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Edwin Chen
Director of Solution Engineering
ST Engineering
Edwin Chen is a Solution Engineering Director at ST Engineering with 18 years of experience architecting and delivering mission‑critical, highly secure systems. His background spans global IP network operations at Singtel, enterprise and smart‑city platforms at NCS and Fujitsu, and large‑scale financial systems at OneConnect, where he led modernization across core banking, payments, loan origination and digital platforms. He also brings deep blockchain solutioning expertise from ChainUp, covering asset tokenization, exchanges, wallets and staking platforms for financial institutions.
Edwin has been a key partner to customers in transforming legacy architectures and building resilient, scalable platforms across finance, telecom, government, healthcare and transport sectors. In recent years, he has led strategic engagements with central banks and BFSI organizations on quantum‑secured communications, quantum computing and post‑quantum transformation—providing pragmatic guidance on cryptographic inventory at scale, enabling crypto‑agility, and identifying high‑value early applications of quantum‑safe technologies.
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1:30–2:45pmWed 25 MarPublic-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 1Open
Roadmap for AI and Quantum
[Roundtable] How to Design Quantum-Safe Systems - A Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Plan for Critical Infrastructure
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Edwin ChenDirector of Solution EngineeringST Engineering
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Bavani ChettySenior Manager, Cyber Digital TrustDeloitte
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Eamonn DarcyChief Technology OfficerAQ Intelligence
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Prof. Gavin BrennenChief Quantum OfficerBTQ Technologies
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Prof. Gia ParishDirector, UWA Defence and Security InstituteThe University of Western Australia
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Mats ParkinsonDirectorBare Cove Technology
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Prof. Michael SmallCSIRO-UWA Chair of Complex Systems, Professor & DirectorUWA Data Institute
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Dr. Rajiv ShahDirectorAustralian Information Security Association
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Tara LieCyber Security GRC Manager / PhD CandidateDepartment of Water & Environmental Regulation / Edith Cowan University
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Robert LaurieChief Security ArchitectCiphershieldModerator
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. -
