Technical Track Agenda
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Opening
Time
9:55 – 10:00
Opening Ceremony
Session Theme
Post-Quantum Technologies (1)
Time
10:00 – 11:00
10:00 - 10:20
Product Capability:
- Building Quantum-Safe Networks
Speaker:
Mr. Richard Schöbel
Regional Sales Director
IDQ Quantique
10:20 - 10:40
Product Capability:
- Making the Shift: Post-Quantum Migration in Action
Speakers:
Mr. Falco Christow
Senior Product Manager
QuantumGate
Mr. Erol Dogan
Solution Architect
Thales
10:40 - 11:00
Product Capability:
- Path to Useful Quantum Computing
Speaker:
Dr. Ivano Tavernelli
Quantum Computing Application Researcher
IBM Research - Zurich
Time
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
Session Theme
AI for Cybersecurity Technologies
Time
11:30 - 13:05
11:30 - 11:55
DEMO:
- Falcon Live Cybersecurity Demo
Speaker:
Dr. Maitha Alshaali
Senior Research Engineer - Artificial Intelligence & Digital Science Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
11:55 - 12:15
Product Capability:
- Thrive in the AI Era with Zero Trust + AI
Speaker:
Mr. Divjot Singh Arora
Principal Solution Consultant
Zscaler
12:15 - 12:35
Product Capability:
Speaker:
Mr. Rushabh Shah
Head of Cyber Security
Emircom
12:35 - 13:05
MOU signings
Time
13:05 - 14:05
Lunch Break
Session Theme
Post-Quantum Technologies (2)
Time
15:35 - 15:55
15:35 - 15:55
Product Capability:
- Using NeuroSymbolic AI to verify and optimize PQC at AWS
Speaker:
Dr. Roderick Chapman
Senior Principal Applied Scientist
AWS Cryptography
Session Theme
Automatic Cryptographic Discovery Technologies
Time
15:55 - 16:15
15:55 - 16:15
Product Capability:
- Accelerating PQC Readiness with AWS and QuantumGate
Speakers:
Ms. Sofia Grypari
Principal - Product Management
QuantumGate
Dr. Roderick Chapman
Senior Principal Applied Scientist
AWS Cryptography
Session Theme
Startup Track
Time
16:15 - 17:50
16:15 - 16:45
Fireside chat:
- The journey of Emirate Entrepreneurs in cyber security
Moderator:
Mr. Craig Jones
Member of the Foundation Board Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE)
Former Director of Cybercrime at INTERPOL
Speakers:
Mr. Mohammed Alshamsi
CEO
CyberNet
Mr. Mohammed Alawadi
CEO
Exordium
Mr. Hassan Alnoon
Founder of Ghisha
Ghisha
16:45 - 17:15
Panel:
- UAE Cybersecurity Innovation
Moderator:
Mr. Khalifa Alhammadi
Manager CyberE71
Speakers:
Mr. Simon Reiniche
Program Manager
CyberE71
Prof. Luigi Martino
Research Scientist, Electrical Engineering
Khalifa University
Mr. Sukiraman Manivannan
Practice Lead for AI and Data Security
CPX - Cyber Consulting Services unit
17:15 - 17:35
Startup presentation:
- "LibrAI" presentation
Speaker:
Dr. Xudong Han
Co-founder & CEO of LibrAI, and a researcher at MBZUAI
LibrAI, representing MBZUAI
17:35 - 17:50
Talk:
- Adaptively Robust and Forgery-Resistant Watermarking
Speaker:
Prof. Nils Lukas
Assistant Professor of Machine Learning
MBZUAI
Closing
Time
17:50 - 17:55
CLOSING CEREMONY
Opening
Time
10:30 – 10:35
Opening from EMCEE
Session Theme
Quantum Technologies (1)
Time
10:35 – 12:05
10:35 - 10:55
Product Capability:
- Quantum ready - Secure communication with MDI QKD ft. technology use cases
Speaker:
Mr. Remon Berrevoets
CTIO and Co-Founder
Q-Bird
10:55 - 11:15
Talk:
- Metro-scale and long-range QKD networks in Europe - TBC
Speaker:
Claudia De Lazzari
Quantum Cryptographer
QTI (TIM Group)
11:15 - 11:45
Demo:
- UAE's QKD Showcase
Speakers:
Dr. James Grieve
Senior Director - Quantum Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Dr. Yury Kurochkin
Principal Investigator - Quantum Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute
Dr. Vadim Rodimin
Senior Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute
Mr. Aleksei Ponasenko
Senior Software Engineer
Technology Innovation Institute
11:45 - 12:05
Product Capability:
- Preparing for the Post-Quantum Cryptography Era
Speaker:
Mr. Divjot Singh Arora
Principal Solution Consultant
Zscaler
Time
12:05 – 12:25
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
Session Theme
Cryptographic Agility
Time
12:25 - 12:45
Titles
12:25 - 12:45
Talk:
- Digital Shield of the Nation: AI-Powered NIAP
Speaker:
Mr. Sheikh Shadab
Cyber & Privacy Leader
EY
Time
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch Break
Time
13:45 - 14:15
MOU signings
Time
14:15 - 15:15
Government Entities Recognition Ceremony
Time
15:15 - 15:35
Hackathon Award Ceremony
Session Theme
Cryptographic Agility
Time
15:35 - 16:35
15:35 - 15:55
Product Capability:
- Fostering Post-Quantum Cryptographic Agility with AWS Cloud Native Services
Speaker:
Ms. Margo Cronin
Principal Solution Architecture
AWS
15:55 - 16:15
Product Capability:
- Crypto Agility for data-in-transit encryption
Speaker:
Mr. Ari Kauppi
Director - Security Platforms
KATIM
16:15 - 16:35
Product Capability:
- Secure by Design: Air‑Gapped, Zero‑Trust, and Model‑Safe Sovereign AI
Speaker:
Mr. Hani Khalaf
Field CTO ,Data and AI solutions
Dell Technologies
Closing
Time
