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The State of Quantum Readiness Summit is a one-day, single-track convening for the demand side of post-quantum cryptography: the boards, security leaders, regulators, and auditors at the institutions that must migrate before federal and international deadlines. Where most quantum events cover the race to build quantum computers, the Summit convenes the organizations that have to survive them, across banking, credit unions, healthcare, government, and critical infrastructure. Hosted by the Quantum Core Institute, it pairs neutral authorities on standards, supervision, and federal direction with practitioner panels on inventory, examination, counsel, and procurement. Its 2026 edition takes place December 9 in Arlington, Virginia.

The Quantum Core Institute is an independent quantum risk advisory and neutral standards body. It publishes the QCI-QS1 governance standard free of charge, runs the QCI readiness working groups, and convenes the State of Quantum Readiness Summit. QCI sells no product and endorses no vendor, and its main-stage program is editorial and closed to sponsorship. That independence is the reason regulators, security leaders, and standards editors treat its work as a neutral reference.