Organisation: Dresden University of Technology

Location: Dresden, Germany

Expertise: Integration between Quantum Technologies and 6G | Quantum-Classical Edge Computing | Entanglement-assisted Network Time Synchronisation for 6G | Quantum Internet of Things

Riccardo is a Juniorprofessur (US Assistant Professor, UK Lecturer) at the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks and Head of the Quantum Communication Networks (QCNets) research group, at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at Technische Universität Dresden. He is member of the Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-loop (CeTI), Cluster of Excellence, Dresden.

He is principal investigator in the 6G-life research hub of Germany. He was member of the EU flagships for 6G Hexa-X and Hexa-X II. He got his Ph.D. from 5G Innovation Centre at University of Surrey (UK), in 2016. He was also a Marie Curie ESR at the Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) and visiting researcher at Airbus Defence and Space (France).

Between 2016 and 2019, he was postdoctoral researcher at Università di Trento (Italy). He is Senior Member of the IEEE and ComSoc. He is also member of Glue Technologies for Space Systems Technical Panel of IEEE AESS.

Organisation: National Research Council

Location: Pisa, Italy

Expertise: Quantum Network Architectures, Protocols, and Simulation

Claudio (Ph.D., 2003) is a Senior Researcher at IIT-CNR, where he leads the |Quantum⟩ Lab. He has coordinated and contributed to numerous national and international R&D initiatives, receiving awards such as the Facebook Networking research grant (2021) and the Quantum Internet Application Challenge (2023).

From 2009 to 2018, he held R&D roles in the industry. He participates in the editorial board of Computers Networks, IET Quantum Communication, and Computers and Electrical Engineering. He has co-authored over 80 publications and two international patents.

Organisation: Qblox

Location: Delft, the Netherlands

Expertise: Full Stack Integration

Fokko is the Head of Quantum Applications at Qblox and has a strong background in control systems for various quantum technologies. At Qblox, he played a pivotal role in product planning and management, guiding the company’s vision in the quantum landscape.

In his current role, De Vries is responsible for global application development and engages with the scientific community, bridging commercial applications and academic research. He leads the development of Qblox quantum control stacks within QIA, showcasing his expertise in quantum networking.

Organisation: Delft University of Technology

Location: Delft, the Netherlands

Expertise: Strategic partnership development | Community engagement & relationship management | Event-based outreach (virtual & in-person) | Campaign planning & activation

Jeremiah serves as the Outreach Manager for QIA, overseeing the design, implementation, and monitoring of communications and community management activities within the consortium. Prior to joining the QIA Coordination Team at QuTech, she held communications positions in multiple startups in the Netherlands.

In the Philippines, Jeremiah held the role of Senior Economic Development Specialist, focusing on governance-related matters at the Ministry of Economics, where she began her career as a Communications Specialist. Additionally, she worked as a business journalist covering telecommunications, transportation, information technology, and tourism industries for nationally circulated newspapers in the Philippines.

Jeremiah holds a Master’s in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Philippines.

Organisation: Arq Quantum Technologies

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Expertise: Quantum repeaters | Quantum internet | Quantum technologies

Samuele is a physicist specialised in quantum technologies, with a career spanning fundamental research, applied development, and entrepreneurship. His work focuses on solid-state quantum systems, rare-earth-doped crystals, quantum memories, and photonic interfaces for quantum communication. He has conducted research in leading international institutions, contributing to experiments ranging from nonlinear optics to quantum information protocols.

Building on this background, he co-founded a quantum-technology startup aimed at developing scalable quantum repeater nodes and enabling long-distance quantum networks. He is driven by turning deep-tech ideas into robust technologies that can underpin the future quantum internet.

