Q- Entangle Quantum Conclave 2026

The rapid development of quantum computing poses a threat to the widely used and deployed cryptographic algorithms. This talk will examine threats like Harvest Now Decrypt Later, and discuss the NIST-approved cryptographic standards ML-KEM (FIPS 203), ML-DSA (FIPS 204), and SLH-DSA (FIPS 205), which are pivotal milestones in the migration towards quantum-safe security. We will also explore what's happening in the open-source community with Open Quantum Safe, OpenSSL, liboqs etc., and touch upon the different milestones in the migration journey like classification, inventory, agility and remediation. This talk will further cover the changes underway in PKCS#11 standards and Hardware Security Modules towards implementing quantum-safe algorithms for enterprise adoption, along with some considerations and challenges associated with moving towards Post-Quantum Cryptography.

Divya K Konoor is a Senior Technical Staff Member in IBM Z Systems (Mainframe) and the Chief Architect for offerings like IBM Digital Asset Haven, Hyper Protect Crypto Services, IBM Digital Asset Offline Signing Orchestrator and other Hyper Protect On-Prem and Cloud Offerings. With over two decades of experience in the industry, her areas of expertise include Security, Digital Assets and Confidential Computing. She is a passionate speaker and product evangelist with multiple blogs, technical articles, patents and IP publications, including in WeQuity Spotlight, IBM AoT, OpenStack Summit, ACM K and IEEE CCEM. She is a technical committee member at WinTechCon and has been a speaker at GHCI and OpenStack India Days.

Dr. M. Girish Chandra obtained his BE in Electronics from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore, India and MTech from IIT Madras in Communication Systems and High Frequency Technology. He obtained his PhD (and subsequently the DIC) as a Commonwealth Scholar in Digital Communication from Imperial College, London. He is with TCS Research, Bangalore, from Jan 2005, presently a Chief Scientist. Earlier, he was with the Aerospace Electronics Division of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore, India, holding the position of Assistant Director. For the last five years, he is focusing and leading the projects in Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Sensing. His research interests are in the broad areas of Communications and Signal Processing, including Graph Signal Processing, Compressive Sensing & Sparse Signal Processing, Source Separation, Error Control Coding, Channel Equalization, Geolocation, Cognitive Radio & Networks, Cross-Layer Design, Adaptive & Multimedia Signal Processing as well as Signal Processing & Machine Learning for Large (Big) Data. He has over 100 publications in Journals/ Conferences (with coauthors), 35+ granted patents and other 50+ filed, with co-inventors. He has delivered many invited lectures (seven of them are key-note addresses) and short courses on topics related to Communications and Signal Processing. He was: a guest faculty at UVCE, an Adjunct Visiting Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technology at Manipal Institute of Technology, India and an adjunct faculty at IIIT, Bangalore, handling master-level courses. He has served as a Technical Program Committee member for many international and national conferences on Communications and Signal Processing. Further, he has been a session chair and a member for panel discussion in many conferences/symposiums. He was a co-chair for five Workshops/ Symposiums, including the Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium of IEEE GLOBECOM 2012. He has got a few recognitions, including a TCS Distinguished Scientist Award (2023), and way back State Award and a Gold Medal for academic accomplishments.

Rohit Ramakrishnan is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at QOSMIC - a deep tech venture by a team of quantum scientists and satellite engineers with space heritage, based out of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. As a C V Raman Post Doctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), He specialise in Photonic Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning, blending theoretical knowledge with experimental and design capabilities. He actively engage with international quantum technology research teams as a researcher and collaborator. Expert in team building and fostering collaborations beyond academic disciplines, geographies, and cultures. Public Speaker and Co-author of "The Quantum Internet: The Second Quantum Revolution" published by Cambridge University Press