Schedule 2026

The schedule is subject to changes.

Inspire Stage

09:00–09:05 | Welcome
Marcin Marciniak, PhD (University of Gdańsk) & Patryk Jar (Kainos)

09:05–09:10 | Official Opening
Speakers:
• Prof. Piotr Stepnowski — Rector of the University of Gdańsk
• more officials to be anounced

09:10–09:35 | Keynote
Speaker: Heike Riel, PhD (IBM Research)
Title: TBC

09:35–10:00 | Keynote
Speaker: Anna Kamińska, PhD (President of Creotech Quantum)
Title: TBC

10:00–10:25 | Keynote
Speaker: Anna B.K. Hedegaard (CEO of Quantum Security Defence)
Title: PQC: The Race You’re Already Running – Whether You Like It or Not

10:25–10:50 | Coffee Break

10:50–11:30 | Panel Discussion
Chair: Justyna Pelc (CMO at ResQuant, New Space Marketing)
Panellists: TBC
Topic: Security of Critical Assets in the Quantum Era

11:30–11:50 | Talk
Speaker: Philippe De Brouwer (HSBC)
Title: TBC

11:50–12:10 | Talk
Speaker: Antonis Argyros
Title: The Risk You Cannot Afford to Be Wrong About: Quantum, Blockchain, and the Cost of Waiting

12:10–12:30 | Talk
Speaker: TBC
Title: TBC

12:30–13:20 | Lunch

13:20–13:40 | Talk

Speaker: Marcin Pawłowski, PhD (CSTO at seQure Quantum)
Title: Quantum Internet: What’s Ready and What’s Lacking

13:40–14:00 | Talk
Speaker: Piotr Kolenderski, PhD (Co-Founder of empiriQa)
Title: QKD: Cybersecurity in Satellite Communication

14:00–14:40 | Fireside Chat
Topic: Quantum National Strategies – different ways, the same goal?
Chair: TBC
Participants:
• Andreas Masuhr, PhD (Swiss Quantum Commission)

• more panellists to be announced (Poland, France, UK, Chile)

14:40–15:10 | Coffee Break

15:10–15:30 | Talk
Speaker: Rafał Duczmal (Chair of EuroHPC Joint Undertaking Governing Board)
Title: TBC

15:30–16:10 | Panel Discussion
Topic: Scaling Quantum Business: Building Ecosystems to Compete Globally
Chair: Jakub Jasiczak, PhD (Chairman at Polish Association of University Knowledge Transfer Companies, Leader of #EUInnovateTogether Initiative)
Participants:
• Adam Gontarz, PhD (Swissmem)
• more panellists to be announced

16:10–17:00 | Startup Pitches

17:00 | Closing Remarks

Deep Dive

10:40–11:10 | Debate
Topic: TBC
Moderator: TBC
Participants: TBC

11:10–11:25 | Polish Quantum Strategy
Speaker: TBC

11:25–11:40 | Swiss Quantum Strategy
Speaker: Andreas Masuhr, PhD (Swiss Quantum Commission)

11:40–11:55 | Chilean Quantum Strategy
Speaker: Paulina Assmann, PhD

11:55–12:10 | Northern Ireland’s Quantum Strategy
Speaker: TBC

12:10–12:25 | French National Strategy
Speaker: TBC

12:25–12:40 | TBC

12:40–13:20 | Lunch

13:20–13:40 | Talk
Speakers: Teodor Buchner, PhD & Cezary Szwed, PhD (Warsaw University of Technology)
Title: Decision-making Problems in Power Systems in the Context of Quantum Computing

13:40–14:00 | Talk
Speaker: TBC
Title: TBC (Quantum in telecommunication)

14:00–14:20 | Talk
Speaker: Sebastian Zając (finQbit)
Title: Quantum Neural Networks for Derivatives Pricing

14:20–14:40 | Talk
Speaker: Mateusz Ozimek
Title: TBC (Harvest Now, Decrypt Later)

14:40–15:00 | Coffee Break

15:00–16:50 | TBC
Talks, panels

16:50 | Closing Remarks