Andrew Shields
11 - 12 November 2025
M Shed Princes Wharf
Bristol, United Kingdom
Events
Andrew Shields
Toshiba Europe, Vice President & Head of Quantum Technology
About the Speaker
Andrew Shields (Vice President, Toshiba Europe Ltd) leads the quantum technology business in Toshiba, which is commercialising quantum safe communications from their sites in Cambridge, UK and Tokyo, Japan. Previously he led R&D in Toshiba on quantum technology, publishing over 500 research papers and patents in this field. He was a co-founder of the Industry Specification Group for QKD at ETSI and served as Chair for several years. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and has been awarded the Mott (2013) and Katharine Burr Blodgett (2022) Medals by the Institute of Physics.
