The 8th ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography workshop will be a virtual event. In light of the global COVID-19 situation and the related restrictions, the Programme Committee is reformatting the event into online sessions that will be available in a variety of formats.

The event will start with an Executive Track organized in partnership with TelecomTV (27-28 October 2020).

Around these dates, an in-depth Technical Track (with contributed talks and posters) will also be available online. Currently we are calling for talks and posters for the Technical Track.

As we increasingly rely on cyber technologies, we are ever more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The cybersecurity tools at the centre of protecting our business functions, connected devices and information assets from cyber threats rely on cryptographic tools and standards that will be broken by emerging quantum technologies. Planning and preparing is critical. A new suite of tools resilient to quantum computers must be standardized and deployed in order to maintain the availability and reliability of cyber systems and protect confidentiality and integrity.

This virtual event will bring together diverse participants in the quantum-safe cybersecurity community to facilitate the knowledge exchange and collaboration required to transition cyber infrastructures and business practices to make them safe in an era with quantum computers. This event is free of charge and open to those who wish to learn more about how the security of our digital systems is affected by the fast-evolving race to build a quantum computer.

Submission Guidelines

The following submission categories are welcome:

• Contributed talks  (please use this template: http://faculty.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/mmosca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/QSC_Presentation_Submission.docx )
• Posters (please use this template: http://faculty.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/mmosca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/QSC_POSTER_Submission.docx ).

In both cases, the content will be made available online.

List of Topics

•             Global efforts on quantum-safe schemes

•             System integration of QKD and post-quantum

•             Practical challenges to deploying quantum-safe schemes

•             Computational constraints and considerations for post-quantum cryptography and security from an industry perspective

•             High priority use cases for quantum-safe cryptography

•             Standards for quantum cryptography devices and systems

•             Standards for quantum-resistant public-key crypto algorithms

•             Testing, metrics, validation and certification for quantum-safety

•             New applications of post-quantum crypto or QKD

•             Attempts at cryptanalysis of post-quantum systems

•             Migration paths for post-quantum crypto and/or QKD

•             Hybrid key agreement and signatures

Committees

Program Committee

• Michele Mosca, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo (Programme Committee Chair)

• Jaya Baloo, KPN

• Johannes Buchmann, TU Darmstadt

• Matthew Campagna, Sr. Principal Engineer, Amazon Web Services

• Lily Chen, NIST

• Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva

• Hakim Mkinsi, Technical Officer, ETSI

• Mark Pecen, Approach Infinity, Inc.

• Bart Preneel, KU Leuven

• Masahide Sasaki, Director Quantum ICT Laboratory, NICT

• Martin Ward, Toshiba Europe

• Colin Whorlow, Head of International Standards, NCSC

• Hong Xiang, Chongqing University

• Others TBC

Organizing committee

• Nathalie Guinet, ETSI

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to mmosca@uwaterloo.ca .