Date & time:
1 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET
Meeting location:
REMOTE
Description:
This inaugural session will introduce the goals and scope of SIG-Quantum, provide an overview of current initiatives in quantum communication and networking, and create space for participants to share their interests and ideas.
It is open to all interested participants and will set the foundation for future discussions and collaborations within the group.
REGISTRATION LINK HERE
For any questions, please contact domenico.vicinanza@geant.org.
AGENDA (Times in CET):
| 15:00 - 15:10 | Welcome and Introduction - Domenico Vicinanza (GÉANT) |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Update from WP6T1 - Susanne Naegele-Jackson (RRZE) |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Quantum Computing for High Energy Physics: CERN perspective - Michelle Grossi (CERN) CERN with its Quantum Technology Initiative is designed to build specific capacity and technology platforms, and support a longer-term strategy to use quantum technology at CERN and in HEP in the future. After a preliminary introduction about the promise of quantum technologies with focus on computing, we will discuss main research directions and results from theoretical foundations of quantum algorithms to application in several areas of HEP. |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Quantum Communications in Europe: EuroQCI Deployment and the HellasQCI Paradigm - Ilias Papastamatiou (GRNET) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Speaker 3 - Inder Monga (ESnet) |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Quantum Computing and Quantum Sensing - Piotr Rydlichowski (PCSS) |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Roundtable discussions |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Closing, meeting evaluation & feedback collection |
