Meridian Conference Agenda
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Date : 25-27 November 2025 | Venue : ADNEC, Abu Dhabi
Time
9:30 – 10:00
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
Time
10:00 - 10:30
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEETING
Time
10:30 - 11:00
OPENING REMARKS ON QUANTUM & AI IN CYBERSECURITY
Speaker:
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security for the UAE Government
Time
11:00 - 11:20
BATON HANDOVER AND HIGHLIGHTS OF MERIDIAN CONFERENCE 2024
Time
11:20 - 11:30
GROUP PHOTO
Time
11:30 - 12:00
THE DUAL THREAT: QUANTUM & AI IN CYBER SECURITY
Speaker:
Mr. Leo Mercedes
Chief of Cabinet
Dominican Republic
Time
12:00 - 12:20
COFFEE BREAK
Time
12:20 - 13:20
SECURING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AI & POST-QUANTUM TECH
Speaker:
Mr. Marc Henauer
Senior Political and International Affairs Officer,
Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Time
13:20 - 14:20
LUNCH BREAK
Time
14:20 - 15:10
THE FUTURE OF CYBER DEFENCE: AI, QUANTUM, AND CYBER DIPLOMACY
Speaker:
Dr. Nadher Alsafvani
MENA Cyber Specail Advisor,
Digital Conflict Department, HD Centre
Turkey
Time
15:10 - 15:30
COFFEE BREAK
Time
15:30 - 15:50
DAY 1 - OVERVIEW AND WRAP-UP
Time
10:00 - 10:30
WELCOME COFFEE
Time
10:30 - 11:30
PANEL:
- National cyber security framework for protection of CII
PANELISTS:
Mr. Marc Henauer
Senior Political and International Affairs Officer,
Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Mr. Lokesh Garg
DG, NCIIPC
Time
10:35 - 11:55
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
Time
12:00 - 13:10
Lunch Break
Time
12:00 - 15:25
Guinness World Records attempts
Time
15:25 - 15:50
Coffee Break
Time
15:50 - 17:00
Session Theme:
MIGRATION PILOTS (QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES)
15:50 - 16:10
Talk:
- Symmetric Key Infrastructure
Speaker:
Mr. Christian Schmitz
Managing Director
EvolutionQ
16:10 - 16:30
Talk:
- The Path to QKD Standardization
Speaker:
Dr. Gregoire Ribordy
CEO and co-founder
ID Quantique
16:30 - 17:00
Panel:
- Quantum security for Finance
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
17:00 - 17:40
Panel:
- Planning the Transition – Internal Resistance, Cost, Legal Hurdles, Milestones, Metrics
Speakers:
Dr. Emanuele Bellini
Technical Director - Cryptography Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Mr. Mohammed Aboul-Magd
VP of Product
SandboxAQ
Mr. Janne Hirvimies
CTO
QuantumGate
Mr. Christian Schmitz
Managing Director
EvolutionQ
Time
19:45 Onwards
Gala Dinner
Time
10:00 - 13:00
ABU DHABI CITY TOUR
Time
13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH
Time
14:00 - 15:00
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Time
15:25 - 16:25
Session Theme:
AI, QUANTUM AND CYBERSECURITY
15:25 - 15:45
Talk:
- Navigating the Quantum Era: Securing Your Cloud Infrastructure for the Long Term
Speaker:
Mr. Rajeev Nair
Chief Delivery Officer
Core42
15:45 - 16:25
Talk:
- Trends in Space-based Quantum Networking
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
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