2026 Agenda
Wed 25 Mar1:30–2:45pmPublic-Private Roundtables
[Roundtable] How to Design Quantum-Safe Systems - A Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Plan for Critical Infrastructure
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About This Session
Quantum computing is driving a security transition—not because the “quantum apocalypse is tomorrow,” but because long-lived data and systems in finance, government identity, healthcare, defence, energy networks and communications can be compromised today through “harvest now, decrypt later.” The systemic risk is straightforward: if we wait until the last minute, migration becomes chaotic, expensive, and operationally disruptive while compromising critical systems.
This is a how-to roundtable for moving from PQC awareness to execution. Banks, big tech, government, security agencies and critical infrastructure operators will align on practical steps: cryptographic inventory, crypto-agility, standards alignment, vendor and supply-chain readiness, procurement language, testing, and staged migration—so organisations can upgrade without breaking interoperability or service continuity.
Outcomes: Insights from discussions will contribute towards GFTN's work on a practical Quantum-Safe Migration Starter Pack with priority systems list, decision points, recommended timelines and a minimum target state for crypto-agility plus a shortlist of “next-wave” opportunities worth piloting.
- When
- Wednesday 25 March1:30–2:45pm, Perth time
- Where
- Public-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 1
- Access
- Open
Speakers
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Edwin Chen
Director of Solution Engineering
ST Engineering
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Bavani Chetty
Senior Manager, Cyber Digital Trust
Deloitte
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Eamonn Darcy
Chief Technology Officer
AQ Intelligence
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Prof. Gavin Brennen
Chief Quantum Officer
BTQ Technologies
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Prof. Gia Parish
Director, UWA Defence and Security Institute
The University of Western Australia
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Mats Parkinson
Director
Bare Cove Technology
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Prof. Michael Small
CSIRO-UWA Chair of Complex Systems, Professor & Director
UWA Data Institute
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Dr. Rajiv Shah
Director
Australian Information Security Association
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Tara Lie
Cyber Security GRC Manager / PhD Candidate
Department of Water & Environmental Regulation / Edith Cowan University
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Robert Laurie
Chief Security Architect
Ciphershield
Moderator
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