In August 2026, Rajiv Shah presented on Day 2 of the Tech in Gov expo in Canberra, speaking on “Preparing your systems for quantum computing: what it is and why it will change everything.” The session focused on cutting through the hype to offer practical, actionable guidance — including a reminder…

Quantum Australia Conference 2026 In April 2026, Rajiv Shah attended the Quantum Australia Conference in Adelaide. This started with pre-conference networking amongst the vineyards of McClaren Vale – a great opportunity to get to know the delegates, who were a cross-section of end-users, technology companies and researchers. The main conference, over…

The Black Swan Summit 2026 in Perth was set in the beautiful UWA campus. It brought together visionary technology builders, industry partners, academics, investors and policy makers to discuss the future of society enabled by emerging technology such as Quantum and AI.Rajiv Shah was part of a roundtable discussion on “How…

In March 2026, MDR Quantum was invited to present at the Critical Infrastructure Security Summit, organised by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. The audience was over 300 leaders of critical infrastructure organisations and the challenge was to explain quantum technology to them in 10 minutes after lunch.The 30 second version…

BSides Canberra is a volunteer-led conference focused on practical, technical security, held at the National Convention Centre. In 2025, we had the privilege of presenting on the main stage at the end of day 1 on the question that all hackers are asking – when will a quantum computer be able…