From uncertainty to advantage.

Meera is Founder and CEO of Cystel, a company focusing on preparing businesses for quantum challenges and future AI threats. Cystel's services include quantum risk assessments, training, workshops, transformation, and policy development, alongside consulting on various security standards and compliance frameworks. She is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cyber Security and a subject matter expert in cyber security, AI, and quantum for both the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and the European Commission.

Josh is a quantum physicist and the Founder and Chief Science Officer at Orca Computing, which specialises in photonic quantum computing. He previously held academic positions at the Universities of Oxford and Bath, with visiting lectureships at Warwick and Imperial. As well as holding several quantum patents, Josh has published 46 peer reviewed articles, been an editor and reviewer for many leading quantum journals, and has chaired conferences on subjects including quantum information, optics, and communications.

Nicky is the Head of Solutions Development team within Engage, the outreach team of the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing. A strategy and technology management specialist, she works with business and innovation leaders across the high-value manufacturing community, universities, and government. Before IfM, Nicky was a project manager in technology start-ups where she initiated, implemented, and managed many international projects to enable the commercialisation of new technologies into different markets.

Bill is Professor in Practice for Data and Cyber at the University of Lancaster and a Visiting Researcher at both the Alan Turing Institute and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research. He spent the majority of his career working for the UK Government where he was at the forefront of the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies, including quantum.

Ciara is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies at Queen's University Belfast, with a focus on applied cryptography, privacy enhancing technologies, and optimised hardware architectures of cryptographic primitives. She is Co-Investigator of the EPSRC Integrated Quantum Communications Hub in the UK (IQN Hub), with the aim to deliver scalable quantum-enabled networks. She was co-Investigator of the UK Quantum Communications Hub in the UK, working towards hybrid and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions.

Jake is a former police investigator with 14 years' experience in digital forensics and cybercrime investigations. He is now a global cybersecurity advisor, researcher, and media commentator at ESET, specialising in cybercrime, AI driven threats, and emerging technology risks, including quantum. He advises partners and stakeholders on strategy and best practice, delivers tailored workshops and hands-on training, and carries out in-depth research into future technology-enabled crime.

Tom is a member of the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE, and sits on the Home Office Scientific Advisory Council. His expertise spans economics, productivity, and making optimal use of large organisational datasets and AI-based applications, especially where these relate to policing and crime. His contribution here is the economic and organisational implications of quantum-era technologies, rather than the physics.