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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Quantum Computing - How Does It Work, How Will it Affect Us and When?

John Fletcher , Lorenzo Petricone

Quantum computers will shatter standard encryption, and adversaries are already harvesting your data today. Discover how this technology works and why post-quantum cryptography is an urgent enterprise imperative.

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#1 about 2 min

Physical structure and cooling systems of a quantum computer

How quantum processing units rely on extreme cooling environments to reduce environmental calculation noise.

#2 about 4 min

Understanding qubits, superposition, and quantum state probabilities

How qubits exist in a probabilistic superposition before measurement collapses them into binary states.

#3 about 2 min

Manipulating computational probabilities with quantum logic gates

How applying operations like Hadamard and NOT gates changes the likelihood of qubit measurement outcomes.

#4 about 4 min

Explaining quantum entanglement and correlated particle states

How entangling separate qubits allows the measurement of one to instantly determine the state of another.

#5 about 2 min

Executing tasks across classical and quantum computing systems

How classical computers handle data orchestration while quantum machines resolve intensive backend calculations.

#6 about 4 min

Solving optimization and simulation problems with nature's efficiency

How mapping energy landscapes optimizes neural network error rates and models molecular structures.

#7 about 4 min

Building quantum networks and mitigating future cryptographic vulnerabilities

How satellite-based quantum channels share one-time pads and mandate modernizing systems against Shor's algorithm defenses.

#8 about 3 min

Tracking corporate investments, patents, and hardware development roadmaps

How massive funding and combining physical qubits into logical ones drive error-corrected hardware progression.

#9 about 2 min

Projecting mainstream adoption timelines and societal impact milestones

How incremental hardware improvements point to targeted disruption across materials and healthcare by 2030.

#10 about 2 min

Preparing enterprise technical stacks for the quantum era

How engineering teams can build post-quantum infrastructure boundaries and update computational mindsets.

#11 about 5 min

Addressing quantum enterprise pilots, LLM training, and security

Answers outlining current organizational implementations alongside long-term impacts on artificial intelligence and cryptography.

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Preparing for quantum resilience and post-quantum cryptography

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Practical applications of quantum computing and cryptography

Alexander Pirker · WWC 2023

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Preparing blockchain protocols for quantum computing threats

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Current state of quantum computing capabilities

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