ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Conference 2025

Please note that there might be some tweaks in the agenda. 

• 3 June: Executive Track
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  08:15 - 9.00: Conference Check-in

  09:00 OPENING and KEYNOTE SPEECHES

  Speakers to be announced shortly

  10.15 - 10:45 : Coffee Break

  10:45 - PANEL 1: Policy in the Quantum Age: Buidling Bridges Between Innovation and Regulation
  Moderated by Axel Ferrazzini, GovStrat 

  This panel will bring together institution and government leaders to discuss the critical role of collaboration between the public and private sectors in shaping consistent and forward-thinking policies for quantum technologies. By aligning regulatory frameworks with industry innovation, we can foster the certainty needed to unlock the full potential of quantum advancements and drive global progress.

  Panelists to be announced shortly.

  11:45 - Panel 2: Quantum Safety in the Financial Sector: Towards a Global Action Plan
  Moderated by Jaime Gómez García, Grupo Santander

  The publication of the NIST PQC standards in 2024 marked a turning point, driving increased awareness in the financial sector. This was reflected in advisories, position papers, and reports from key stakeholders. In early 2025, the Bank of Israel took a concrete step by issuing a directive requiring banks to develop an initial preparedness plan. However, a coordinated global action plan for the financial sector remains absent. This session will explore the critical role of cryptography in financial security, the main challenges of transitioning to post-quantum cryptography, and strategies for achieving a globally aligned roadmap.

  • Tong Lee Lim, Division Head, Technology & Cyber Risk Supervision, Monetary Authority of Singapore
  • Leila Taghizadeh, CISO Iberia LATAM, Allianz
  • Francisco Tur, Head of Division, European Central Bank
  • Suman Ziaullah, Financial Conduct Authority, Head of Technology Resilience and Cyber

  13.00 - 14.30: Networking Lunch

  14:30 - Panel 3: Quantum-Safe Cryptography for Service Providers: Real-World Implementations and Rollouts (Telco/cloud)
  Moderated by Martin Charbonneau, Nokia

  This panel aims to address the critical need for quantum-safe cryptography within the service provider industry. As quantum computing advances, the risk to current cryptographic systems increases, making it imperative for service providers to transition to quantum-safe solutions.
  The panel will feature representatives from various types of service providers, including telecom service providers, cloud service providers (CSPs), managed service providers (SysINT, VAR), and webscalers.

  • Lory Thorpe, GSMA
  • Rafael Canto Palancar, Telefonica
  • Matt Campagna, AWS
  • Additional panelists to be confirmed

  15:45 - Coffee Break

  16:15 - Panel 4: Quantum-Safe Transition for Critical infrastructures- Operational technologies in the Quantum Era 
  Moderated by Bruno Huttner, IDQuantique

  This panel aims to discuss the transition to quantum-safe cryptography for Critical Infrastructures, such as transport, water, energy and telecom. More generally, Critical Infrastructures represent an example of Operational Technologies (OT), which manage the hardware and software that monitors and controls devices, processes, and infrastructure. Information Technologies (IT) combine technologies for networking, information processing, data centers, and the cloud. While IT systems manage data and applications, OT devices control the physical world. The quantum threat has been mostly seen from the point of view of IT. OT will also be impacted by the quantum computer and have specific features, which require a different approach. In particular, OT requires first and foremost availability and integrity, with confidentiality being an add-on value. In this sense, OT is not truly sensitive to the “harvest now decrypt later” type of attacks. However, due to the extremely long lifetime and cost of OT devices, the transition to quantum-safe still needs to start now. The panel will discuss the specific requirements of OT related to the quantum-safe transition.

