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 in our executive track and trusted specialists from industry in our technical track, 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.

Speakers

Daniela Theisinger

Managing Director of Deutsche Telekom Global Business BeLux & France

Deutsche Telekom Global Business BeLux & France

Dr. Walter Fischedick

Ministerialdirigent bei Land Hessen

Ministerium für Digitalisierung und Innovation

Dr. Bettina Heim

Head of Department, Quantum Communication Networks

OHB System AG

Stephan Falkenberg

Leitungsstab / IT-Strategie und Technik

Informationstechnikzentrum Bund (ITZBund)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hühn

Institut für Informatik, Automatisierung und Elektronik

Hochschule Nordhausen

Martin Schäfer

Lead Engineer, PLATO Data Centre Database (PDCDB)

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS)

Ralf Schmidl

IT-Infrastruktur

DATEV eG

Prof. Dr. Nikolai Tcholtchev

DESIGN INFORMATIK MEDIEN

Hochschule Rhein-Main

Chris Hölzer

Innovation Management

Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung

Jens Hummel

Master Student

Hochschule Rhein-Main

Werner Strasser

CEO & Founder

fragmentiX GmbH & LENDAIDC GmbH

Partners | Sponsors | Exhibitors

We kindly thank our partners and sponsors!

Partners

PARTNER

TECH QUARTIER

Sponsors

SILVER SPONSOR

dacoso GmbH

Exhibitors

Dates | Registration | Venue

Secure your place at seQUcom 2026

📅 Sep 10 - 11

📍 Union Halle • Frankfurt am Main

🐦 Early bird until Aug 10

💸 300€ early bird • 350€ late

💼 Industry exhibition

🍸 High-level networking reception

🗣️ Leading voices from industry, government and research

Two days of strategic insight, technical exchange and high-level networking.

Register via VDE Website

Program

We are currently forming the program for seQUcom 2026 - stay tuned!

Executive Track
Understand exactly why quantum computing poses an immediate and tangible threat to your current cybersecurity posture. Use the coffee breaks to discuss AI advances and how they affect threat timelines. 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.

Day 1 - Thursday, Sep 10 - EXECUTIVE TRACK

12:30 - 13:00

ORGA

Registration & arrival

13:00 - 13:15

ORGA

Welcome by the organizers

13:15 - 13:30

ORGA

Welcome by the Digital Ministry of Hessia

Dr. Walter Fischedick
Ministerialdirigent bei Land Hessen

13:50 - 14:10

THREAT

Quantum-safe communication at Deutsche Telekom

Daniela Theisinger
Deutsche Telekom, Global Business Solutions Belgium

13:50 - 14:10

THREAT

Progress in quantum algorithms

tbd

13:50 - 14:10

THREAT

Progress in quantum computing

tbd

13:50 - 14:30

ORGA

Coffee break & Industry exhibition

14:30 - 14:50

BUSINESS

Transition to quantum-safe at DATEV

Ralf Schmidl
DATEV eG

14:50 - 15:10

BUSINESS

Sovereign data centers

tbd

15:10 - 15:30

SOLUTIONS

Peace of mind cybersecurity in the quantum age

Werner Strasser
fragmentiX GmbH & LENDAIDC GmbH

15:30 - 15:50

SOLUTIONS

Quantum key distribution

tbd

15:50 - 16:30

ORGA

Coffee break & Industry exhibition

16:30 - 17:30

ROADMAP

Fishbowl: Q-day is coming closer - are we prepared?

tbd

17:30 - 18:00

ROADMAP

Next steps in quantum-safe

tbd

18:00 - 18:30

EXHIBITION

Exhibitor pitches

tbd

18:30 - 22:00

ORGA

Networking reception

On-site with parallel industry exhibition

Day 2 - Friday, Sep 11 - TECHNICAL TRACK

08:30 - 09:00

ORGA

Registration & arrival

09:00 - 09:30

SHOWCASES

Showcase 1: Migration to QKD

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hühn
Hochschule Nordhausen

09:30 - 10:00

SHOWCASES

Showcase 2: QKD in a data center environment

Jens Hummel, Chris Hölzer, Prof. Dr. Nikolai Tcholtchev
Hochschule Rhein-Main and Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung

10:00 - 10:30

SHOWCASES

Showcase 3: Migration to PQC

tbd

10:30 - 11:00

ORGA

Coffee beak & Industry exhibition

11:00 - 11:20

SPACE-QKD

Quantum key distribution satellite at OHB

Dr. Bettina Heim
OHB System AG

11:20 - 11:40

SPACE-QKD

Securing the PLATO Science Ground Segment

Martin Schäfer

11:40 - 12:00

SPACE-QKD

Quantum key distribution service

tbd

12:00 - 12:30

TECH TALK

Tech deep dive #1

tbd

12:30 - 13:00

TECH TALK

Tech deep dive #2

tbd

13:00 - 14:00

ORGA

Farewell, Time for discussions, Industry exhibition

We also archive our previous editions, in case you want to get an impression of seQUcom 2025:

seQUcom 2025 program

Organizers

Program committee
• Imran Khan (KEEQuant GmbH, chair)
• Dr. Damian Dudek (VDE)
• Dr. Matthias Wirth (VDE)
• Dr. Ulrich Seyfarth (BearingPoint)
• Dr. Kevin Füchsel / Franziska Niepel (Quantum Optics Jena GmbH)

Local organization
• Judith Sanders (VDE)
• Dr. Damian Dudek (VDE)
• Dr. Matthias Wirth (VDE)

Funding
The event is co-funded by the BMFTR-funded German umbrella project for quantum communication SQuaD.

Support
The event is supported by the German Industry Alliance for Quantum Security DIVQSec, the technical association VDE and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB.

seQUcom 2026 is supported and/or co-funded by:

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