Canada House
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1921 - 2016
You are cordially invited to a Chamber Technology Forum breakfast panel
debate in partnership with the High Commission of Canada
& Government of Ontario on
‘What every business needs to know about
Quantum Computing’
•What is quantum computing and why should businesses care?
•What are the possibilities and challenges of quantum computing?
•What can quantum computing offer us right now?
•What does the future of quantum computing hold for us?
•What solutions will we need to the threats and challenges of quantum computing?
with Guest Speakers
Raymond LaFlamme Co-Founder, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Michael Groves Co-Chair of CESG, the Information Security Arm of GCHQ
Scott Totzke CEO, ISARA Corporation
Simon Ward Director, Northern Europe Solution Consulting, OpenText
Friday 18 March 2016
Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London SW1Y 5BJ
08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Debate/Q&A
Chamber Members: Free
10.00-10.30 Networking
Chamber Non Members: £25 inc VAT
Sponsors & Partners:
Please RSVP with payment & registration form where appropriate by Tuesday 15 March to:
[email protected] T: +44 (0)20 7930 4553 No refunds will be given after this date
Canada House
Trafalgar Square
London SW1Y 5BJ
1921 - 2016
T: +44 (0)207 930 4553
[email protected]
www.canada-uk.org
Panellists
Raymond LaFlamme
Canadian physicist, co-Founder & Director, Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo
Raymond Laflamme is originally from Québec City, where he studied Physics as an
undergraduate at the Université Laval.
After surviving Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, he
completed his PhD on aspects of general relativity and quantum cosmology in the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) under the
direction of Stephen Hawking. Laflamme and his colleague Don Page are responsible for
having changed Hawking's mind on the reversal of the direction of time in a contracting
universe (see Hawking’s book, A Brief History of Time).
From 1988-1992, Laflamme held a Killam post-doctoral fellowship at UBC, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge. From 1992-2001,
Dr. Laflamme worked as a research scientist at Los Alamos Research Laboratory, where
his interests shifted from cosmology to quantum computing. Since the mid-1990’s,
Laflamme has developed theoretical approaches to quantum error correction, and has
given experimental demonstrations of these techniques. In collaboration with
Emmanuel Knill, Laflamme gave conditions for quantum error correcting codes, and
established the fault-tolerance threshold, thereby showing that quantum computing
systems could be practically useful. He went on to perform the first experimental
demonstration of quantum error correction. With colleagues, he has developed a
blueprint for a quantum information processor using linear optics, and devised and
implemented new methods to make quantum information robust against corruption in
both cryptographic and computational settings. In 2001, Laflamme returned to Canada
as the founding Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), and as a
founding member of the Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics. Dr. Laflamme was
the Scientific Director of QuantumWorks (2000-2011), and has been Director of the
Quantum Information Program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
since 2003, and a CIFAR Fellow since 2001.
Dr. Laflamme holds the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information, and is a
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo.
Dr. Laflamme’s group holds the world record for the largest number of quantum bits
manipulated using universal control.
For a list of Current Projects go to:
ushttps://web7.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/#Biography
Canada House
Trafalgar Square
London SW1Y 5BJ
1921 - 2016
T: +44 (0)207 930 4553
[email protected]
www.canada-uk.org
Michael Groves
Co-Chair of CESG
The Information Security Arm of GCHQ
Michael Groves is a technical director for cryptographic research at CESG,
holding a number of research positions over a period of about 15 years,
including as Head of Cryptographic Research. He is the author of three
internet RFCs on identity-based cryptography (MIKEY-SAKKE, IETF RFCs
6507, 6508 and 6509), currently being standardised for public safety
applications in 3GPP. He has had a variety of advisory roles on both
cryptography and quantum topics for the UK government, academia and
the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. He presented
some of his research work on quantum-safe cryptography (SOLILOQUY) at
the 2nd ETSI quantum-safe workshop held in Ottawa in October 2014. He
is currently Vice-Chair of an ETSI Industry Specifications Group seeking to
provide advice and recommendations to industry on the deployment of
quantum-safe cryptography.
CESG is the National Technical Authority for Information Assurance within
the UK. CESG provides a trusted, expert, independent, research and
intelligence-based service on Information Security on behalf of UK
government.
‘As the Information Security arm of GCHQ, we protect the vital interests of
the UK by providing advice on Information Assurance Architecture and
cyber security to UK government, critical national infrastructure, the wider
public sector and suppliers to UK government.
CESG ensures that the UK:
 can secure Government interactions online with citizens, as part of
the UK Government Digital Strategy
 has the capability and capacity needed to manage cyber security
risks
 can maintain UK sovereignty by protecting sensitive material from
hostile threats
 has a resilient national infrastructure’
www.cesg.gov.uk
Canada House
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1921 - 2016
T: +44 (0)207 930 4553
[email protected]
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Scott Totzke
CEO
ISARA Corporation
ISARA Corporation’s CEO, Scott Totzke, is responsible for building the
organization that is developing and implementing quantum-resistant
products. Prior to co-founding ISARA, Scott was Senior Vice President of
Enterprise and Security at Huawei where he was responsible for launching
Huawei’s R&D office in Waterloo. He drove their global strategy for
delivering industry leading mobility solutions designed to meet the most
stringent security requirements demanded by enterprise and government
customers. Scott was also a Senior Vice President at BlackBerry, where his
organization was responsible for the security of BlackBerry products and
services. Scott helped shape BlackBerry’s security, regulatory compliance,
lawful access and privacy strategies on a global scale. His organization
included accountability for full security lifecycle management ranging from
design and implementation to in-life response to customer issues and
concerns. Under Scott’s leadership, security became BlackBerry’s single
biggest differentiator in government, enterprise and consumer markets.
Prior to joining BlackBerry in 2001, Scott was senior consultant with EDS,
and built technical expertise and leadership experience in network
security, architecture and database design roles. He also spent more than a
decade as a system developer and network architect. www.isaracorp.com
Canada House
Trafalgar Square
London SW1Y 5BJ
1921 - 2016
T: +44 (0)207 930 4553
[email protected]
www.canada-uk.org
Simon Ward
Director, Northern Europe Solution Consulting
OpenText
Simon has over 15 years of experience in the IT technical field. As a market
visionary, he has gleaned a keen understanding of emerging products and
web technologies and has used this knowledge working within a wide
range of industries including both public and commercial sectors.
Since Joining OpenText in 2008, he has successfully enabled delivery of OnPremise and On-Demand software and hardware solutions. His current
position sees him leading solution and technical sales within the UK &
Nordics regions, working with customers and prospects to resolve their
business problems and drive sales revenue.
Simon has extensive experience in successfully delivering Web Content
Management, Web Applications, Social Media, Document Management
Solutions, Business Intelligence, CRM and E-commerce solutions.
OpenText
Open Text is a leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), a large,
growing and relevant market. Through enhanced innovation, we provide
an exciting product portfolio. Our EIM products enable businesses to grow
faster, lower operational costs, and reduce information governance and
security risks by improving business insight, impact and process speed.
OpenText enables the digital world, creating a better way for organizations
to work with information, on premises or in the cloud.
http://www.opentext.com