  • Julia Dewitz-Würzelberger , Verbund
  • Rouven Floeter. Hitachi (tbc)
  • Emilio Hughes Salas, BT (tbc)
  • Aramco, Speaker to be named

  17:30: Close of the Executive Track 

• 4 June - Technical Track
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  08:30 - 9.00: Check-in

  09:00 Opening Remarks
  Michele Mosca, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), Programme Committee Chair

  09:05 SESSION 2.1: National and Multi-National Initiatives
  Chaired by Colin Whorlow, NCSC

  • An Update on the NIST PQC Project
    Dustin Moody, NIST
  • PQC in China
    Hong Xiang, Chongqing University
  • Developing the European Roadmap on PQC; We Are on Our Way
    Stephan Ehlen, BSI (Germany)  & Anita Wehan, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom relations (The Netherlands)
  • The Governance of the PQC Transition in the EU
    Laima Jančiūtė, University of Amsterdam
  • Commercialization Strategy for Quantum Information Technology in Korea
    Younghee Kim, National Information Society Agency (NIA):
  • Beyond IT Security: Spain’s Strategic Path to Quantum-Safe Cryptography: The MEMEC Framework
    Jordi Prieto Gallego, jtsec 

  10.35 - 11:00 : Coffee Break and Poster Visits

  11:00 SESSION 2.2: Efforts within the Financial Sector
  Session Chair to be nominated

  • Quantum-Readiness for Central Banks
    Angela Dupont, BIS
  • Multivendor, Multiprotocol Quantum-Safe IPSEC Dynamic Multipoint VPNs in a Bank Network
    Jaime Gómez García, Santander
  • Application of Quantum Cryptography in Financial Field
    Wei Qi, CAS Quantum Network Co., Ltd
  • LGT Private Banking - Perspective on Migrating to Quantum Safe Cryptography
    Richard Marty, LGT Financial Services AG
  • Paving the Way Towards Quantum Resilient TARGET Services: Sharing Experiences on Raising Awareness, Gathering Buy-in, and Drafting a Roadmap
    Francisco José Herrera Luque, European Central Bank

  12:30 : Networking Lunch

  13:45 - SESSION 2.3: Standardization and Certification Efforts
  Session Chair to be appointed

  • An update on ETSI ISG QKD
    Martin Ward, ISG QKD Chair, Toshiba
  • An update on ETSI TC CYBER QSC
    Matt Campagna, ETSI CYBER QSC Chair, AWS: 
  • IETF Update
    Speaker to be confirmed
  • Standardizing Classical Post-Processing for Secure Quantum Cryptography
    Esther Hänggi, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
  • Constructing PQ Solutions with CC-Certified Physical Security
    Peter Pessl, Infineon Technologies :

  15:15 : Coffee Break & Poster Visits

  15:45 - SESSION 2.4: QKD Keys within Networks and Protocols 
  Session Chair to be appointed 

  • Uncharted Territory: Utilizing QKD Keys in the TCP/IP Protocol Stack
    Xinhua Ling, Amazon Web Services
  • Quantum-safe MACsec Connectivity to Public Cloud Providers in a Metropolitan Network over Deployed Fiber
    Obada Alia, JPMorganChase
  • The Telefonica Quantum-Safe Journey
    Diego Lopez, Telefonica

  16:45- SESSION 2.5: Hybrid Solutions and Signatures
  Session Chair to be appointed 

  • Quantum-Safe Authenticated Key Exchanges: The Present and the Future of Hybrid Approaches
    Christoph Striecks, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
  • Optimized Use Cases for the Available Quantum-Resilient Encryption and Signature Primitives
    Bertram Poettering, IBM Research Europe – Zurich
  • Practical Long Term Quantum Resistance
    Volker Krummel, Utimaco
  • Quantum Resistant Strategies for Digitally Signed Long-Term Documents
    Juan Carlos Fernández Jara, Entrust

  18:00 End of Afternoon / Networking Cocktail 

• 5 June - Technical Track
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  09:00 SESSION 3.1: QKD Networks and Satellites
  Session Chair to be nominated

  • DemoQuanDT - First Long-Haul QKD Network in Germany. Lessons Learnt from the Operator’s Perspective
    Oleg Nikiforov, Deutsche Telekom
  • EAGLE-1: Anticipating the Integration with a Satellite-Enabled QKD Solution 
    Loula Beck, SES S.A.
  • Global, Quantum-Safe Networks Enabled by Satellite 
    Stefan Lespezeanu, Honeywell
  • CSIC’s Perspectives on Quantum Satellite and Ground-Segment Networks
    Verónica Fernández, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
  • Enabling Secure, Interoperable Quantum Networks in Cross Domain Environments
    Johanna Sepúlveda, Airbus

