Fridays@4 – From research to market: lessons from an academic founder

Please join us for a fireside chat, hosted by OSE, between PQShield founder and visiting professor, Dr Ali El Kaafarani, and Sami Walter, associate at Oxford Sciences Enterprises (OSE). 

Dr Ali El Kaafarani is the founder and CEO of PQShield, a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) company empowering organisations, industries and nations with quantum-resistant cryptography that is modernising the vital security systems and components of the world's technology supply chain.  

In this chat, we’ll discuss Dr Ali El Kaafarani’s experience founding PQShield and lessons learned from spinning a company out from the Oxford ecosystem.