Executive Track Agenda
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Opening Ceremony
Time
9:00 - 9:50
Opening:
- Opening video and EMCEE introduction
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security for the UAE Government
Dr. Najwa Aaraj
CEO
Technology Innovation Institute
Mr. Khaled Salah
Director Regional Office for the GCC Countries and Yemen
UNESCO
Session Theme
Digital UAE and Cyber threats
Time
9:50 – 10:30
9:50 - 10:30
Panel:
- Sovereign Large Language Models and their role in national security
Moderator:
Ms. Madeeha Khan
Senior Program Manager – Cybersecurity, AI & Data Protection | Global Speaker | Trainer | NLP Mindset Coach | USA TechWomen Fellow
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security for the UAE Government
Dr. Victor Mateu
Cryptography Research Center Chief Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute
Dr. Abed Benaichouche
Cofounder & CEO
Open Innovation AI
Dr. Adrien Bécue
AI & Cybersecurity Expert
Thales
Time
10:30 - 10:55
Coffee & Networking Break
Session Theme
Standards and Regulations
Time
11:45 - 13:05
11:45 - 12:05
Talk:
- Law Enforcement in the Quantum Era: Threats and Opportunities
Speaker:
Dr. Toshinobu Yasuhira
Director of Global Complex for Innovation
Interpol
12:05 - 12:25
Talk:
- Status Report on NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization
Speaker:
Dr. Rene Peralta
Computer Scientist, Cryptographer
NIST
12:25 - 12:45
Talk:
- PQC Deployment Challenges: Hardware, Software, and System-Level Assurance for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Speaker:
Prof. Reza Azarderakhsh
Professor at FAU and Founder of PQSecure
FAU / PQSecure
12:45 - 13:05
Talk:
Speaker:
Mr. Somas Balasubra
Client Technical Advisor
GBM
Time
13:05 - 13:50
Lunch Break
Session Theme
Guinness World Records Attempts
Time
13:50 - 16:05
13:50 - 14:05
- GWR attendee counting
14:05 - 14:35
Talk:
- AI and Cybersecurity in the next decade
Speaker:
Dr. Abed Benaichouche
Co-Founder & CEO,
Open Innovation AI
14:35 - 15:05
Talk:
- PQC Pilots in the World – What We’ve Learned
Speaker:
Dr. Armando Faz Hernandez
Research Engineer
Cloudflare
15:05 - 15:35
Talk:
- Understanding the Quantum Threat Timeline
Speaker:
Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia
Director
FARCASTER Consulting Group
15:35 - 16:05
Talk:
- Cryptographic Inventories – Where is Your Crypto?
Speaker:
Mr. Janne Hirvimies
CTO
QuantumGate
Time
16:05 - 16:20
Coffee & Networking Break
Session Theme
Migration Pilots
(Quantum Technologies)
Time
16:20 - 17:40
16:20 - 16:40
Talk:
- Symmetric Key Infrastructure
Speaker:
Mr. Christian Schmitz
Managing Director
EvolutionQ
16:40 - 17:00
Talk:
- The Path to QKD Standardization
Speaker:
Dr. Gregoire Ribordy
CEO and Co-Founder
ID Quantique
17:00 - 17:20
Panel:
- Quantum Security for Finance
Moderator:
Ms. Rauda Al Dhaheri
Head of ADGM Research & Development
ADGM Academy
Speakers:
Dr. James Grieve
Senior Director - Quantum Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Mr. Jayakaran Paul
Head of Cyber Security & IDM
FAB Group Risk
Mr. Amritpal Singh Sidhu
Senior Manager - Technology Governance, Financial Services Regulatory Authority
ADGM Academy
17:20 - 17:40
Panel:
- Planning the Transition – Internal Resistance, Cost, Legal Hurdles, Milestones, Metrics
Moderator:
Dr. Emanuele Bellini
Technical Director - Cryptography Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Speakers:
Dr. Rafael Misoczki
Cryptographer
Meta
Mr. Mohammed Aboul-Magd
VP of Product
SandboxAQ
Mr. Janne Hirvimies
CTO
QuantumGate
Mr. Christian Schmitz
Managing Director
EvolutionQ
Closing
Time
17:40 - 17:45
