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Is your organization ready for the quantum and AI disruption to cybersecurity?

Quantum computing and the growing power of AI are rewriting the rules of cybersecurity. The time to act is now. Existing cryptographic solutions are becoming vulnerable, and organizations that delay action risk exposing their most critical data.

Join seQUcom — a high-level forum shaped by Europe’s foremost experts in quantum-safe cybersecurity.
Over two days, connect with key decision-makers and trusted specialists from industry, government, and research during our networking reception and industry exhibition. Gain strategic insight into the quantum and AI-driven threat landscape, understand regulatory trajectories, and explore concrete solutions like Post-Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Key Distribution. If you’re responsible for securing your organization’s future, this is where smart decisions are made before they become urgent.

Executive Track
Understand exactly why quantum computing and AI (especially AI-driven mathematical advances) pose an immediate and tangible threat to your current cybersecurity posture. Explore actionable strategies from Europe’s leading initiatives in Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). Learn how upcoming regulations will impact your operations, and engage directly with decision-makers, industry experts, and regulators during our high-level networking dinner.

Technical Track
Delve deeply into real-world implementations and practical migration paths for quantum-resistant cybersecurity solutions. Gain direct insights into the ongoing NIST PQC standardization, the latest developments in Quantum Key Distribution, and best practices from companies already preparing their transition. Bring your technical challenges directly to our experts, and shape your organization’s quantum cybersecurity strategy with confidence.

seQUcom is brought to you by...

The BMFTR-funded German umbrella project for quantum communication SQuaD, the German Industry Alliance for Quantum Security DIVQSec and the technical association VDE are proud to present the seQUcom format to you for the first time. Let us introduce the organizing team: KEEQuant GmbH, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Quantum Optics Jena GmbH, VDE, and BearingPoint GmbH. Together, we are working hard to deliver an outstanding workshop to you!

Partners and sponsors

We thank our partners and sponsors!

Important dates

  • Sep 19 – Early bird registration deadline
  • Oct 16 – First conference day

Program

The detailed program is forming now. Talk titles are subject to change. The current version serves as a preliminary overview to help with your planning.

Thursday, Oct 16 - EXECUTIVE TRACK

12:30 – 13:00

Registration & arrival

13:00 – 13:30

Welcome by the organizers

13:30 – 13:50
Threat

State of play: secure communication today
Dr. Felix Wissel
Deutsche Telekom Geschäftskunden GmbH

13:50 – 14:10
Threat

Q-Day: quantum computing threat to cryptography
Christoph Graebnitz
Fraunhofer AISEC

14:10 – 14:30
Threat

When will a crytopgraphically-relevant quantum computer be available?
Heike Riel
IBM

14:30 – 14:50
Threat

Progress in AI
Dr. Edeltraud Leibrock
tbd

14:50 – 15:00
Threat

Can AI crack cryptography?
Imran Khan
KEEQuant GmbH

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break & Industry exhibition

15:30 – 15:40
Business

Business impact of migration to quantum-safe
Dr. Ulrich Seyfarth
BearingPoint

15:40 – 16:00
Business

Preparing for the quantum era
Daniel Goß
Bundesagentur für Arbeit

16:00 – 16:20
Business

IT security for Bundesbank in the age of the quantum computer
Thomas Kraus
Deutsche Bundesbank

16:20 – 16:40
Solutions

Solution: Post-Quantum Cryptography

16:40 – 17:00
Solutions

Solution: Quantum Key Distribution
Kevin Füchsel
Quantum Optics Jena

17:00 – 17:30

Coffee break & Industry exhibition

17:30 – 18:00
Roadmap

Panel discussion: What is necessary until Q-day?

18:00 – 18:30
Roadmap

Start small/smart – think big: migration to quantum-safe

18:30 – 22:00

Networking reception (on-site)

Friday, Oct 17 - TECHNICAL TRACK

08:30 – 09:00

Registration & arrival

09:00 – 09:30
Showcases

Showcase 1: Migration to quantum key distribution (QKD)
Robin Boehn
Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH

09:30 – 10:00
Showcases

Showcase 2: Migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC)

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break & Industry exhibition

10:30 – 11:00
Ask the experts

Panel discussion: on tech challenges and roadmap for QKD

11:00 – 11:30
Ask the experts

PQC deep-dive & NIST standardization
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Paar
Head of Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee break & Industry exhibition

12:00 – 12:30
Tech talk

Tech Talk: Hybridization and crypto-agility

12:30 – 13:00
Tech talk

Tech talk: Challenges in infrastructure integration

13:00 – 14:00

Farewell & Time for discussions & Industry exhibition

Venue

  • Union Halle in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Easily reachable by public transport (close to Frankfurt main train station)
  • Thursday, Oct 16 and Friday, Oct 17
  • 150 participants
  • Industry exhibition
  • High-level networking reception
  • Space for discussions

Registration

Registration has now opened! Click the button below to register for the event via the VDE portal.

