[Panel] Security and Safety – The Quantum Approach

Quantum tech is emerging as the next critical layer atop today’s digital rails, redefining security, sovereignty and resilience across finance, energy and communication networks. This high-stakes conversation will explore practical pathways for quantum-safe transitions in an era of escalating threats.  
 
Participants will discuss the imperatives of quantum-safe encryption against deployment realities, pathways and roadmaps for PQC and networks that balance priorities with global interoperability, how strategic hubs (like Perth) can evolve as premier testbeds for a global quantum internet to foster secure data flows, sovereign compute capabilities and resilient infrastructure.  
 
Key Questions to Address: 
- How urgent is “quantum-safe” really for today’s systems? 
- What are realistic roadmaps for PQC, QKD & quantum networks in the Indo-Pacific? 
- How can places like Perth become key testbeds for quantum initiatives?