speaker TBA


09:30 Cloud Infrastructure: Enabling the CMVP Automation Project (C20b) Douglas Boldt, US Federal SA, Amazon Web Services, United States; Raoul Gabiam, Principal Cloud and Cybersecurity Engineer, MITRE, United States; Murugiah Souppaya, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States


10:00 Automating the CMVP: The Present and Future of SP 800-140B Revision 1 and Webcryptik (C20c) James Dean, Deputy Lab Manager, UL Solutions, United States


Crush Space

Crypto Tech (G20)

Selected Topics

Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States


09:00 Real or Fake? Content Provenance Tech to Fight Online Disinformation (G20a) Christian Paquin, Principal Research Software Engineer, Microsoft, United States


09:30 Harnessing Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Enhanced Security in Smart Cards (G20b) Prasiddhi Tembulkar, Security Engineer, Acumen Security, India; Aniket Ingle, Security Engineer II, Intertek Acumen Security, India


10:00 From Crypto-Agility to Key-Management Agility to API Agility: The Concept of Agility in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (G20c) John O’Connor, Vice President of Product Management, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada


10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break in Exhibits

Foyer

11:00 - 12:30 Track Sessions

PQ Technology (Q21)

Putting it into Practice

Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States


11:00 Real-World Experience with PQC Migration (Q21a) Olivier Couillard, Technical Product Manager, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada


11:30 Lessons Learned While Deploying FIPS-Validated PQC at AWS (Q21b) Brian Jarvis, Software Development Manager, Amazon Web Services, United States


12:00 Implementing Production-Grade ML-KEM (Q21c) Alexander Zaslavsky, Lead SW Eng, SafeLogic, Spain


Certification (C21)

Selected Topics

Moderator: Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States


11:00 SBOMs with CBOMs (C21a) Jade Stewart, NIAP Portfolio Manager, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), United States


11:30 Entropy Validation Certificate Public Use Document Template Updates (C21b) Kirill Sinitski, Common Criteria Certifier and ESV reviewer, Canadian Centre for CyberSecurity (CCCS) and ESV, Canada


12:00 Fast-Tracking Software Validations (C21c) Simo Sorce, Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat, United State; Alessandro Fazio, atsec information security corporation, Italy


PQ Preparedness (R21)

Integration & Readiness

Moderator: TBA


11:00 PQC for Payments: What’s in Store for 2025 and Beyond (R21a) Adam Cason, VP, Global and Strategic Alliances, Futurex, United States


11:30 Panel Discussion: Quantum Readiness Now (R21b) Leader: Michele Mosca, CEO, evolutionQ, Canada [60MIN]


12:30 - 13:30 Lunch in Exhibit Area

Foyer

13:30 - 15:00 Track Sessions

PQ Technology (Q22)

Devil in the Details

Moderator: TBA


13:30 Witch Hunt! Demystifying the Black Magic of Parameter Selection for Lattices (Q22a) Thomas Espitau, Lead Cryptographic Researcher, PQShield, France


14:00 PQC and Key Blocks in Payment Security Standards (Q22b) Richard Kisley, Chief Engineer, IBM, United States


14:30 PQC Transition for Integrated Secure Elements (Q22c) Dr. Anass Sbai, Security certification and R&D engineer, Secure-IC, France


RBGs (N22)

Updates & Use

Moderator: Joshua Brickman, Senior Director, Security Evaluations, Oracle, United States


13:30 Update on 90A Revision (N22a) John Kelsey, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and COSIC/KU Leuven, United States


14:00 Using Pre-Loaded Entropy as UDS for TCG DICE PQC Key Generation (N22b) Thomas Bowen, Storage Security Architect, Intel, United States


14:30 PQC in OpenSSL (N22c) Tomas Vavra, Engineering Manager, OpenSSL Corporation, United States


PQ Preparedness (R22)

Hybrids & Discovery

Moderator: TBA


13:30 Using Hybrids to Be FIPS 140-3 and CNSA 2.0 Compliant (R22a) Anthony Hu, Senior Software Developer, wolfSSL, Canada


14:00 To Hybrid or Not to Hybrid… (R22b) John Gray, Senior Principal Applications Developer, Entrust, Canada


14:30 Stepped Approach in PQM and Lessons Learned From NCCoE and NIST PQM WG (R22c) Alexander Löw, CEO, Data-Warehouse, Germany


15:00-15:30 Networking Break in Exhibits

Foyer

15:30 - 17:00 Track Sessions

PQ Technology (Q23)

Side Channels & Signatures

Moderator: Tomas Mraz, OpenSSL Software Foundation, Czechia


15:30 Are Hybrid Signature and KEM Schemes FIPS-Compliant? (Q23a) Mike Ounsworth, Software Security Architect, Entrust, Canada


16:00 Enabling Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Testing of PQC Ciphers (Q23b) Panasayya Yalla, Principal Security Analyst, Keysight Riscure Security Solutions, United States


16:30 Post-Quantum Algorithms: Side-Channel Analysis (Q23c) Stephan Mueller, Principal Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States


RBGs (N23)

Sources & Seeds

Moderator: Juan Gonzalez, Laboratory Director, Teron Labs, Australia


15:30 Information-Theoretic Conditioning/Post-Processing in SP 800-90B and AIS 20/31 (N23a) John Kelsey, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and COSIC/KU Leuven, United States


16:00 Certifying Quantum-Enhanced Entropy Sources: Navigating SP 800-90B With Novel Technology (N23b) Kevin Milner, Lead Cryptographic Engineer, Quantinuum, United States; Marcos Portnoi, Lab Director, atsec information security corp., United States


