Technical Track Agenda - CyberQ 2025 | AI & Quantum Cybersecurity Summit

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

16:35 - 16:40

Closing from EMCEE