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: Loren Shade, Vice President of Marketing, Allegro Software, United States
09:00 Opportunities & Challenges for PQC Migration/Transition (Q00a) Melanie Anderson, Director General, Information Assurance / Directrice générale, Assurance de l’information, 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: Shawn Geddis, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Katalyst LLC, United States
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: Shawn Geddis, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Katalyst LLC, United States
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 Crypto Agility and PQ Preparedness (Q02c) Chris Hickman, Chief Security Officer, Keyfactor, Canada
15:00-15:30 Networking Break
Foyer
15:30 - 17:00
Salon CD
PQ Cyber Day (Q03)
Real World Experience
Moderator: Loren Shade, Vice President of Marketing, Allegro Software, United States
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 Panelists: Tomas Mraz, Public Support and Security Manager, OpenSSL Foundation, Czechia; Peter M. O’Donnell, Principal Solutions Architect, Security, Amazon Web Services (AWS), United States; John Gray, Senior Principal Applications Developer, Entrust, Canada [60MIN]