16:30 Randomness Extractors and Quantum-Enhanced Seeds for Cybersecurity (N23c) Kevin Milner, Lead Cryptographic Engineer, Quantinuum, United States


PQ Preparedness (R23)

Finance & Telecom

Moderator: TBA


15:30 Panel Discussion: Quantum Security for Financial Services (R23a) Leader: Michele Mosca, CEO, evolutionQ, Canada; Panelist: Blair Canavan, Director Alliances, Thales, Canada; Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity, Quantinuum, United Kingdom [60MIN]


16:30 Migrating Telecom to Quantum-Resistant Cryptography on a Global Scale (R23c) John Mattsson, Expert, Cryptographic Algorithms and Security Protocols, Ericsson, Sweden


18:30-21:00 Dine-Out Toronto

Separate registration required. Enjoy an informal group dinner and drinks at one one Toronto’s finest restaurants with your ICMC colleagues. Reserve your seat for a prix-fixe dinner at a group table. Reserve early—seating is limited. On site, you’ll meet your group at 18:30 at the ICMC registration desk in the foyer and depart from there.

Thursday April 10

Conference Sessions

08:00 - 09:00 Coffee

Foyer

09:00 - 10:30 Track Sessions

Salon CD

PQ Technology (Q30)

PQ Construction

Moderator: TBA


09:00 Navigating the Future: Building PQ-Safe Cryptographic Modules (Q30a) Graham Costa, Security and Certifications Manager, Thales, United Kingdom


09:30 Panel Discussion: Tales From the Front Lines of the First Wave of Quantum-Safe Manufacturing (Q30b) Leader: Jim Goodman, CTO, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada; Jim Last, AMD, United States; Jason Soroko, Sectigo, Canada [60MIN]


Salon AB

Implementations (U30)

Selected Topics

Moderator: Nithya Rachamadugu, VP Cybersecurity Certification, DEKRA, United States


09:00 OpenSSL Roadmap (U30a) Neil Horman, Engineering Manager, OpenSSL Corp., United States


09:30 Black-Box Side-Channel Leakage Verification Using a Statistical Approach (U30b) Alicja Kario, Principal Quality Engineer, Red Hat, Czechia


10:00 Post-Quantum Cryptography Auditing (U30c) Javed Samuel, Vice President, NCC Group Cryptography Services, United States


Crush Space

Embedded/IoT (E30)

Embedded & IoT Topics

Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States


09:00 Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography in Hardware-Accelerated Roots of Trust (E30a) Jeff Andersen, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google, United States; Mojtaba Bisheh-Niasar, Senior Security Engineer, Microsoft, United States


09:30 Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Secure Location Information in Military Combat Environments (E30b) Saheb Shankar Wadhwa, Security Engineer, Intertek Acumen Security, India; Ahona Dyutiman Chattopadhyay, Security Engineer, Intertek Acumen Security, India


10:00 IoT in the Quantum Crosshairs: A FIPS-Guided Defense Strategy (E30c) Loren Shade, Vice President of Marketing, Allegro Software, United States


10:30 - 10:45 Networking Break

Foyer

10:45 - 12:15 Track Sessions

PQ Technology (Q31)

Introductions & Transitions

Moderator: Roberta Faux, Head of Cryptography and Field CTO, Arqit, United States


10:45 Introducing PQC to the Cybersecurity Ecosystem: Challenges, Impacts, and Strategies (Q31a) Lily Chen, Mathematician, NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States


11:15 Integrating Quantum-Resistant Cryptography into AI-Driven Systems (Q31b) Garv Chawla, F5 Networks, India


11:45 PQC From Prototype to Stability: Supporting the Next Phase of the Quantum-Safe Transition (Q31c) Pravek Sharma, Cryptographic Research Architect, University of Waterloo, Canada; Spencer Wilson, Cryptography Research Architect, University of Waterloo, Canada


Implementations (U31)

Selected Topics

Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States


10:45 Security vs. Compliance, Security Over Compliance, or Security and Compliance? (U31a) Maureen Barry, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, Canada; Jennifer Brady, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, United States


11:15 Quantum Algorithms and FIPS 140-3 (U31b) Saheb Shankar Wadhwa, Security Engineer, Intertek Acumen Security, India


11:45 Beyond the Certificate: Pursuing Full FIPS Compliance in Cryptographic Products (U31c) Rumman Mahmud, R&D Engineer Software 6, Broadcom, United States; Joachim Vandersmissen, IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States


OS Crypto (S31)

Open Source Topics

Moderator: Juan Gonzalez, Laboratory Director, Teron Labs, Australia


10:45 Go and FIPS 140-3: Validating a Memory-Safe Module (S31a) Daniel McCarney, Software/Cryptography Developer, Go FIPS Validation, Canada


11:15 KMIP: Proof That Industry Interoperability Testing Delivers (S31b) Tony Cox, Consultant, TC Logic, Australia


11:45 Applying KEMs Using the Bouncy Castle APIs (S31c) David Hook, VP Software Engineering, Keyfactor/Legion of the Bouncy Castle, Australia


12:15-12:30 Networking Break

Foyer

12:30-13:30 Closing Plenary Session

Salon CD

12:30 Plenary – FIPS Fun with the CMUF: Honoring History, Inspiring Tomorrow (P32a) Leader: Fiona Stewart, Security Assurance Consultant, Assurgo, United States; Trish Wolff, Leader FIPS Certifications, Cisco Systems, United States; Renaudt Nunez, Senior IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp, United States [60MIN]

13:30 Adjourn