Schedule 2026

The schedule is subject to changes.

 

Inspire Stage

Host: Miłosz Wojtyna

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

 

09:05–09:10 | Official Opening
Prof. Piotr Stepnowski — Rector of the University of Gdańsk

Marc Bruchez — Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of Switzerland in Poland

Jen Tyldesley — Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Warsaw

 

09:10–09:35 | Keynote
Title: TBC

Heike Riel, PhD (IBM Research)

 

09:35–10:00 | Keynote
Business and Practical Implementation Challenges for Quantum Technologies

Anna Kamińska, PhD (Creotech Quantum)

 

10:00–10:25 | Keynote

PQC: The Race You’re Already Running – Whether You Like It or Not

Anna B.K. Hedegaard (Quantum Security Defence)

 

10:25–10:50 | Coffee Break

 

10:50–11:30 | Panel Discussion
Security of Critical Assets in the Quantum Era

Chair: Justyna Pelc (ResQuant, New Space Marketing)
Mateusz Buczek (NATO) • Kilian Wasmer (armasuisse Science and Technology)  • potentially 1 more panellist

 

11:30–11:50 | Talk

The Fault-Tolerant Transition: Opportunity, Dependency, and the European Stack

Max Haeberlein (IQM Quantum Computers)

 

11:50–12:10 | Talk

The Quantum Challenge for Banks – Real World Applications

Philippe De Brouwer, PhD (HSBC)

 

12:10–12:30 | Talk 

The Risk You Cannot Afford to Be Wrong About: Quantum, Blockchain, and the Cost of Waiting

Antonis Argyros (DeployQuantum, Greek Quantum Gate)

12:30–13:20 | Lunch

 

13:20–13:40 | Talk

Quantum Internet: What’s Ready and What’s Lacking

Marcin Pawłowski, PhD (SeQure Quantum)

 

13:40–14:00 | Talk
QKD: Cybersecurity in Satellite Communication

Piotr Kolenderski, PhD (empiriQa)

 

14:00–14:40 | Panel Discussion

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)
Adam Gontarz, PhD (Swissmem) • Tom Gray (Matrix NI) • Joe Spencer, PhD (IoniQ Consulting) • potentially 1 more panellist

14:40–15:10 | Coffee Break

 

15:10–15:50 | Fireside Chat

Quantum National Strategies: different ways, the same goal?
Chair: Aleksandra Tomaszewska (Director of Research & Innovation at Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs)
Andreas Masuhr, PhD (Switzerland) • Paulina Assmann, PhD (Chile) • Giorgos Georgopoulos (Northern Ireland) • more panellists to be announced

16:20–17:00 | Startup Pitches

 

17:00 | Closing Remarks

 

Deep Dive

Host: Jakub Tomasz Gnyp

 

10:40–11:10 | Panel Discussion
Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration: Why Act Now
Chair: Anna B.K. Hedegaard (Quantum Security Defence)
Roman Bieda (Koźmiński University) • Myles Scullion (Kainos) • Michał Pietrus (ArgonAUTHs) • potentially 1 more panellist

 

11:10–11:20 | Polish National Policy for Development of Quantum Technologies

Aleksandra Tomaszewska (Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland)

 

11:20–11:30 | Swiss Quantum Strategy
Andreas Masuhr, PhD (Swiss Quantum Commission)

 

11:30–11:40 | Chilean Quantum Strategy
Paulina Assmann, PhD (SeQure Quantum)

 

11:40–11:50 | Northern Ireland Quantum Report and Recommendations
Tom Gray (Matrix NI)

 

11:50–12:00 | French Quantum Strategy
Speaker: TBC

 

12:00–12:25 | TBC

 

12:25–12:30 | Announcement

International Quantum Olympiad

Marcin Marciniak, PhD (University of Gdańskl) • Paweł Gora (Quantum AI Foundation)

 

12:30–13:20 | Lunch

 

13:20–13:40 | Talk
Decision-making Problems in Power Systems in the Context of Quantum Computing

Teodor Buchner, PhD & Cezary Szwed, PhD (Warsaw University of Technology)

 

13:40–14:00 | Talk

“Big Fish, Small Fish, One Quantum Pond”

Funded. Launched. Building. The LevelQuantum and Orange Polska QKD story

Krzysztof Kaczurba (Orange) & Magdalena Stobińska Moretto, PhD (LevelQuantum)

 

14:00–14:20 | Talk
Quantum Neural Networks for Derivatives Pricing

Sebastian Zając, PhD (finQbit)

 

14:20–14:40 | Talk
Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: From Quantum Threats to Quantum-Secure Networks

Mateusz Ozimek, PhD (EXATEL)

 

14:40–15:00 | Coffee Break

 

15:00–15:30 | Panel Discussion

Photonic, Superconducting or Neutral Atoms? What Is the Future Platform for Quantum Computing?
Chair: Michał Parniak, PhD (University of Warsaw)
Marta Reina, PhD (Quandela) • Max Haeberlein (IQM Quantum Computers) • Chris Porthouse (Aegiq) • Colin Sullivan (Infleqtion)

15:30–16:00 | Panel Discussion

From Lab to Market
Chair: Sylwia Mrozowska, PhD (CEO of Univentum Labs)
• panellists to be announced

 

16:00–16:30 | Panel Discussion

Beyond Cyberspace: Security in the Age of Satellites and Quantum Technologies
Chair: Magdalena Ostasz, LL. M. (AGH University)
Marek Zmuda, PhD (Intel) • Piotr Kolenderski, PhD (empiriQa) • more panellists to be announced

 

16:30–17:00 | TBC

 

17:00 onwards | Dragons’ Den