TODAY AT A GLANCE
Opening
Time
9:50 - 10:05
9:50 - 10:00
Opening:
- Introduction for the day
10:00 - 10:05
Award:
- Nobel Prize Recognition
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti
Head & President
UAE Cyber Security Council
Prof. John Martinis
CTO and co-founder
Qolab
Session Theme
Quantum Threat
Time
10:05 - 11:15
10:05 - 10:45
Talk:
- State of the art of quantum computers
Speaker:
Prof. John Martinis
CTO and co-founder
Qolab
10:45 - 11:00
Talk:
- Quantum in Practice: Wallet Recovery & Certified RNG
Speaker:
Mr. Alan Ho
CEO and Co-Founder
Qolab
11:00 - 11:15
Talk:
- Quantum for Good: Awakening the Next Frontier for Global Impact
Speaker:
Mr. Frederic Werner
Chief, Strategic Engagement at United Nations’ ITU
ITU
Time
11:15 - 11:30
Coffee & Networking Break
Time
11:30 - 12:00
11:30 - 12:00
Talk:
- Planning the Transition – Internal Resistance, Cost, Legal Hurdles, Milestones, Metrics
Moderator:
Dr. Emanuele Bellini
Technical Director - Cryptography Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Speakers:
Dr. Rafael Misoczki
Cryptographer
Meta
Mr. Mohammed Aboul-Magd
VP of Product
SandboxAQ
Mr. Janne Hirvimies
CTO
QuantumGate
Mr. Christian Schmitz
Managing Director
EvolutionQ
Session Theme
Cryptographic Inventories and Agility
Time
12:00 - 12:45
12:00 - 12:15
Talk:
- Standardization activities towards Post-Quantum readiness
Speaker:
Dr. Hirotaka Yoshida
SC 27 WG 2 Convenor
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/WG 2
12:15 - 12:30
Talk:
- Lets do quantum cryptography
Speaker:
Mr. Akshay Dalal
Head of Regional Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs
Google
12:30 - 12:45
Talk:
- CXO Cyber Command Centers: Dashboards That Speak Business
Speaker:
Mr. Mark Hassoun
Senior Solutions Engineer
Anomali
Time
12:45 - 13:05
Nibras Awarding Ceremony
Time
13:05 - 13:50
Lunch Break
Session Theme
AI, Quantum and Cybersecurity
Time
13:50 - 14:50
13:50 - 14:05
Talk:
- Crypto-Agile Quantum-Safety for AWS and Our Customers: How our verifiably correct, high performance libraries form the backbone of our PQC strategy
Speaker:
Dr. Roderick Chapman
Senior Principal Applied Scientist
AWS Cryptography
14:05 - 14:20
Talk:
- Keys, Protocols, and Infrastructure: Common Roadblocks in Crypto Transitions
Speaker:
Mr. Michael Osborne
CTO IBM Quantum Safe
IBM Research - Zurich
14:20 - 14:50
Panel:
- Cryptographic Agility in Action: What Worked and What Didn’t
Moderator:
Prof. Francisco Rodriguez-Henriquez
Technical Director - Cryptography Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Speakers:
Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia
Director
FARCASTER Consulting Group
Dr. Axel Y. Poschmann
VP of Product
PQShield
Dr. Victor Mateu
Cryptography Research Center Chief Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute
Mr. Michael Osborne
CTO IBM Quantum Safe
IBM Research - Zurich
Time
14:50 - 15:05
Coffee & Networking Break
Session Theme
AI, Quantum and Cybersecurity
Time
15:05 - 15:50
15:05 - 15:20
Talk:
- Navigating the Quantum Era: Securing Your Cloud Infrastructure for the Long Term
Speaker:
Mr. Rajeev Nair
Chief Delivery Officer
Core42
15:20 - 15:50
Panel:
- Trends in Space-based Quantum Networking
Moderator:
Sana Amairi-Pyka
Lead Scientist - Quantum Communications
Technology Innovation Institute
Speakers:
Dr. Robert Bedington
CTO
SpeQtral
Mr. Stefan Lespezeanu
General Manager and Vice-Chair UKSpace STC
Honeywell
Prof. Ji-Gang Ren
Professor - Division of Quantum Physics and Quantum Information
University of Science and Technology of China
Mr. Thomas Grenier
Director Special Projects - Product & Engineering
Space42
Closing
Time