  10.30 - 11:00 : Coffee Break and Poster Visits

  11:00 - SESSION 3.2: Cryptographic Agility & Migration 
  Session Chair to be nominated

  • Software-Defined Cryptography: Enabling Crypto Agility in Enterprise IT
    Jihoon Cho, Samsung SDS
  • Real World Use Cases for Cryptographic Agility using Quantum Resilient Algorithms
    Skip Sanzeri, QuSecure
  • Cryptographic Agility and Migration – Different Use Cases, Different Inventory
    Michael Osborne, IBM Research
  • Global Services: Migration Paths and Roadmaps for Achieving Quantum Safety and Cryptographic Resilience
    Marios Thoma, Cyberecocul
  • Lessons learned from the field: Cryptographic Insight from the Modern Enterprise
    James Howe, SandboxAQ:
  • Revisions and Extensions of the Dutch PQC Migration Handbook 
    Vincent Dunning, TNO

  12:45 : Networking Lunch

  14:00 - SESSION 3.3 : Symmetric Key Solutions 
  Session Chair to be appointed

  • Symmetric Key Infrastructures
    Thorsten Groetker, evolutionQ
  • Advancing Quantum-Safe Communications with Symmetric Key Agreement
    Ettore Pulieri, Telecom Italia Sparkle
    

  14:30 - SESSION 3.4 : Transitionning to PQC 
  Session Chair to be appointed

  • Secure Transactions: Adapting Secure Protocols for Post-Quantum Cryptography: Lessons from eSIMs 
    Emmanuelle Dottax, IDEMIA
  • Hybrid Key Exchange and the Evolution of Secure Networks
    Tony Rosati, evolutionQ
  • Crypto Agility and Hardware: A Strategic Approach to Post-Quantum Security
    Tommy Charles, HP
  • Migrating to PQC compatible PKI: Insights from ING Bank’s Experience
    Gamze Tillem, ING Bank
  • Automated Cryptographic Discovery Inventory (ACDI) Tool 
    Wei Wen Ching, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

  16:00 - Wrap Up Discussion and Final Comments

  Michele Mosca, Programme Committee Chair and Members of the Programme Committee and Audience

  16:30 Event Closure

ETSI and IQC are thankful for the dedication of the following Programme Committee Members: 

• Michele Mosca, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo (Programme Committee Chair)
• Jaya Baloo, Stealth Startup AI & Cybersecurity 
• Johannes Buchmann, TU Darmstadt
• Matthew Campagna, Sr. Principal Engineer, Amazon Web Services
• Sofia Celi, Brave
• Martin Charbonneau, Nokia
• Lily Chen, NIST
• Donna Dodson, EvolutionQ
• Axel Ferrazzini, GovStrat, ETSI Board Member
• Jaime Gómez García, Grupo Santander
• Bruno Huttner, IDQuantique
• Ayesha Khalid , Queen's University Belfast
• Alexander Ling, NUS
• Vicente Martin, UPM
• Sarah McCarthy, IQC, University of Waterloo
• Mark Pecen, Approach Infinity, Inc.
• Bart Preneel, KU Leuven
• Johanna Sepulveda, Airbus
• Masahiro Takeoka, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
• Martin Ward, Toshiba Europe
• Colin Whorlow, Head of International Standards, NCSC
• Hong Xiang, Chongqing University

Michele Mosca - University of Waterloo, Programme Committee Chair
Michele Mosca is co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, a Professor in the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization of the Faculty of Mathematics, and a founding member of Waterloo's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is co-founder and CEO of the quantum-safe cybersecurity company, evolutionQ, and co-founder of the quantum software and applications company, softwareQ. He serves as Chair of the board of Quantum Industry Canada.
He started working in cryptography during his undergraduate studies and obtained his doctorate in Mathematics in 1999 from the University of Oxford on the topic of Quantum Computer Algorithms. His research interests include algorithms and software for quantum computers, and cryptographic tools designed to be safe against quantum technologies.
He co-founded the not-for-profit Quantum-Safe Canada, and the ETSI-IQC workshop series in quantum-safe cryptography and is globally recognized for his drive to help academia, industry and government prepare our cyber systems to be safe in an era with quantum computers.
Dr. Mosca’s awards and honours include 2010 Canada's Top 40 Under 40, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013), SJU Fr. Norm Choate Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), and a Knighthood (Cavaliere) in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2018).

