DigiCert has announced the speaker lineup ahead of its World Quantum Readiness Day event, which will take place virtually on 10th September, 2025. It will bring together top voices in quantum computing, cryptography, and cybersecurity to provide an actionable guide on preparing for the quantum era.
“Quantum computing is reshaping the foundation of digital security, and it’s essential that organisations understand and prepare for this next chapter,” said Amit Sinha, CEO of DigiCert. “We are honoured to welcome such a distinguished group of experts to help advance industry understanding and readiness for a quantum future.”
World Quantum Readiness Day was established to urge organisations to assess their quantum preparedness, acceelerate post-quantum cryptography adoption, and equip themselves against future threats.
The guest panellists include:
- Dr. Taher Elgamal, Cryptographer, Entrepreneur, and the ‘Father of SSL,’ Partner at Evolution Equity Partners
- Dr. Lily Chen, Mathematician and NIST Fellow, NIST
- Panos Kampanakis, Principal Security Engineer, AWS
- Richard Kisley, Chief Engineer, IBM HSM
- Jeff Stapleton, PQC Researcher, Wells Fargo and X9F4 Cybersecurity & Cryptography Chair
- William Whyte, Sr. Director, Technical Standards, Qualcomm
- Tom Patterson, Managing Director for Emerging Technology Security, Accenture
- Colin Soutar, Global Quantum Cyber Readiness Lead, Deloitte
- Martin Reilly, Digital Identity Offering Manager, DXC Technologies
- Dr. Jim Goodman, CTO and Co-founder, Crypto4A
- Konstantinos Karagiannis, Director of Quantum Computing Services, Protiviti; Host of The Post-Quantum World podcast
- Blair Canavan, Director, Alliances – PKI & PQC Portfolio, Thales
- Luke Valenta, Research Engineer, Cloudflare
The event will be hosted by John Furrier, Co-Founder and CEO of SiliconANGLE, with DigiCert moderators and speakers including Dr. Amit Sinha, CEO; Lakshmi Hanspal, CTrO; Deepika Chauhan, CPO; Jeremy Rowley, SVP and Digital Trust Strategist; Tim Hollebeek, VP of Industry Standards; Kevin Hilscher, Sr. Director of Product Management; Corey Bonnell, Industry Development Strategist; and Shane Kelly, Principal Crypto Architect.
DigiCert will also be honouring the winner and finalists of the 2025 Quantum Readiness Awards, which recognises organisations that have taken steps to become quantum ready. Winners will be announced on 25th September, 2025.
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