BeQCI Community Event
The BeQCI project is glad to announce the BeQCI Community Event, a half-day event organized by the consortium to showcase the milestones achieved and the outstanding results obtained in this first part of the project. Do not miss the chance to know more about the project and to be part of the community!
Where and when?
The event will take place on the 13th of September, between 13:30 and 16:30. Be sure to save the date!
The event will take place in the De Duve room in the beautiful Palais des Académies, situated in Rue Ducale 1, 1000 Bruxelles – Belgique.
What?
The event will feature talks from consortium partners and external speakers, which will give an overview on quantum communication in general and on the practical implementations and results of the project.
Confirmed speakers:
- Kristiaan De Greve (Project coordinator and quantum program director, imec)
- Giacomo Carrara (BeQCI ecosystem manager, UGent)
- Ingrid Romijn (CEO and co-founder of Q*Bird)
- Cedric Bruynsteen (Senior researcher, IDLab design)
- Jean Liénardy (Researcher, Royal Military Academy)
- Laurent Deru (CETIC)
- Jonathan Van Overmeir (Belnet)
After the talks, you can enjoy some nice networking time with a drink!
Schedule of the event.
| Time | Speaker | Organization | Topic |
| 13:30 – 13:40 | Kristiaan De Greve | imec | BeQCI: the first open Belgian quantum testbed |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Giacomo Carrara | UGent | Quantum-safe communication: state-of-the-art and prospective |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Ingrid Romijn | Q*Bird | Secure and scalable multinode-to-multinode quantum networks |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break | ||
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Jonathan Van Overmeir | Belnet | ISP role in quantum-safe communication |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Cedric Bruynsteen | IDLab design | Gent use case and imec’s research in integrated chips |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Laurent Deru | CETIC | Managing (Industrial) IoT data transmissions through QKD secured links |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Jean Liénardy | Royal Military Academy | A different solution for quantum-safe communication: post-quantum cryptography |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Networking drink |
The event was a great success, thanks to all the speakers and participants. The slide deck of the event is available for download!