Post-Quantum Cryptography Conference 2025

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hybrid Event | October 28 – 30, 2025

The PKI Consortium invites researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders to submit abstracts for presentation at the PQC Conference 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, a premier global forum for advancing and applying Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

As the quantum era approaches, the urgency to future-proof digital security infrastructures is accelerating. This conference will bring together global and regional experts to explore the strategic and technical dimensions of PQC, with special focus on real-world implementation, cryptographic agility, and Asia-Pacific leadership.

The program committee reviews abstracts regularly, so we encourage you to submit early at pkic.org/call!
Submit your abstract now!

Conference Format

The three-day event will feature:

• Day 1: Hands-on Workshops & Technical Training
• Days 2–3: Expert Talks across Two Parallel Tracks:
  • Strategic Track – for executives, CISOs, and policy makers
  • Technical Track – for cryptographers, developers, and engineers

Submission Tracks & Topics

We welcome original, high-quality abstracts for talks, panel discussions, and workshops related to PQC and quantum-resilient cryptography, including but not limited to the following categories:

Technical Track – Topics of Interest

• PQC algorithm performance, benchmarking, and deployment
• Cryptographic migration strategies (hybrid schemes, crypto agility)
• PQC in constrained environments (IoT, embedded systems)
• Implementation challenges, toolchains, and interoperability
• Cryptanalysis of NIST standard and alternate algorithms
• Side-channel resistance and secure hardware implementations
• PQC in real-world protocols: TLS, SSH, VPN, email, and secure messaging
• Quantum-safe libraries, SDKs, and open-source contributions
• AI/ML-assisted cryptanalysis or optimization of PQC
• Transitioning to PQC in enterprise software stacks

Strategic Track – Topics of Interest

• Executive strategies for quantum readiness and crypto modernization
• Risk management frameworks and investment prioritization
• Regulatory and compliance considerations in the quantum transition
• Global and regional policy updates (NIST, ETSI, ISO, national roadmaps)
• PQC in digital identity, signatures, and public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Sector-specific case studies such as in finance, healthcare, government, telecom, automotive, aviation, energy & critical infrastructure, cloud & data center services, defense & national security, e-commerce & digital identity, smart cities & IoT ecosystems
• Asia-Pacific leadership in PQC innovation and deployment
• Supply chain trust and quantum resilience
• Public-private collaboration models for secure transitions
• Harmonizing global standards with regional regulatory requirements

Regional Emphasis: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

We especially encourage contributions that highlight:

• Regional PQC initiatives, research, and pilot programs
• Policy developments and regulatory readiness in Asia
• Case studies from ASEAN countries and APAC organizations
• Localization challenges and multilingual security solutions

Workshop & Training Topics

We invite proposals for interactive, hands-on workshops and technical training sessions that equip attendees with the skills and tools needed to navigate and implement post-quantum cryptography in real-world environments.

Workshops should be practical, engaging, and preferably include working code, configuration labs, or tooling demonstrations. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):

Post-Quantum Cryptography in Practice

• Implementing PQC in TLS 1.3: hands-on with ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and hybrid schemes
• Building and integrating quantum-safe libraries in C, Rust, Go, or Python
• Developing and testing PQC-enabled protocols (e.g., SSH, IPsec, QUIC, DNSSEC)
• Performance profiling and benchmarking of PQC algorithms on real-world systems

Crypto Agility & Transition Readiness

• Designing crypto-agile systems: architectures, APIs, and lifecycle management
• Building hybrid cryptographic schemes to enable seamless PQC transition
• Architecting for algorithm agility in regulated and legacy environments
• Case studies and toolkits for crypto versioning and rollback strategies

Cryptographic Inventory & Software Bill of Materials (SBOM/CBOM)

• Conducting cryptographic inventory and risk classification across your stack
• Building and maintaining Cryptographic Bills of Materials (CBOMs)
• Leveraging Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) to track and manage cryptographic dependencies
• Automating crypto inventory discovery using static and dynamic analysis tools
• Integrating PQC readiness into DevSecOps pipelines and compliance workflows

Tooling & Development Ecosystem

• Intro to post-quantum toolchains and SDKs (e.g., Open Quantum Safe, liboqs, Bouncy Castle PQC)
• PQC validation and conformance testing: fuzzing, formal methods, and static analysis
• Secure key management in a quantum-safe context: key rotation, storage, HSMs
• Creating and signing post-quantum X.509 certificates

Risk Modeling & Threat Simulations

• Simulating quantum attacks and estimating crypto deprecation timelines
• Quantum risk assessment frameworks tailored for enterprises and governments
• Scenario planning and tabletop exercises for crypto breach recovery