From Quantum Astronomy to Quantum Communications Workshop

8.30-9.00
Welcome and registration

9.00-10.00
Opening session

Alessandro Pansa, TIM Board Member
Gianfranco Cariolaro, Professor Emeritus, University of Padua

10.00-11.00
Keynote

Anton Zeilinger, Professor Emeritus, University of Vienna; Senior Scientist, IQOQI Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Photons and Space

Chair
Francesco Saverio Cataliotti, Director, CNR-INO

11.00-11.30
Coffee break

11.30-13.35
Session: Quantum Communication Part I

Chair
Davide Bacco, Professor, University of Florence

Speakers
André Xuereb, Professor, University of Malta
Tales from a quantum island
Anna Gregorio, Professor, University of Trieste
Combining quantum technology with standard telecommunication systems. The power of collaboration
Johanna Sepulveda, Chief Engineer Quantum-Secure Communications, Airbus 
Quantum-secure communication in defence environments: Challenges and opportunities
Angelo Bassi, Professor, University of Trieste
Tests of the Quantum Superposition principle
Alberto Tosi, Professor, Politecnico di Milano – DEIB
Single-photon detection with InGaAs/InP SPAD: device optimization and fast-gating circuits
Martin Bohmann, Head of Business Development & Sales, QTlabs
From astronomical telescopes to quantum and back

13.35-14.35
Light Lunch

14.35-16.40

Session: Quantum Communication Part II

Chair
Alessandro Zavatta, President & COO, QTI

Speakers

Eamonn Michael Murphy, Laser and Optoelectronics Systems Engineer, ESA/ESTEC
Integrated Photonics developments at ESA. Solutions for future/current Quantum implementations
Paolo Zoccarato, European Commission Joint Research Centre
GNSS-based services for time and frequency reference in quantum applications (from astronomy to communications)
Gabriele Elia, TIM Group
EU Project EQUO. European QUantum ecOsystems
Davide Calonico, Research Director, INRIM
QUID: the realization of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure in Italy
Caterina Vigliar, Postdoc, Technical University of Denmark
Quantum communication infrastructure in Denmark
Giampiero Pepe, Professor, University of Naples Federico II
Ultra-thin superconducting nano/microstrips for Single Photon Detectors

16.40-17.10
Coffee Break

17.10-17.55
Round Table “From Quantum Astronomy to Quantum Communications and Back”

Tommaso Occhipinti, CEO, QTI
Giovanni Pareschi, Research Director, INAF
Gabriele Elia, Head of Technology Communication & Standardization, TIM
Alberto Tosi, Professor, Politecnico di Milano – DEIB
Pasquale Monsellato, Cte Battaglione Trasmissioni, Italian Army

17.55-18.00
Wrap up and Closing