2026: Sep 10 & 11
Union Halle
Frankfurt am Main
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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 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
Dr. Walter Fischedick
Ministerialdirigent - Leiter der Abteilung I Digitalwirtschaft, Startups, Innovation, Technologieförderung und -transfer, Digitale Infrastruktur.
Hessisches Ministerium für Digitalisierung und Innovation (HMD)
Daniela Theisinger
Managing Director of Deutsche Telekom Global Business BeLux & France
Deutsche Telekom Global Business BeLux & France
Dr. Francesco Benfenati
Team Leader, Quantum Enablement
IQM Quantum Computers
Stephan Falkenberg
Leitungsstab / IT-Strategie und Technik
Informationstechnikzentrum Bund (ITZBund)
Tim Schneider
Vice President, Program Lead PQC Migration.
Deutsche Bank AG
Werner Strasser
CEO & Founder
fragmentiX GmbH & LENDAIDC GmbH
Lukas Helm
Head of Sales
zerothird GmbH
Prof. Dr. Christoph Marquardt
Chair of Optical Quantum Technologies
FAU Erlangen
Wolfram Rinner
Managing Director
GasLINE GmbH
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hühn
Institut für Informatik, Automatisierung und Elektronik
Hochschule Nordhausen
Prof. Dr. Nikolay Tcholtchev
Professor für Informatik mit Schwerpunkt Smart City
Hochschule RheinMain
Prof. Dr. Holger Hünemohr
Leiter Studienschwerpunkt Verwaltungsinformatik
Fachbereich DCSM, Studiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik
Hochschule RheinMain
Chris Hölzer
IT-Systems-Specialist in Innovation Management
HZD
Jens Hummel
Masterstudent (Software und System Engineering)
Hochschule RheinMain
Dr. Bettina Heim
Head of Quantum Communication Networks
OHB System AG
Martin Schäfer
Lead Engineer, PLATO Data Centre Database (PDCDB)
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS)
Domenico Paone
Lead Engineer for Quantum Modules
Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG
Partners | Sponsors | Exhibitors
We kindly thank our partners and sponsors!
Partners
PARTNER
TECH QUARTIER
For 10 years, TechQuartier has been the place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where the right people come together through events, programs, and accelerator initiatives to drive innovative growth. As a key driver of innovation in Frankfurt’s financial center, TechQuartier connects FinTech and GreenTech startup founders with established companies in future-shaping fields such as AI, quantum computing, and finance.
TechQuartier has been part of the Federal Digital Hub Initiative (de:hub) since its start in 2017. In 2024, TechQuartier was officially recognized as the FinTech Hub Frankfurt within the de:hub network. TechQuartier is also the organizer and host of the IMPACT FESTIVAL in Frankfurt – Germanys largest B2B event for digital & sustainable transformation.
TechQuartier continues to advance the startup ecosystem in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region and strengthens its role as a central innovation hotspot in Europe.
Sponsors
GOLD SPONSOR
Photon Delta
PhotonDelta is a non-profit organisation supporting an end-to-end value chain for photonic chips that designs, develops, and manufactures innovative solutions that contribute to a better world. We do so by creating global awareness and promoting the benefits and potential of the Dutch and European photonic chip industry and its technologies. Leveraging funding from the National Growth Fund, alongside strategic investments, we catalyse the acceleration of the photonic chip industry.
SILVER SPONSOR
dacoso GmbH
dacoso GmbH is a leading managed service provider for network and IT security in the DACH region. Since 2004, we have been ensuring stable business operations for companies and government agencies through our managed services and customized solutions - ranging from upper-mid-market companies and international corporations to carriers and hyperscalers. By combining network solutions and cybersecurity from a single source, we take the pressure off our customers’ IT teams so they can focus on their core business. Our mission: Reliability³ = Availability x Security x Service. In our ISO-certified NOC and SOC, we monitor and protect IT infrastructures 24/7, 365 days a year. Headquartered in Langen with eleven additional locations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, we stand for the highest security standards, compliance, and data sovereignty. Made in Germany. Our team makes the difference: with technical excellence, responsibility, and customer focus. The people at dacoso ensure true security that builds trust.
Exhibitors
Dates | Registration | Venue
Secure your place at seQUcom 2026
📅 Sep 10 - 11
📍 Union Halle • Frankfurt am Main
🐦 Early bird until Aug 19
💸 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
Niklas Hegemann
JoS QUANTUM GmbH
13:50 - 14:10
THREAT
The engineering gap between today's hardware and Q-Day
Dr. Francesco Benfenati
IQM Quantum Computers
13:50 - 14:30
ORGA
Coffee break & Industry exhibition
14:30 - 14:50
BUSINESS
Quantum Risk Mitigation Do's and Don'ts: Lessons Learned After 10 Years into the Journey
Tim Schneider
Deutsche Bank AG
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
Lukas Helm
zerothird GmbH
15:50 - 16:30
ORGA
Coffee break & Industry exhibition
16:30 - 18:00
ROADMAP
Fishbowl: Q-day is coming closer - are we prepared?
- Academic vision for a quantum-safe future: Prof. Dr. Christoph Marquardt
- Fishbowl moderation: Niklas Hegemann
18:00 - 18:30
EXHIBITION
Exhibitor pitches
PTB, Quantum Optics Jena, BearingPoint, qonduit, KEEQuant
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: tbd
Wolfram Rinner
GasLINE GmbH
09:30 - 10:00
SHOWCASES
Showcase 2: Migration to QKD
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hühn
Hochschule Nordhausen
10:00 - 10:30
SHOWCASES
Showcase 3: QKD in a data center environment
Jens Hummel, Chris Hölzer, Prof. Dr. Nikolay Tcholtchev, Prof. Dr. Holger Hünemohr
Hochschule Rhein-Main and Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung
10:30 - 11:00
ORGA
Coffee beak & Industry exhibition
11:00 - 11:20
SPACE-QKD
Space-based quantum key distribution at OHB
Dr. Bettina Heim
OHB System AG
11:20 - 11:40
SPACE-QKD
Securing the PLATO Science Ground Segment
Martin Schäfer
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS)
11:40 - 12:00
SPACE-QKD
The European Satellite-Based QKD System EAGLE-1
Domenico Paone
Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG
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 programOrganizers
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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