We have announced already to some of you – in personal conversations, during our Webinar/workshops, and in on-site presentations of Q-PrEP at different occasions – that we are planning a larger event for Q-PrEP & its community in 2026.

Today, we – the Q-PrEP project team – would like to inform you about our first in-person workshop at

National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
in Athens, on Thursday, 5th of February 2026

Location/Address:
Patr. Gregoriou E & 27 Neapoleos Str, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, GREECE

The event is fully booked. See you on one of our next online or in person workshops. Please be kept informed.

Our special thanks go to our dear community members and local hosts of the workshop, Dr. Panagiotis Dimitrakis (Director of Research at “Demokritos“) and Dr. Yiannis Pavlosoglou (Vice Governor of the NCSA Greece), backed by their respective organizations, for enabling us to conduct this workshop in Greece.

Workshop Agenda

Welcome, Keynotes, Expert Talk

Time:	Keynote/Presentation:
9:00	Opening Address and Welcome by our Local Hosts, by Michail Bletsas (GR), First Governor of the NCSA of Greece and Dr. Panagiotis Dimitrakis (GR), Director of Research at NCSR
9:10	Welcome Addresses, by George Nounesis (GR), Chair National Council of Research, Technology & Innovation and Emmanuel Floratos (GR), Professor Emeritus University of Athens and Ordinary Member Academy of Athens
9:30	Keynote by the European Commission, by Juraj Kubica (EU), Program Manager at Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology and responsible for quantum communication networks and post-quantum cryptography infrastructures
10:00	Expert Talk Cybersecurity – Challenges of the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography, by Dr. Ludovic Perret (FR), Post-Quantum Cryptographer & Professor at Université Paris Sorbonne & EPITA, and Dr. Christoph Striecks (AUT), Senior Scientist Secure Communication Systems at Austrian Institute of Technology
10:40	Coffee Break & Networking
11:20	Keynote on Strengthening the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure in Greece against Cyber Threats, by Dr. Ilias Papastamatiou, Head of HellasQCI and Project Manager at GRNET

Thematic Presentations:

Time:	Expert Talks:
11:35	PQC & QKD in Public Sector Practice: Health & Finance, by Dr. Homer Papadopoulos (GR), Senior Science & Development Manager at NCSR and HellasQCI and Max Grytz (GER), Innovation Manager at Deutsche Bundesbank
12:00	Update by the EU Workstream on PQC, by Dr. Heike Hagemeier (GER), Cybersecurity Research Officer at Bundesinnenministerium and co-chair of the EU workstream
12:15	Project Leap Phase 2: Technical Implementation and Testing Results, by Gianluca Lepore (IT), IT Expert at Banca d’Italia
12:40	Q-PrEP & its Community – a recap, by the Q-PrEP Project Team
12:50	Lunch Break & Networking

Interactive Focus Panels:

Time:	Panel:
13:50	Why Cybersecurity Agencies should mind PQC? What are the challenges? Dr. Yiannis Pavlosoglou (GR) – Vice Governor of NCSADr. Inga Paul (GER) – Cryptography Expert at Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) of GermanyJan Rada (CZ) – Senior Legal-Policy Specialist at National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) of the Czech RepublicLedia Canga (AL) – Cyber Security Risk Management Expert at National Cyber Security Authority (AKSK) of Albania Dr. Prokopios Drogkaris (EU) – Cybersecurity Expert and Deputy Data Protection Officer at European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Moderation: Adrian Neal, Senior Director & Global Lead PQC (Capgemini), Dr. Prokopios Drogkaris (EU) – Cybersecurity Expert and Deputy Data Protection Officer at European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
14:35	(Infrastructure) Providers: How to handle public entity requirements on PQC? Dr. Johanna Sepúlveda (EU) – Senior Expert on Quantum Secured Communications at AIRBUS Geospatial and Secure Connectivity SolutionsSuvi Lampila (FIN) – Fellow at SSH Communications SecurityDr. Tobias Handirk (GER) – Researcher for PQC at genua GmbHJoachim Vererfven (BE) – Solutions Engineer at Proximus and Core Team Member at Quantum CircleDr. Christian Fischer (GER) – Project Manager at DLR Projektträger / Nationales Koordinierungszentrum für Cybersicherheit (NKCS) Deutschland Moderation: Julian van Velzen, CTO & Head of the Quantum Lab (Capgemini)

15:20	PQC: Integrating quantum-safe communication in the public domain
	Albert de Ruiter (NL) – Policy Authority PKI Dutch Government Logius and Vice Chair PKI Consortium Dr. Kristof Verslype (BE) – Cryptographer at SmalsPieter Schneider (NL) – Program Manager Post-Quantum Encryption at the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (MinBZK)Vasileios Rentoumis (GER) – Innovation Manager Quantum Computing at Deutsche BundesbankVasileios Alexiou (GR) – Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Hellenic Parliament Moderation: Mathias Schumacher, Project Manager Q-PrEP (NMWP)
16:05	Recap, Announcements & Closing Remarks
16:15	Networking

Please come back or ask our team info@qprep.eu.

If you are interested to take part in The Athens Workshop 2026, please use our online form:

We are looking forward meeting you in Athens in February 2026.

As the organization is extensive and costly for our local hosts, please only register if you are definitely planning to attend the workshop in Athens, Greece. If you have to cancel for important reasons, please send a message to info@qprep.eu so that we can adjust our plans accordingly.

Further Information on the workshop:

• Accomodation:
  Without making any assessment or giving any guarantee, the following hotels, among others, are possible options:
  – The Golden Age Hotel – located close to the city centre here
  – President Hotel – located here
  – Crowne Plaza – located here

Please note:

• Places are limited and we will review the applications we receive for your background in cybersecurity, in public sector, or such activities related, and for provable reasonable interest in the topic of Q-PrEP and this workshop. Affiliation of an institution based in Europe is mandatory.
• The workshop does not ask any participation fee. However, due to budget restrictions, Q-PrEP is not capable of refunding travel or accommodation costs. We appreciate you are willing to travel and arrange an accommodation at your own expenses.
• The schedule of the workshop could still undergo certain (small) changes, whereas the date & venue are definitively fixed. We keep you up to date on the latest developments of the workshop planning, more details to be announced soon.

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