Overview
Practical quantum computing is expected to break the security of nearly all important public-key cryptographic primitives used in today’s digital communication. That critical moment is still some years ahead, but rapid technological developments highlight the urgent need to address quantum readiness and the shift to quantum-safe cybersecurity. But what is really needed? How can we prepare and p...
Practical quantum computing is expected to break the security of nearly all important public-key cryptographic primitives used in today’s digital communication. That critical moment is still some years ahead, but rapid technological developments highlight the urgent need to address quantum readiness and the shift to quantum-safe cybersecurity. But what is really needed? How can we prepare and protect against quantum risks? What are the challenges on the way to the transition? What approaches and technologies are currently available, and where do current solutions and quick-fix promises fall short? The event will do a deep dive with experts in the field on the issues and the critical steps we need to take.
Aimed at business leaders, cyber security experts, and policy-makers, this event brings together international and local speakers to discuss managing the risks and ensure a sustainable and resilient transition to quantum-safeness for business and society. We will discuss the challenges and opportunities for the cybersecurity sector and how international collaboration can foster a quantum-safe technology supply chain today.
The event aims to operate as an international forum and stimulate the exchange in the field of quantum security and readiness. The objective is to promote research, transfer knowledge between involved communities, and stimulate joint work. Interested parties are invited to contribute to collaborate in developing an interdisciplinary position paper beyond the event.
| 9:00am-9:05am | Opening Michael Kasper, Christian Kurtsiefer |
| 9:05am - 9:10am | Position Paper Quantum Cybersecurity Michael Kasper, Christian Kurtsiefer, Anupam Chattopadhyay |
9:10am - 09:45am | Keynote Quantum Cybersecurity Michele Mosca, University Waterloo, evolutionQ |
| 9:45am - 10:00am | Welcome Address Ambassador Riedel, German Embassy Veronica Phua, ED, Community |
| Quantum Cybersecurity and Quantum Readiness | |
| 10:00am -10:30am | Quantum Readiness and Transition Heike Hagemeier, Federal Office for Information Security, BSI, Germany |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Networking Break |
| 11:00am – 11:20am | National Quantum Safe Network Jing Yan Haw, NQSN |
| 11:20am – 11:50am | Panel: Quantum Readiness in Perspective Gov and Industry partners |
| 11:50am – 12:00pm | Q&A |
| 12:00pm – 12:40pm | Lunch |
| Post Quantum Cryptography | |
| 12:40pm- 1:00pm | PQC a Crypto Agility Enabler? Challenges in the transition towards quantum-safeness. Marc Stoettinger, University Rhein-Main, Wiesbaden |
| 1:00pm – 1:30pm | A dive into the NIST PQC Finalists Ruben Niederhagen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Co-author Sphincs+ Peter Schwabe, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Germany, Co-author Dilithium |
| 1:30pm – 1:50pm | IETF Standardization Efforts at the Example of Post-Quantum VPNs Daniel Loebenberger, Fraunhofer AISEC |
| 1:50pm – 2:20pm | Q&A + Networking Break |
| Quantum Communication | |
| 2:20pm – 2:40pm | Quantum Communication and Practical QKD Security Christian Kurtsiefer |
| 2:40pm – 3:00pm | Quantum Key Distribution Entangled with Photons Kevin Fuechsel, CEO, Quantum Optics Jena, Germany |
| 3:00pm – 3:20pm | Quantum Satellite Networks and QNEX, Singapore Chune Yang Lum, Robert Bedington, SpeQtral, |
| 3:20pm – 3:40pm | Q&A + Networking Break |
| Quantum Ecosystem and Supply Chain | |
| 3:40pm - 4:00pm | Quantum Ecosystem in Europe Johannes Verst, QBN |
| 4:00pm - 4:20pm | Quantum Supply Chain and International Policies Manoj Harjani, RSIS, NTU |
| 4:20pm - 4:30pm | Q&A + Networking Break |
| Quantum Cybersecurity Evaluation | |
| 4:30pm –4:50pm | Shivam Bhasin, NICE/NTU On Exploiting Side-channel information and fault attacks on classic and PQC implementations |
| 4:30pm – 4:50pm | Nils Gerhardt, CTO, Utimaco, Germany Deeper dive into Hardware security modules with QKD and PQC; Certification |
| 4:50pm – 5:10pm | Qin Hao, NUS, NQSN Quantum Hacking and Security Evaluation of Quantum Key Distribution Systems |
| 5:10pm – 5:45pm | Panel: Quantum Cybersecurity Evaluation Tobias Hemmert, Christan Kurtsiefer, Qin Hao, Shivam |
| 5:45pm – 5:50pm | Closing |
| 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Open Networking Event |
Speakers:
Ambassador Norbert Riedel
German Embassy Singapore
Veronica Phua
SGInnovate, Executive Director, Community
Michael Kasper
CEO Fraunhofer Singapore and Co-coordinator, National Quantum-Safe Network
Michele Mosca
Professor University Waterloo, evolutionQ
Heike Hagemeier
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Germany
Daniel Loebenberger
Department Head, Fraunhofer AISEC, Professor HS Weiden, Competence Centre Post Quantum Cryptography
Christian Kurtsiefer
Professor, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore
Kevin Fuechsel
CEO, Quantum Optics Jena, Germany
Jing Yan Haw
National Quantum Safe Network, National University of Singapore
Hao Qin
National Quantum Safe Network, National University of Singapore
Anupam Chattopadhyay
Assoc Prof Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Shivam Bashin
Programme Manager, Centre for Hardware Assurance (NTU)
Marc Stoettinger
Professor, Hochschule Rhein-Main, Germany
Johannes Verst
CEO, Quantum Business Network Online
Ruben Niederhagen
Research Fellow, Sinica Taiwan, Asst. Professor University Denmark
Peter Schwabe
Professor Radboud University, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Manoj Harjani
Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
Tobias Hemmert
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Germany
Robert Bedington
CTO, Spectral
Chune Yang Lum
Co-founder and CTO, Spectral
