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 officially invite you to our 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

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 Schedule
(to be updated soon by a full agenda)

Beginning in the morning, after

• the Opening Address and a warm Welcome by our local hosts,
  by Michail Bletsas (GR), First Governor at NCSA and Dr. Panagiotis Dimitrakis (GR), Director of Research at the NCSR “Demokritos”

the first session continues with:

• an 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
• the expert talk cybersecurity – the 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
• the application case & pilot of PQC & QKD,
  by Dr. Homer Papadopoulos (GR), Senior Science & Development Manager at NCSR “Demokritos” and HellasQCI, and Max Grytz (GER), Innovation Manager at Deutsche Bundesbank
• an update of the EU Workstream on PQC,
  by Dr. Heike Hagemeier (GER), Cybersecurity Research Officer at Bundesinnenministerium and co-chair of the EU workstream
• results from Project Leap Phase 2,
  by Gianluca Lepore (IT), IT Expert at Banca d’Italia
• and is rounded up by a recap of Q-PrEP, presented by the project team,

Following this comprehensive series of presentations & keynotes, we turn to the second, our interactive panel session, covering panels on:

• Why Cybersecurity Agencies should mind PQC? What are the challenges?
  with
  • Dr. Yiannis Pavlosoglou (GR) – Vice Governor of the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCSA) of Greece
  • Dr. Inga Paul (GER) – Cryptography Expert at Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
  • Jan Rada (CZ) – Senior Legal-Policy Specialist at National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) of the Czech Republic
  • Ledia Canga (AL) – Cyber Security Risk Management Expert at National Cyber Security Authority (AKSK) of Albania
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• (Infrastructure) Providers: How to handle public entity requirements on PQC?
  with
  • Dr. Johanna Sepúlveda (EU) – Senior Expert on Quantum Secured Communications at AIRBUS Geospatial and Secure Connectivity Solutions
  • Suvi Lampila (FIN) – Fellow at SSH Communications Security
  • Dr. Tobias Handirk (GER) – Researcher for PQC at genua GmbH
  • Joachim Vererfven (BE) – Solutions Engineer at Proximus and Core Team Member at Quantum Circle
  • Dr. Christian Fischer (GER) – Project Manager at DLR Projektträger / Nationales Koordinierungszentrum für Cybersicherheit (NKCS) Deutschland
• PQC: Integrating quantum-safe communication in the public domain
  with
  • Albert de Ruiter (NL) – Policy Authority PKI Dutch Government Logius and Vice Chair PKI Consortium
  • Dr. Kristof Verslype (BE) – Cryptographer at Smals
  • Pieter 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 Bundesbank
  • Vasileios Alexiou (GR) – Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Hellenic Parliament

More details to be announced soon. 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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