IPEN event on post-quantum computing

The EDPS and the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg would like to invite you to the Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN) event on post-quantum computing entitled "The leap to post-quantum data protection" that will take place in the Salzburg on 8 September 2026. 

Post-quantum computing 

This conference will explore the emerging risks that quantum technologies pose to cybersecurity and data protection, with a particular focus on how these threats affect long-term confidentiality, integrity and trust.

This conference will bring together experts from industry, academia, and public institutions to examine practical strategies for transitioning to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), highlighting current standards, implementation challenges, and migration pathways.

Throughout the event, we will explore fundamental and practical questions, including:

• What is the quantum threat (including the “Harvest now, decrypt later”)? 
• Why current cryptography is vulnerable and how can PQC help?
• Investment in transition: How to leverage transition to PQC at managerial level?
• Prioritise: Which systems should transition first? What are the biggest hidden dependencies?
• Choice: How to choose the right tools? Should procurement processes today start requiring PQC roadmaps from vendors? 
• What lessons from past crypto transitions apply, or don’t apply, here?
• Standardisation: How much has it leveraged adoption so far?
• Accountability obligations: Could failure to migrate be considered negligence? 
• Article 32 GDPR: How should “state of the art” under the GDPR be interpreted in a context where future risks (quantum) are known but timelines are uncertain?
• Article 33 GDPR: What will happen when the first data quantum-based breach happens? How can organisations and SAs prepare for this?
• Should DPIAs explicitly include quantum risk scenarios today?
• What PETs will be (mostly) impacted by the quantum revolution? 
• What is the level of maturity of PETs in adopting PQC?

Join us - on-site or virtually - as we explore the benefits and risks that Secure multi-party computation brings to the future of privacy.

Attendance at the event is free, but registration is required. 
The registration link will be published on this page shortly.

IPEN events bring together privacy experts and engineers from public authorities, industry, academia and civil society to discuss relevant challenges and developments for the engineering and technological implementation of data protection and privacy requirements into all phases of the development process.

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