OpTecBB

Photonics Days 2026

7 – 8 Oct 2026 | Berlin , Germany

Thursday, 8 October 2026 | 09:00 - 12:00

Q-Communication supported by BaltiQC

Location:Curie-CabinetTrack:in presence
  • Quantum Technology
  • Security
  • Communication

Quantum-secure Communications will integrate Quantum Key Distribution, Post-Quantum Encyrption, Satellite Comm among other technological platforms for providing the future Quantum-Secure Telecommunications infrastructure. Key players of the European cross-border initiatives will tell us about recent advances and the remaining technical and administrative challenges.

Session Chair Dr. José Brito (brito@optecbb.de)

Agenda:

9.00 Welcoming Words (OpTecBB/Berlin Quantum / BaltiQC)

  • Piotr Rydlichowski (PSNC)(Polish EuroQCI Initiatives) 'EuroQCI initiative from the HPC center and National Research and Education Network point of view - infrastructure, use cases and building community'

  • 9.30 Oliver Muth (Bundesdruckerei)

  • 9.45 Agnes Ferenczi (DLR (German Space Agency)) 'From space to fiber: architecting a hybrid quantum network.'

  • 10.00 Michael Ulrich (MO-Space) 'The Future of QKD Networks and the BaltiQC Initiative'

    10.20-10.40 Coffee Break

  • 10.45 Andy Schreier (Fraunhofer-- Heinrich Hertz- Institut (HHI Berlin)

  • 11.15 Michael Roth (Adva Security)

  • 11.30 Alexander Noack (Fraunhofer IPMS), 'Affordable QKD Systems'

  • 11.44 Victor Gomis (Luxquanta) 'Telecom-Native QKD: What Coherent Detection Changes'

9 speakers

  • Manager Quantum Tech

    OpTecBB e.V.

  • Researcher

    Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

  • Senior Principal SEcure Materials & Quantum Systems

    Bundesdruckerei GmbH

  • General Manager

    Adva Network Security GmbH

  • Division Head Data Communication and Computing

    Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)

  • DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation

  • Geschäftsführer der MO-SPACE Raumfahrttechnik GmbH

    MO-SPACE Raumfahrttechnik GmbH

  • Business Development Director

    Luxquanta

  • Research-Associated Project Manager

    Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institut

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Session location Curie-Cabinet