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The next technological frontier promises capabilities that far exceed supercomputers today. But cybersecurity experts warn criminals and adversarial governments could harness quantum computing and other advanced technologies to break through encryption and other defenses used to secure sensitive data.

As the federal government, corporations, hospital systems and other institutions contend with persistent cyber attacks and data breaches, policymakers and executives alike must now prepare for the next wave of increasingly sophisticated threats.

 

Join POLITICO for a policy briefing on the cybersecurity challenges posed by quantum computing and other emerging technologies, and how the U.S. and its allies are preparing to handle the risks.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

Additional speakers to be announced. 

Sen. Marsha Blackburn

(R-Tenn.)

Chair

Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Data Privacy

SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

 Gretchen Campbell

Associate VP,

Quantum Research & Education, University of Maryland;
Former Director, National Quantum Coordination Office

 

Emily Harding

Director

Intelligence, National Security and Technology Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies


Dustin Moody

Mathematician

Computer Security Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)


Kemba Walden

President

Paladin Global Institute;

FORMER ACTING NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 


EXECUTIVE CONVERSATION 

Lance Smith

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AND Co-Founder

CY4DATA LABS

Rachel Loeffler

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Professional Business

POLITICO

Additional speakers to be announced. 

AGENDA

Agenda is subject to change. 

3:30 p.m. 

Doors open 

4:00 p.m.

 

Welcome Remarks

Marty Kady, Editorial Director, Subscriptions, POLITICO

4:05 p.m.

Executive Conversation 

Stuart Alderoty, General Counsel, Ripple

Cally Baute, Senior Vice President, Consumer Business, POLITICO


4:20 p.m.

 

Editorial Conversation

 

Marta Belcher, Special Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tyler Gellasch, President and CEO, Healthy Markets Association
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Peter Van Valkenburgh, Research Director, Coin Center

 

 

Moderated by: Sam Sutton, co-author of Morning Money, POLITICO

4:45 p.m.

Reception 

Following programing, please join us for a reception in the Grand Ballroom Prefuction. 

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