Jaya Baloo, StealthStartup Ai & Cybersecurity  – Member of the Programme Committee
Jaya Baloo is the COO of Stealth Startup AI & Cybersecurity and has been working in the field of information security with a focus on secure network architecture for over 20 years. She is the former CSO of Rapid7, CISO of Avast, and prior to that was CISO at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands. Jaya serves on boards of the NL’s National Cyber Security Centre, TIIN Capital, the NOS, and was the former Vice Chair of the EU Quantum flagship. She is also on the faculty at Singularity University.  
Jaya is recognized as a top 100 global CISO and ranks among the top 100 security influencers worldwide. In 2019, she was selected as one of the 50 most inspiring women in the Netherlands by Inspiring Fifty. In 2022 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente for her contributions to the field of Cybersecurity.

Matthew Campagna, Amazon Web Services - Member of the Programme Committee
Matthew Campagna is a Sr. Principal Engineer & Cryptographer for Amazon Web Services Inc.’s. He oversees the design and analysis of cryptographic solutions across AWS. He is a member of the ETSI Security Algorithms Group Experts (SAGE), and Chairman of ETSI TC CYBER’s Quantum Safe Cryptography group. Previously he managed Certicom/BlackBerry’s Cryptography Research Group focused on the development of intellectual property and standardization for elliptic curve cryptography. He holds a doctorate in Mathematics from Wesleyan University.

Sofia Celi, Brave - Member of the Programme Committee
Sofía Celi is a cryptography researcher at Brave. She researches around post-quantum cryptography, privacy-enhancing technologies and secure messaging.
She is the co-chair for the PQUIP working group at IETF, of the HRPC group at IRTF and of anti-fraud community group at W3C.

Martin Charbonneau, Nokia - Member of the Programme Committee
Martin Charbonneau is a seasoned professional in the field of emerging technologies and secure networking. As part of Nokia’s Network Infrastructure Business Group, he has dedicated over a decade to driving innovation in areas like Neutral Host and digital infrastructures. Recently, Martin’s focus has shifted toward Quantum-Safe networking, recognizing the urgency of securing communication infrastructures against quantum threats. His current role involves spearheading efforts to provide secure connectivity solutions that mitigate risks posed by quantum computing. Before this, Martin spearheaded Nokia’s Emerging Product unit, driving innovations in Mobile transport convergence, Cloud/edge transport, and software & services transport automation. His extensive experience in product management, network planning, and Professional Services uniquely positions him to lead the charge in Quantum-Safe Networks. Martin holds a Bachelor of Science in Space Sciences from the Canadian Royal Military College (RMC, St-Jean, Canada).

Donna F. Dodson, EvolutionQ - - Member of the Programme Committee
Donna F Dodson is a senior strategic advisor at evolutionQ working with the leadership team on the strategic direction of the company to help scale their technology offerings around quantum delivery networks. Donna has an extensive background in cybersecurity, standards, risk management and cryptography. She held technical and policy leadership positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Department of Commerce. Donna led NIST’s cybersecurity program to develop standards, guidelines, best practices and resources. She was the inaugural director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. As the Commerce Department’s cybersecurity advisor, Donna counseled the Secretary and represented the department in strategic policy decision-making forums.

Jaime Gómez García, Banco Santander – Member of the Programme Committee
Jaime Gómez García is a recognized expert in telecommunications, blockchain, and quantum technologies, with an extensive professional background within the financial sector. His contributions as a disseminator of quantum technologies and their consequential influence on enterprises, notably within the financial domain, have garnered him recognition as a LinkedIn Quantum Top Voices in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Currently, Jaime serves as the Head of Quantum Technologies at Banco Santander, where he focuses on leveraging quantum computing for business benefits and addresses the challenges of quantum threats to cryptography. Additionally, he holds the role of Chair of the Steering Committee at the Quantum Safe Financial Forum, working to facilitate collaboration and coordinate the transition to quantum-safe cryptography within the financial sector.

