Where the World Stands: A Government Leaders’ Panel on the PQC Transition
· 15:30 – 16:15 Amsterdam time · Red hall
A digital economy runs on trust, and that trust runs on cryptography. The signatures, certificates, and encrypted channels that underpin banking, identity, commerce, and communication are invisible until they fail — and the quantum threat puts all of them in question at once. The exposure is often discussed in geopolitical terms, but the consequences are economic and societal: markets, supply chains, public services, and the everyday transactions that modern life depends on. This is not a problem governments can solve alone. And it is not one organizations can afford to defer.
This panel brings together senior representatives from national cybersecurity agencies and government PQC programmes to share where their programmes stand, what they are seeing in the market, and what they expect ahead. Are migration timelines holding — or are they moving? That is the question every leadership team will be asking, and this panel offers a unique opportunity to hear how governments are thinking about it.
There will be plenty of room for questions and interaction with the panellists.
Speakers
Paul van Brouwershaven
Moderator- Chair · PKI Consortium
Paul van Brouwershaven is a distinguished leader in cybersecurity with over two decades of experience specializing in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). He is the owner and CEO of Digitorus and chairs the PKI Consortium and leads its Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Working Group, driving collaboration and innovation in digital trust and cryptographic agility.
Pieter Schneider
Panelist- Program Manager Quantum Secure Cryptography · Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Pieter Schneider works as Program Manager Quantum Secure Cryptography NL (QvC-NL) at the CISO Goverment Office of the Ministry of the Interior & Kingdom Relations. Pieter has a broad background in the security domain and cybersecurity. In his current role, he manages the QvC-NL program, which aims to help the Netherlands manage the risks of quantum technology on cryptography in time.
Stephan Ehlen
Panelist- Head of Division | Quantum-Safe Cryptography and Cryptographic Applications · Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
Stephan Ehlen is Head of the Quantum-safe Cryptography and Cryptographic Applications Division at the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). His work focuses on post-quantum cryptography, its security foundations, standardization, and the transition to quantum-safe IT systems. He represents Germany in the international co-chairing team coordinating the EU’s migration to post-quantum cryptography.
Stephan holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and is a Privatdozent at the University of Cologne, where his academic research focuses on number theory and arithmetic geometry. His work bridges mathematical research, cryptographic security, and practical cybersecurity policy.
Fabiana Da Pieve
Panelist- Team Leader Post-Quantum Cryptography · European Commission
Megat Zuhairy Megat Tajuddin
Panelist- Chief Executive · National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA)
Ir. Dr. Megat has been serving the Government of Malaysia since 1997 and has vast experiences as an engineer in ICT and Telecommunication fields. Besides holding the position as Chief Executive of NACSA, he is also the Registrar in Board of Engineers Malaysia, an ASEAN Certified Professional Engineer, a Certified Knowledge Manager at KM Institute USA and an Adjunct Professor at Universiti Teknologi MARA. Previously he was an Expert of Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance at United Nations University, Portugal before he became the Director of Engineering (ICT) in Competency, Innovation and Performance Division at Public Works Department.
For the past 26 years, Dr. Megat has been actively developing and implementing policy and strategic plans for Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) agenda as well as building human capital capacity in innovation and knowledge management. Apart from that, he was actively involved in various ICT and Telecommunication projects worth more than RM2 billion including hospitals, court houses, universities, police departments, airports and other government offices. He also successfully implemented and supervised the first in the world Total Hospital Information System (THIS) for 13 hospitals nationwide and photovoltaic renewable energy projects for schools, libraries and clinics in remote areas in Malaysia.
Dr. Megat has a Doctor of Business Administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Master of Science in Communications Technology from Ulm University, Germany and Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Minor in Economics) from Johns Hopkins University, USA.
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