The prices for registration are:

  • Early Bird: 300€
  • Regular: 350€

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Speakers

Dr. Felix Wissel

Business Development Public Sector
Deutsche Telekom Geschäftskunden GmbH

Theoretical physicist, Diploma degree in solid state physics, ph.D. degree in statistical physics; since 15 years in telecommunication business in various roles and responsibilities, mainly around technology, innovation and engineering; strong focus on quantum secure communications for the last 10 years; contributions to several national and European R&D projects (CiViQ, QuNet, DemoQuanDT), technical lead in EuroQCI detailed design study (QSAFE); now Chief Solution Designer for NOSTRADAMUS and Project Coordinator for PETRUS (the EC’s Coordination & Support Action for EuroQCI)

Christoph Graebnitz

Fraunhofer AISEC
tbd

Dr.-Ing. Heike Riel

Head of Science of Quantum and Information Technology and Lead of IBM Research Quantum Europe at IBM Research

Heike Riel is IBM Fellow, Head of Science of Quantum and Information Technology and Lead of IBM Research Quantum Europe at IBM Research. She is responsible for leading the research agenda of the Science of Quantum and Information Technology department aiming to create scientific and technological breakthroughs in Quantum Computing, Physics of Artificial Intelligence, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Precision Diagnostics and Smart System Integration.

Dr. Edeltraud Leibrock

tbd
tbd

Imran Khan

Managing Director, KEEQuant GmbH

KEEQuant acts as a one-stop shop for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Key Management Systems (KMS), and hybridized Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) solutions. He studied quantum physics and spent over a decade at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen leading to numerous scientific publications and a leading role in German and European projects like OPENQKD, CiViQ, QCI4EU, SEQRET, and QuNET. Imran Khan is also active in various standardization committees and is a co-founder of the German Industrial Alliance for Quantum Security (DIVQSec), where he currently serves as one of its two spokespeople.

Daniel Goß

fachlich/technischer Bereichsverantwortlicher für PKI & E-Mail-Verschlüsselung, Trustcenterleiter
Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Seit 2012 beim IT-Systemhaus der Bundesagentur für Arbeit als Senior IT-Architect im Bereich Trustcenter und E-Mail-Verschlüsselung tätig. Seit 2024 fachlich/technischer Bereichsverantwortlicher für PKI & E-Mail-Verschlüsselung und Trustcenterleiter des qualifizierten Vertrauensdiensteanbieters der BA.

Dr. Ulrich Seyfarth

Manager for Quantum Technologies at BearingPoint

Ulrich Seyfarth is managing and developing the quantum-related business at BearingPoint. He has decades of experience in the field of quantum technologies. With a PhD in quantum security and quantum computing, collaboration in post-quantum cryptography, and AI research in the field of computer vision, he brings a very broad range of experience to the table. He is leading a growing, diverse team of technology and business experts that are leading and technically contributing to projects regarding PQC and QKD with well-known results like the QKD implementation attack study. With his team he offers a broad portfolio regarding quantum security to clients from risk management to migration, integration and technology.

Thomas Kraus

Deutsche Bundesbank

tbd

Kevin Füchsel

Quantum Optics Jena GmbH

tbd

Robin Boehn

Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH

Robin Böhn is currently pursuing a master’s degree in IT-Security, with a focus on software and network security. Beyond a keen interest in cryptography, he has over 5 years of experience working in Quantum Key Distribution Network (QKDN) R&D. Robin works as an IT-Security Manager at Deutsche Telekom Technik and has contributed to several notable projects such as DemoQuanDT, QSNP, and QSAFE/EuroQCI.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Paar

Head of Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Ph.D. in engineering from the Institute for Experimental Mathematics at the University of Essen (1994). Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts (1995–2001). Ruhr University Bochum (2001–2019). Research professor at UMass Amherst (2008/09 and 2014–2016). Founding director at Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum, Germany and affiliated professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst). Research in the area of embedded security. His group is currently working on hardware Trojans, technical and cognitive aspects of (hardware) reverse engineering, physical layer security and the security of cyber-physical systems. One of the spokespersons of the Excellence Cluster CASA – Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries.

More speakers will be announced soon.

Sponsoring and exhibition

Please find our sponsoring and exhibition information for download:

Securing Enterprise Communications  – From Quantum Risk to Resilience