Deutsche Telekom Global Business Solutions France

Hello World, we have just kicked off the #QCIDaysVienna2024! However, we are not starting from scratch when it comes to the QKD ecosystem: as Hannes Hübel from AIT Austrian Institute of Technology points out, there is a solid foundation of QKD suppliers, quantum communication know-how and pilot networking initiatives, which will soon culminate in a pan-European quantum communication infrastructure. Désirée Ehlers from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology provides the governmental perspective for today’s setting. As she elegantly puts it, #EuroQCI requires concerted efforts beyond those found on the scientific landscape. It requires entanglement of humans as well as entanglement of science and industry, both in a joint mission that make the next chapter of our Quantum age happening. Her colleague Daniel Voigt complements her view by providing the cybersecurity context under the umbrella of the #IRIS² initiative. Felix Wissel from Deutsche Telekom tops the opening of the QCI DAYS with the perspective of a network operator. What it takes to transparently provide quantum-secure communication to the end users is an approach that synergetically blends the best of both worlds: QKD and PQC. The challenge resides on efficiently integrating PQC in the security architecture offered through QKD.

On 18.01.2024 we held our New Year's reception together with the German Embassy in Brussels. The programme included a fascinating keynote by Daniela Theisinger, Managing Director of Deutsche Telekom Belgium, Luxembourg and France, followed by a discussion moderated by our CEO, Margit Kunz, and our top duo, Professor Bart Preneel of KU Leuven University and Ms Theisinger herself. During this exchange of experts, participants were able to find out more about quantum technology and potential risks for data security.  The programme continued with a networking dinner. Our event was supported by: BASF Euregio Law & Tax Bosch Belgique 🎞️ You can find the photo gallery here: https://lnkd.in/esYy6vHv