Press & Media
Everything you need to cover the State of Quantum Readiness Summit. For interviews or credentials, contact the press desk below.
Press releases
- December 2026
Quantum Core Institute to Convene Inaugural State of Quantum Readiness Summit
Media kit
A complete kit with fact sheet, boilerplate, backgrounder, key facts, approved quotes, story angles, and brand assets.
The reporting kit contains approved event descriptors, key facts, speaker attribution guidelines for Chatham House–held sessions, and press desk contact details, cleared for publication without further sign-off.
Brand assets
Logos, colors, and the social share image, packaged for reuse. Please use the marks as provided.
Boilerplate
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.
Press contact
Accredited journalists and analysts attend complimentary, by approval. Government and standards sessions run under Chatham House rules.
In sessions and seats held under the Chatham House Rule, media and attendees are free to use and report the information they hear, but may not identify, by name, affiliation, or any detail that would reveal identity, the speaker or any other participant, nor the organization they represent. Direct quotes, photography, and audio or video capture are not permitted in those sessions. Sessions explicitly designated on the record are the exception and may be attributed normally.
Press inquiry form
Use this form for interview requests, press accreditation, and other media requests. The press desk replies within two business days, sooner if you flag a deadline. Prefer email? Write press@quantumcoreinstitute.com.
Media attendance & Chatham House reporting
Several summit sessions are held under the Chatham House Rule to keep the discussion candid between regulators, standards bodies, and practitioners. Media are welcome in those sessions on the terms below.
- Which sessions are held under the Chatham House Rule?
- The Government & Standards seats and any session explicitly labeled “Chatham House” in the printed program run under the rule. Keynotes, the showcase, and sessions marked on the record in the program are not. Those may be reported normally, with attribution.
- What may I report from a Chatham House–held session?
- You are free to use and report the information you hear, the substance, arguments, data points, and conclusions, in your reporting, analysis, and social posts. What you cannot do is reveal, directly or indirectly, who said it or which organization they represent.
- How should I attribute what I heard?
- Use unattributed paraphrase, or attribute to a general role and sector. For example, “a federal CISO said,” “a large-bank head of PKI argued,” or “a European supervisor noted.” Do not name the speaker, their employer, their agency, or their country when that combination would identify them. Do not use titles or biographical details specific enough to identify the person.
- Can I use direct quotes?
- No. Direct quotation is not permitted from Chatham House–held sessions, even without a name attached, because verbatim language can identify the speaker. Paraphrase the substance instead. If you want an on-the-record quote, request one from the press desk after the session and we will arrange an interview where the speaker agrees to be quoted.
- Can I record audio, film, or photograph these sessions?
- No. Audio recording, video recording, live streaming, and photography are not permitted in Chatham House–held sessions. Note-taking is fine. Corridor conversations and the reception are also off the record by default.
- Can I contact a speaker afterward for an on-the-record interview?
- Yes, through the press desk. Email press@quantumcoreinstitute.com and we will pass the request to the speaker. They may accept, decline, or offer background-only. We do not share attendee contact details directly.
- Are embargoes ever placed on this material?
- Chatham House content is not embargoed. It is unattributable. Embargoed materials (the State of Quantum Readiness Report, keynote transcripts) are shared separately with an explicit embargo time noted; those are on the record once the embargo lifts.
- What happens if the rule is broken in reporting?
- Breaking the Chatham House Rule, naming a speaker, quoting them verbatim, or publishing an identifiable photo from a held session, may result in loss of credentials for future QCI events and, where the breach causes identifiable harm, referral for further action. If you are unsure whether a specific line crosses the rule, ask the press desk before you publish.
Speakers are announced on confirmation. A speaker fact sheet will be added here at announcement.