Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance - Technical Advisory Council (TAC) Meeting 22 October, 2025

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Voting Representative Attendance (Alphabetical by 1st name)

Premier Member Representatives

### Project Representatives

~~Matthias Kannwischer, TSR~~

Non-Voting Representative Attendance

Member Companies

Andreas Schade, IBM
Joe Livingston, IBM
~~Pravek Sharma, University of Waterloo~~

LF Staff

Christina Harter
Hart Montgomery
~~Min Yu~~
~~Ry Jones~~

Other Attendees

Aditya Koranga, NgKore [TAC Vice Chair]
Miguel Diaz Goncalves

Meeting Agenda

For awareness, issues to projects for lifecycle tracking metrics (OQS) and growth plan (PQCP):
- Request for OQS Metrics: https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/tsc/issues/216
  - Request from OQS TSC on here: can TAC assist with data quality improvements within LFX Insights?
- (existing, opened by Matthias) Request for PQCP growth plan: https://github.com/pq-code-package/tsc/issues/188
TAC issues opened with retrospective action items: https://github.com/PQCA/TAC/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22action%20items%22%20label%3Aretro
[Christina] Review new blog submission and approval process
[Christina] Website Updates
- New project & membership pages
- Pending - Research papers
Developer-focused educational material
Status updates
- OQS
- PQCP
- CBOMkit / Tooling WG

Discussion & Updates

Introduction of 1st Time Attendees

None.

Agenda Management and Project Metrics Discussion

The team discussed meeting agenda management, with Christina suggesting that agendas be sent ahead of time with a link to the GitHub document for additions, similar to the LFDT process. Brian mentioned he would adapt his process and requested an example email from Christina.

The group also addressed the need to open issues for project health and maturity metrics, with Brian having already opened an issue #216 in the OQS TSC repository and a request for a Project Growth Plan from PQCP.

LFX Data Audit Planning

The team briefly touched on improving the quality of LFX Insights data accuracy.

Christina will work with the LFX team to audit current data issues and report findings before the next TAC Meeting. Hart encouraged contributors to file bugs directly with the LFX team, noting that their input carries more weight than that from LF staff. Brian mentioned Matthias had already opened a request for a growth plan with PQCP, which Hart confirmed was discussed in the TSC meeting. Brian also created several issues in the GitHub repository based on retrospective action items and areas for improvement, tagging them with “Retro” and “action items” labels for further discussion.

Blog Content Review Process Update

Christina presented a new blog review process that includes a marketing submission form in Asana, with steps for content review team members to follow. Brian suggested that project leads should be consulted for content related to their projects, so the team discussed adding new members to the content review team, including Douglas Stebila and Norm for OQS, Matthias Kannwisher for PQCP and Andreas Schade for CBOMkit. Christina agreed to reach out to two unknown email addresses before removing them from the review list. The team also reviewed the external-facing blog submission guidelines that Christina will present to the outreach committee on November 5th.

Brian encouraged everyone to review the current pull request and provide input before it is finalized.

Website Updates

Christina provided updates on website improvements, including a new blog submission form, projects overview page, and a dedicated “Become a Member” page with fee scales and ongoing work on a member benefits chart.

She requested adding feedback on adding committee members to the website to the open issue #118.

Research Paper Directory Initiative

The team discussed adding research papers to the website, with Christina and Hart explaining they would link to papers from IACR/ePrint and other sources to create a directory for academic work related to their projects.

Aditya mentioned presenting a research paper at the ACMCCSS conference in Taiwan and offered to add it to the directory once it becomes public. The team is still finalizing tags and submission processes. Once finaliazed, Hart will circulate draft formatting guidelines for the directory, and Brian recommended notifying research-focused members across projects to encourage contributions.

CBOMkit Project Formalization

Andreas confirmed that the project charter and name were acceptable, and the team discussed the process for establishing a Technical Steering Committee (TSC). Brian suggested conducting a vote over email to ensure broader participation, and Hart clarified that the TSC establishment is up to the project maintainers. The group also discussed creating a GitHub submission for formalizing the project’s information and moving the CBOMkit repositories to a separate GitHub organization.

Q1 Webinar Planning and Educational Content Creation

The meeting touched on the need for educational materials, with suggestions including webinars and developer-focused content.

The team discussed plans for educational content and webinars, with Aditya suggesting January or February for a webinar focused on PQC-based educational material for developers. Christina reported working on developing a webinar program with tools and processes, aiming to present to the outreach committee by November 5th, with the goal of organizing two webinars in Q1.

The TAC also explored ways to incorporate AI-assisted tooling and CBOMkit demonstrations into educational sessions. Andreas clarified that the CBOMkit currently uses parsing-based detection, not AI, but welcomed ideas for expansion.

Quantum Safe Migration Training Course

Hart proposed developing a Linux Foundation training course on Quantum Safe Migration, featuring lectures by multiple contributors across the PQCA community. The course would provide developers and architects with practical guidance on transitioning to post-quantum secure systems.

Brian recommended looping the Outreach Committee into this effort for coordination and promotion. The TAC agreed to log ideas in the PQCA GitHub issue #115, with Hart volunteering to capture discussion points and follow up with potential contributors.

Next Steps / Action Items

Action Item	Owner	Status / Due Date
Reach out to unidentified content review team members to confirm participation	Christina	Before next meeting
Add Norman, Andreas, and other project leads to content review process for relevant blog posts	Christina	Before next meeting
Review the blog submission and approval process PR	All	Before next meeting
Work with the LFX team to audit data and provide improvement suggestions	Christina	Next TAC meeting
Create GitHub submission in TAC repo to formalize CBOMkit project	Andreas	Before next meeting
Organize an offline email vote for CBOMkit approval	Christina	Before next meeting
Capture educational course ideas in GitHub issue	Hart	Before next meeting
Prepare webinar on PQC developer education	Aditya	Jan/Feb 2026

Adjourned: 8:00am PT.