Q‑Con Quantum Conference 2026

Inspire Stage

Host: Miłosz Wojtyna

09:00 – 09:05 | Welcome

Marcin Marciniak, PhD (University of Gdańsk) & Patryk Jar (Kainos)

09:05 – 09:10 | Official Opening

Prof. Piotr Stepnowski — Rector of the University of Gdańsk

Marc Bruchez — Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of Switzerland in Poland

Jen Tyldesley — Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Warsaw

09:10 – 09:35 | Keynote

Title: TBC

Heike Riel, PhD (IBM Research)

09:35 – 10:00 | Keynote

Business and Practical Implementation Challenges for Quantum Technologies

Anna Kamińska, PhD (Creotech Quantum)

10:00 – 10:25 | Keynote

PQC: The Race You’re Already Running – Whether You Like It or Not

Anna B.K. Hedegaard (Quantum Security Defence)

10:25 – 10:50 | Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:30 | Panel Discussion

Security of Critical Assets in the Quantum Era

Chair: Justyna Pelc (ResQuant, New Space Marketing)

Mateusz Buczek (NATO) • more panellists to be announced

11:30 – 11:50 | Talk

The Fault-Tolerant Transition: Opportunity, Dependency, and the European Stack

Max Haeberlein (IQM Quantum Computers)

11:50 – 12:10 | Talk

The Quantum Challenge for Banks – Real World Applications

Philippe De Brouwer, PhD (HSBC)

12:10 – 12:30 | Talk 

The Risk You Cannot Afford to Be Wrong About: Quantum, Blockchain, and the Cost of Waiting

Antonis Argyros (DeployQuantum, Greek Quantum Gate)

12:30 – 13:20 | Lunch

13:20 – 13:40 | Talk

Quantum Internet: What’s Ready and What’s Lacking

Marcin Pawłowski, PhD (SeQure Quantum)

13:40 – 14:00 | Talk

QKD: Cybersecurity in Satellite Communication

Piotr Kolenderski, PhD (empiriQa)

14:00 – 14:40 | Panel Discussion

Scaling Quantum Business: Building Ecosystems to Compete Globally

Chair: Jakub Jasiczak, PhD (Chairman at Polish Association of University Knowledge Transfer Companies, Leader of #EUInnovateTogether Initiative)

Adam Gontarz, PhD (Swissmem) • Tom Gray (Matrix NI) • more panellists to be announced

14:40 – 15:10 | Coffee Break

15:10 – 15:50 | Fireside Chat

Quantum National Strategies: different ways, the same goal?

Chair: Aleksandra Tomaszewska (Director of Research & Innovation at Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs)

Andreas Masuhr, PhD (Switzerland) • Paulina Assmann, PhD (Chile) • Giorgos Georgopoulos (Northern Ireland) • more panellists to be announced

15:50 – 16:20 | Talk with Q&A

EuroHPC Quantum Opportunities

Rafał Duczmal (EuroHPC Joint Undertaking Governing Board)

Moderator: TBC

16:20 – 17:00 | Startup Pitches

17:00 | Closing Remarks

Deep Dive

Host: Jakub Tomasz Gnyp

10:40 – 11:10 | Panel Discussion

Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration: Why Act Now

Chair: Anna B.K. Hedegaard (Quantum Security Defence)

Roman Bieda (Koźmiński University) • Myles Scullion (Kainos) • Michał Pietrus (ArgonAUTHs) • potentially 1 more panellist

11:10 – 11:20 | Polish National Policy for Development of Quantum Technologies

Aleksandra Tomaszewska (Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland)

11:20 – 11:30 | Swiss Quantum Strategy

Andreas Masuhr, PhD (Swiss Quantum Commission)

11:30 – 11:40 | Chilean Quantum Strategy

Paulina Assmann, PhD (SeQure Quantum)

11:40 – 11:50 | Northern Ireland Quantum Report and Recommendations

Tom Gray (Matrix NI)

11:50 – 12:00 | French Quantum Strategy

Speaker: TBC

12:00 – 12:25 | TBC

12:25 – 12:30 | Announcement

International Quantum Olympiad

Marcin Marciniak, PhD (University of Gdańskl) • Paweł Gora (Quantum AI Foundation)

12:30 – 13:20 | Lunch

13:20 – 13:40 | Talk

Decision-making Problems in Power Systems in the Context of Quantum Computing

Teodor Buchner, PhD & Cezary Szwed, PhD (Warsaw University of Technology)

13:40 – 14:00 | Talk

Title: TBC (Quantum in telecommunication)

Speaker: TBC

14:00 – 14:20 | Talk

Quantum Neural Networks for Derivatives Pricing

Sebastian Zając, PhD (finQbit)

14:20 – 14:40 | Talk

Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: From Quantum Threats to Quantum-Secure Networks

Mateusz Ozimek, PhD (EXATEL)

14:40 – 15:00 | Coffee Break

15:00 – 15:30 | Panel Discussion

What is the Future Platform for Quantum Computing?

Chair: TBC

Max Haeberlein (IQM Quantum Computers) • Chris Porthouse (Aegiq) • Colin Sullivan (Infleqtion) • potentially 1 more panellist

15:30 – 16:00 | Panel Discussion

From Lab to Market

Chair: Sylwia Mrozowska, PhD (CEO of Univentum Labs)

• panellists to be announced

16:00 – 16:30 | Panel Discussion

Beyond Cyberspace: Security in the Age of Satellites and Quantum Technologies

Chair: Magdalena Ostasz, LL. M. (AGH University)

Marek Zmuda, PhD (Intel) • Piotr Kolenderski, PhD (empiriQa) • more panellists to be announced

16:30 – 17:00 | TBC

17:00 Onwards | Dragons’ Den