Quantum Fortitude 2026: Securing Singapore’s Future in the Quantum Era
As quantum technologies advance at unprecedented speed, Singapore faces a historic turning point. Quantum computing promises breakthroughs in optimisation, healthcare, finance, and national operations — but it also introduces severe risks, including the ability to break classical encryption and reshape the global cyber threat landscape.
Quantum Fortitude 2026 is a national-level cybersecurity conference bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, cybersecurity practitioners, educators, community partners, and aspiring talents. The conference aims to equip Singapore with the strategies, skills, and collective readiness needed to thrive securely in the quantum era.
GUEST-OF-HONOUR
Mr Tan Kiat How
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information & Ministry of Health
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By Dave Gurbani
Group CEO
CYBERSAFE
Title:
Quantum Cryptography: The End of Secrets — or the Beginning of Better Ones?
Synopsis:
Our digital world runs on encryption — it protects your bank account, your messages, and your identity. But quantum computers threaten to crack the codes we rely on today.
Quantum cryptography fights back by using the laws of physics themselves to secure information. In this talk, we’ll explore what that means, why it matters, and what the shift to a quantum-secure world looks like for everyday life and global security.
02
By Associate Professor Edward Tay
Head of CET & Executive Education
ASIAN INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL FINANCE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Title:
Quantum Technologies and Cybersecurity: Building Secure Financial Infrastructure, Talent, and Trust for the Next Decade.
Synopsis:
Quantum technologies are moving from frontier science to strategic infrastructure, with implications for financial infrastructure, optimization, healthcare, portfolio construction, market operations, logistics, and national systems.
The same advances that promise advantage also threaten the cryptographic foundations of the digital economy, especially in finance, where trust depends on confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and resilience.
The policy question is how fast we can mobilize governance, standards, migration tooling, and talent so that Singapore enters the quantum era securely and competitively.
Programme Details
1.30PM - 2.00PM
Registration & Viewing of Booths
2.00PM - 2.25PM
Speaker 01 - CyberSafe
Quantum Cryptography: The End of Secrets — or the Beginning of Better Ones?
2.25PM - 2.50PM
Speaker 02 - Associate Professor Edward Tay
Quantum Technologies and Cybersecurity: Building Secure Financial Infrastructure, Talent, and Trust for the Next Decade.
3.15PM - 4.00PM
Teabreak
2.25PM - 2.50PM
Speaker 03 - TBC
4.20PM - 5.00PM
Panel Discussion
4.00PM - 4.10PM
Speech by DDAS
4.10PM - 4.20PM
Speech by Guest of Honour
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