Sarah McCarthy - Institute for Quantum Computing (UWaterloo) - Member of the Programme Committee
Sarah McCarthy is a quantum-secure cryptography specialist with a focus on practical solutions for current and future communications networks. As Cryptographic Strategist at evolutionQ, she drives the development of quantum-safe network solutions and raises awareness about the importance of preparing for the quantum computing era. This is supported by her Research Associate role at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), part of University of Waterloo, which allows her to keep in touch with the progression of quantum-safe solutions, from theory to deployment. Sarah earned her PhD from Queen’s University Belfast and then completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at IQC.

Vicente Martin, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - CCS - Member of the Programme Committee
Vicente Martin, Full Professor at the Technical University of Madrid, Deputy Director of the Center of Computational Simulation, coordinates the Research Group on Quantum Information and the DIANA NATO Test Centre on Quantum Communications at Madrid, the current Madrid Quantum Communications Infrastructure and Spanish national program on quantum communications. He also works in standards on QKD. Co-founder of the Industry Specification Group on Quantum Key Distribution and its vice-chair at ETSI. Convener of the Quantum cryptography and Communications Workgroup of the JTC-22 at CEN. His main research interest is the integration of Quantum Communications in  Telecommunications Networks and security infrastructure

Mark Pecen, Approach Infinity Inc. , Member of the Programme Committee
Mark Pecen is a senior technology executive for Approach Infinity, Inc., and a general partner of a venture capital fund. Pecen is an inventor on more than 100 fundamental patents in wireless communication, networking and computing, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He was awarded the titles of Distinguished Innovator and Science Advisory Board member by Motorola for his work on GSM, GPRS and EDGE cellular technologies at ETSI.  He led work in 3GPP for Motorola on UMTS 3G, and as Senior Vice President, R&D for BlackBerry, he contributed to 4G-LTE cellular technology and standards and spectrum management for ITU. In 2015, Pecen co-founded the ETSI TC Cyber, Working Group for Quantum Safe Cryptography and chaired the group for the first 5 years, producing some of the very earliest global standards on the topic.

Johanna Sepúlveda Airbus - Member of the Programme Committee
Johanna Sepúlveda received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering – Microelectronics by the University of S ̃ao Paulo, Brazil. Currently she holds a position as the Airbus Expert on Quantum-Secure Technologies, being Chief Engineer of different quantum initiatives such as EuroQCI. Also she is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Quantum Technologies for the European Commission and leader of the Quantum Strategic Industry Roadmap at QuIC (Quantum Industry Consortium). She has more than 15 years of experience in R&T and R&D in the area of security, networked systems, HPC and quantum technologies.

Colin Whorlow, NCSC - Member of the Programme Committee
Colin Whorlow has worked in the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and its predecessor CESG, for over 20 years. As Head of International Standards he has spearheaded NCSC’s active involvement in global security standards work including within ETSI and 3GPP. He convened the ETSI Quantum Safe Cryptography ISG, now a Working Group within TC Cyber, and has also chaired the group – and he is a Programme Committee member for the annual ETSI/IQC Quantum-safe Cryptography workshops. He also convened the ETSI Securing AI ISG, now TC SAI. Colin was a long-time member of the Management Board of ENISA, and is a former chair of the CCRA Management Committee. In previous roles he led CESG’s engagement on EU and NATO information assurance issues. Colin also chaired the Information Security Technical Working Group at the Wassenaar Arrangement for some years. Colin was awarded an OBE for services to National Security in 2024.

Hong Xiang - Chongqing University - Member of the Programme Committee
Prof. Hong Xiang is the member of National Cryptography Standardization Technical Committee, China. He also serves as the vice director of the Key Laboratory of Dependable Service Computing in Cyber Physical Society (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, China. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Canada in 1998. His area of research deals with applications in PQC.

In 2025, this event will be hosted by Universidad Pollctecnica de Madrid with the support of MADQuantum-CM Project.

	MADQuantum-CM project, funded by the Comunidad de Madrid and by the Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU