Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOFJena (Germany) | November 08, 2022
QuNET general meeting of members 2022: Get to know the BMBF initiative for highly secure quantum communication
Invitation to the virtual general meeting of members on November 15 with a public program in the afternoon
The QuNET initiative is a pilot project of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for research on highly secure quantum communication. On Tuesday, November 15, the partners invite to the virtual general meeting of members. The afternoon program is public and thus open to all interested participants.
With its public program in the afternoon, the QuNET general meeting of members aims to give all interested parties the opportunity to learn more about the partners and goals of the QuNET project. The work of the initiative is also strongly interdisciplinary. As a result, new research questions are constantly being identified in the course of the project and integrated into the further course of the initiative. This has already led to the establishment of so-called QuNET+ projects, which transfer research results into applications under the leadership of an industrial partner. As individual consortia, they complement the central research work of the QuNET partners around tap-proof quantum communication. The general meeting gives participants the opportunity to get to know these QuNET+ projects in detail.
Here you can see an overview of the program:
| 02:05 – 02:20 p.m. | Welcome |
| 02:20 – 03:20 p.m. | Presentation of all QuNET+ projects as well as general introduction of the consortia and goals of the project (part 1) |
| 03:20 – 03:35 p.m. | Break |
| 03:35 – 04:05 p.m. | Presentation of all QuNET+ projects and general introduction of the consortia and goals of the project (part 2) |
| 04:05 – 04:35 p.m. | Presentation of the SQuaD initiative (Speaker: Nicolas Spethmann, PTB) |
The plenary session will take place online via MS Teams.
Interested participants can dial in via the following link starting at 02:00 p.m.: Please click here.
Participation is free of charge. The event language is German.
About the QuNET Initiative
The QuNET initiative develops highly secure communication systems based on state-of-the-art quantum technology. As a BMBF-funded research initiative, QuNET creates the basis for secure and robust IT networks that are already equipped today against cyber attacks of tomorrow. The Fraunhofer and Max Planck Societies as well as the German Aerospace Center are involved in the initiative.
The initiative focuses on research into quantum key distribution (QKD). This refers to methods for generating cryptographic keys that are based on the use of light and quantum physics. These quantum keys can be used to encode messages in the digital world.
In the laboratories of the research societies involved in the initiative, scientists are working on practical and application-oriented further development of QKD technology. In this way, QuNET is making an elementary contribution to the provision of highly or quantum secure communication systems for the German and European area.