Two perspectives on the urgency of the need for investment in quantum cyber resilience. Is the threat sufficient immediate to require practitioner’s investment in the near term, possibly by investing less in other potential risks, or is this a future concern? How can an organization mitigate the threat to its operations?
National Cybersecurity Consortium Conference
Achieving New Heights in Cybersecurity and Privacy
June 25-27, 2025 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta
Mountain Views: Perspectives on Quantum and Cybersecurity
Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:15 am – 10:45 am am in room KC 203/205
Dr. Charmaine Dean (Ph.D., University of Waterloo) is Vice-President, Research and International at the University of Waterloo. In this role, she provides strategic leadership in the areas of research and innovation, commercialization, and internationalization. She is also responsible for building strategic alliances and partnerships with other academic institutions, governments, businesses, and industries at the regional, national, federal, and international levels. Several key collaboration portfolios are managed by her office, including the university-level Centres and Institutes and several major industrial partnerships spanning various units in the university. She has drawn a focus to ethics and social impact related to technology developments through various initiatives and is a key driver for equity and diversity in the context of research and internationalization. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Dr. Dean served as the Dean of Science at Western University from 2011 to 2017. She also played a major role in establishing the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, as the Associate Dean of that Faculty, and was the founding Chair of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Dean has been awarded numerous awards for her work including Fellowships with the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the Fields Institute, the American Statistical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has held several editorships and served in numerous leadership roles internationally and nationally, related to equity and inclusion, statistics and data science, research, and computing infrastructure. In Canada, she served as President of the Statistical Society of Canada and serves on several Boards of Directors. She is currently Chair of Council for NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada).
Speakers
Michele Mosca, Professor, University of Waterloo
Jose Fernandez, Senior Partner, Bastionnage
Thank you to the University of Calgary and the University of Waterloo for supporting this session
