2025 PQC Forum

About the 2025 Post-Quantum Cryptography Forum

Under Chatham House Rule, the in-person-only forum will bring together leaders from industry and government to tackle the critical challenges of the PQC migration. Sessions will explore a range of topics including the quantum computing threat timeline, successful practices from early movers, migration technical challenges (e.g. hybrid, interoperability), inventory insights, and methods for evaluating PQC performance.

When: Monday, 10/27/2025

Where: MITRE McLean Building 1, 7525 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102

 

 

 

Registration Details

To register for the 2025 PQC Forum, please fill out the form below.

The first round of registration closes Friday, 10/10/2025. After that, only participants with U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident status will be able to register until Friday, 10/17/2025.

 

Forum Agenda*

 

Time Topic Details Shared Presentation Materials
8:15- 8:55 Check-In and Networking Coffee  
9:00- 9:10 Opening Remarks Presenter: Charles Clancy, Chief Technology Officer at MITRE  
9:10- 9:25 Introduction & Workshop Objectives Presenter: Matt Mickelson, PQCC Lead at MITRE  
9:25- 9:40 The State of the Migration Presenter: Moses Liskov, Principal Cybersecurity Researcher / Cryptographer at MITRE Slides (PDF)
Block 1: Pathways Towards PQC Governance  
9:45- 10:05 Keynote: CISA’s Perspectives on PQC Presenter: Gary Jones, Associate Chief of Strategic Technology at CISA  
10:10- 10:25 Talk: Post-Quantum Cryptography at Internet Scale Presenter: Sharon Goldberg, Product Director at Cloudflare Slides (PDF)
10:30- 10:45 Talk: Real-World Lessons for PQC Migration in Modern Organizations Presenter: Ryan Hurst, Advisor at SandboxAQ, CEO of Peculiar Ventures Slides (PDF)
10:45- 11:00 Break  
11:05- 11:20 Talk: Beyond PKI: Rethinking Trust Presenter: Roberta Faux, Head of Cryptography at Arqit Slides (PDF)
11:25- 11:40 Talk: Challenges in Post-Quantum Cryptography for Constrained Devices: Formal Verification and Side-Channel Protections Presenter: Reza Azarderakhsh, CEO of PQSecure  
11:45- 12:15 Panel: Pathways Towards PQC Governance

Panelists: Gary Jones, Ryan Hurst, Roberta Faux, Reza Azarderakhsh, Sharon Goldberg

Panelists and audience members will participate in an interactive panel focused on key implementation challenges with PQC migrations.

  
12:15- 1:00 Lunch  
1:05- 1:55 Activity: PQC Coalition Workstreams

Leads: MITRE PQCC Team

Participants will collaborate in working sessions centering on topics such as inventorying, vendor engagement, product categories, migration roadmapping, and standards tracking.

  
Block 2: Industry-Based Challenges  
2:00- 2:15 Talk: The Hidden Gap: How IoT and the Military Can Achieve Post-Quantum Security Presenter: Connor Spangler, Quantum Security Solutions Architect at Arqit Slides (PDF)
2:15- 3:00 Activity: Sector Working Groups

Leads: MITRE PQCC Team

Participants will split into groups based on industry to identify PQC migration key challenges and best practices.

  
3:00- 3:15 Break  
Block 3: Global PQC Practices and Interoperability  
3:20- 3:40 Talk: Taiwan’s PQC Migration Framework: Securing the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain Presenter: Ming Chih, CEO & Founder of Chelpis Quantum Slides (PDF)
3:45- 4:00 Talk: NCCoE Migration to PQC Project Findings Presenter: Kaitlyn Laohoo, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE  
4:05- 4:20 Panel: Aligning International Practices

Panelists: Evelyne Tzoukermann, Mary Bischoping, Ming Chih, Kaitlyn Laohoo

 

Panelists and audience members will participate in an interactive panel focused on international PQC standards and interoperability challenges.

  
4:25- 4:45 Keynote: NIST PQC Updates and Perspectives Presenter: Dustin Moody, Mathematician / PQC Project Lead at NIST  
4:45- 5:00 Closing Remarks  

 

*Agenda is still being refined and subject to change.

 

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