Convening to Act

Convening to Act
Quantum Resistant Cryptography (QRC) Progress
March 11, 2025

AGENDA

8:00 am - 8:40 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:40 am – 8:55 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
Dr. Greg Fowler, President of University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC)
Laura Nelson & George Barnes, National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF) remarks

8:55 am - 9:10 am Keynote Speaker
Mr. Jeff Dickerson, Technical Director, Cybersecurity Directorate, National Security Agency (NSA)

9:10 am – 9:30 am QRC Migration Strategy and Lessons Learned
Matt Campagna (Amazon Web Services - AWS)

9:30 am – 9:50 am Transition to TLS 1.3  
Dr. Adrian Stanger, Senior Cryptographic Authority, NSA

9:50 am - 10:30 am Crypto agility/CSF2.0 
Dr. Lilly Chen (National Institutes of Standards & Technology - NIST)
Bill Newhouse (NIST)

10:30 am – 10:50 am Break

10:50 am – 11:20 am QRC transition in large orgs
Panelists: Hyrum Mills –Two Six Technologies, Dr. Vladimir Soukharev -InfoSec Global, JB Norcott - SandboxAQ, Alice Fakir (IBM)
Moderator – Curt Dukes, Center for Internet Security

11:20 am – 12 noon Measuring Progress/Progress towards migration
Dr. Sophie Schmieg (Google)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:40 pm Quantum Readiness
Panelists: Rob Joyce (NSA), Dr. Richard Searle (Fortanix) Dr. Whitfield Diffie (IBM)
Moderator: Bill Newhouse (NIST)

1:40 pm – 2:20 pm Quantum progress with DIB/Small & Mid-Size Business & Banking 
Panelists: Dave Falgiano (M+T Bank), Evgeny Gervis (SafeLogic), Dr. Colin Soutar (Deloitte) 
Moderator: Ben Shapiro (Deloitte)

2:20 pm - 3:00 pm CNSA 2.0
Dr. Morgan Stern (NSA)

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm Break

3:20 pm – 4:00 pm Insights: Accelerating Adoption of QRC at the C-Level 
Dr. J.R Rao (IBM)

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm NIAP
Jon Rolf (NSA)

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm NIST IR 8547
Dustin Moody (NIST)

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Cocktail Hour