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

PQ Cyber Day Agenda 2025

Post-Quantum Enterprise Preparedness

This optional special-focus event will help you prepare now for the threat posed by future quantum computers. These talks include important, actionable information for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in a data-dependent enterprise. Presented April 7, the day before ICMC. Click here for the ICMC agenda.

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Monday April 7

PQ Cyber Day Sessions

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

Foyer

09:00 - 10:30

Salon CD

PQ Cyber Day (Q00)

Current Threat, New Standards

Moderator: TBA


09:00 Overview and Outlook on Post-Quantum Preparedness (Q00a) Melanie Anderson, Director Cryptographic Security and Systems Development, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), Canada


09:30 The First NIST PQC Standards (Enterprise Edition) (Q00b) Lily Chen, Mathematician, NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States


10:00 The Real Reason Why We Need to Get Quantum-Ready as Soon as Possible (Q00c) Bruno Couillard, CEO & Co-founder, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada


10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break

Foyer

11:00 - 12:30

Salon CD

PQ Cyber Day (Q01)

Getting Started With Migration

Moderator: TBA


11:00 Starting PQC Migration with the Hardware and Firmware Foundation (Q01a) Tommy Charles, HP Chief Cryptographer, HP Security Lab, United Kingdom


11:30 Cloud Services PQ Migration Strategy (Q01b) Peter M. O’Donnell, Principal Solutions Architect, Security, Amazon Web Services (AWS), United States


12:00 The Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography: Burden or Opportunity? (Q01c) Sandra Guasch Castelló, Privacy Engineer, SandboxAQ, Spain


12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Foyer

13:30 - 15:00

Salon CD

PQ Cyber Day (Q02)

Crypto-Agility, Inventories, Opportunities

Moderator: TBA


13:30 Crypto-Agility from the Machine-Room Perspective (Q02a) Volker Krummel, Chapter Lead PQC, Utimaco, Germany


14:00 Navigating Cryptographic Inventories: Challenges, Real-Time Insights, and Defense in Depth (Q02b) Roberta Faux, Head of Cryptography and Field CTO, Arqit, United States


14:30 TBA (Q02c) TBA

15:00-15:30 Networking Break

Foyer

15:30 - 17:00

Salon CD

PQ Cyber Day (Q03)

Real World Experience

Moderator: TBA


 15:30 Code Signing in 2025 – How PQC is Making its Way into the Real World (Q03a) Blair Canavan, Director, Alliances – PKI and PQC Portfolio, Thales Group, Thales Group, Canada


16:00 Panel Discussion: Journey Toward Quantum-Safe—The Migration Is Already in Full Swing! (Q03b) Leader: Johannes Lintzen, Business Development Director Global, PQShield, United Kingdom [60MIN]


17:00 Adjourn