The increased interest in quantum communication is reflected by the fact that the topic has been included in the official events of this year’s Hungarian Science Festival. The event on 12 November, hosted by the MTA’s Human Sciences Research House (HTK), will take a look at related European satellite plans, present a key building block for the future quantum internet and share the results of the Hungarian QCIHungary project. The event will be chaired by Dr. Sándor Imre, President, Department of Engineering Sciences, MTA. No previous registration is required to attend it.
Programme:
| 9:00 – 9:05 | Dr. Sándor Imre, DSc, Corresponding Member, Chairman of the Department of Engineering Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Welcome |
| 9:05 – 9:40 | Dr. Christopher Vaskó, PhD – European Space Agency (ESA) | European space quantum communication plans |
| 9:40 – 10:15 | Dr. Ádám Gali, DSc, HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Centre | One of the building blocks of the quantum internet: quantum memory |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | János Mohácsi, Governmental Agency for IT Development, Research and Organisation Department | QCIHungary: The Hungarian quantum communication network is being built |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Dr. László Bacsárdi, PhD, Budapest University of Technology and Economics | QCIHungary: Quantum communication developments at the University of Technology |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Dr. Tamás Kiss, PhD, HUN-REN Wigner Physics Research Centre | QCIHungary: Use-case demonstration |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Dr. Péter Ligeti, PhD, Eötvös Loránd University | QCIHungary: Improving the encryption infrastructure |
| 11:30 – 11:55 | Panel discussion with the speakers | Quantum Communication Vision |
| 11:55 | Dr. Sándor Imre, DSc, Corresponding Member, Chairman of the Department of Engineering Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Closing remarks |