Organisation: Fraunhofer ILT

Location: Aachen, Germany

Expertise: Lasers | Nonlinear Optics | Quantum Frequency Conversion | Pilot and Open Access Facilities | Quantum Internet Initiative | EU Roadmap

Bernd is a senior scientist and group leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Aachen, Germany. He leads the institute’s Strategic Mission Initiative on Quantum Technologies and coordinates the Quantum Technology Roadmap for the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (QT.NRW). His scientific background is in nonlinear optics and tunable laser systems, with a strong focus on photonic interfaces for quantum technologies.

Within the European quantum ecosystem, he is actively involved in QIA and the Quantum Internet Initiative (QI²), contributing particularly to testbeds, open access infrastructures, and the integration of quantum network components. His work bridges fundamental photonics, applied system engineering, and strategic coordination across academia, industry, and public stakeholders.

Organisation: VeriQloud

Location: Paris, Germany

Expertise: Applications of Quantum Communication and Quantum Internet

Marc has been working in the field of quantum information for almost 20 years. After graduating from Université Paris-sud, he was a post-doc in Montreal on the team of Gilles Brassard, co-inventor of quantum cryptography.

In 2018, he founded VeriQloud, a company focusing on developing applications for quantum networks. He has been the CEO of the company since then. In particular, VeriQloud is developing a hardware solution for quantum communication that can execute several communication protocols, and software for quantum networks that achieves secure classical computing. Their long-term goal is to implement secure delegation of quantum computing, which they demonstrated in a research lab in 2018.

Organisation: SURF

Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands

Expertise: Quantum Cryptography | Quantum Network Use Cases

Garazi is an Advisor on Quantum Communication at SURF, the Dutch IT cooperative for research and education. She recently completed her PhD in Quantum Cryptography at the University of Amsterdam and holds a master’s in Applied Mathematics from the Technical University of Delft.

She is part of QIA’s Use-Case Team; where she brings SURF’s perspective as an early-adopter of quantum network technology to help assess the practical implementability and impact of the use-cases.

Organisation: Portuguese Quantum Institute

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Expertise: Quantum networks | Distributed Quantum Computation | Distributed Quantum Sensing | Quantum-Secure Communications | Energetics of Quantum Technologies

Yasser has a degree in Physics from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), and a PhD in Physics from the University of Oxford. He is currently a professor at IST, University of Lisbon, where he founded and leads the Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies Group, and is a corresponding member of the Portuguese Academy of Sciences. His research interests cover quantum computation, the quantum Internet, quantum sensing, and the potential energetic advantages of Quantum Technologies.

He is the Chair of the advisory board of CERN’s Quantum Technology Initiative, and is the president of PQI – Portuguese Quantum Institute. Together with colleagues from more than 65 countries, he created World Quantum Day – 14 April, an initiative for scientific outreach at global scale. Recently, he co-founded the startup Quantum Green Computing.

Organisation: TOPTICA Photonics SE

Location: Munich, Germany

Expertise: Lasers | Photonics | Quantum Internet-enabling Technologies | Quantum Network Nodes based on Single Atoms in Optical Cavities

Stephan obtained his PhD degree in physics from ETH Zurich, introducing the capability to detect single atoms to the study of Bose-Einstein condensates and working on phase transitions and cavity optomechanics. He then joined the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, to develop single atoms in high-finesse optical resonators into universal nodes of an elementary quantum network.

In 2017, Stephan joined TOPTICA as the expert for quantum technology (QT) applications with several roles in the Business Unit Quantum Technologies. In 2020, he co-founded the Quantum Technology Solutions team at TOPTICA and currently serves as its Senior Director. His team performs research on, develops and produces an optical single-ion clock and prototypical photonics solutions for quantum technologies. He is a member of the QIA Executive Team and of the Advisory Board of the German joint quantum-repeater-link project QR.N.

Organisation: University of Copenhagen

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Expertise: Quantum Networking Simulation / Theory | Hybrid Quantum Systems/Networks | Modelling Realistic Networks | Quantum Network Optimization

Benedikt is a theoretical physicist with a focus on quantum information, solid state physics, and non-equilibrium dynamics. Particularly, the engineered and controlled interaction between light and matter as well as its application to advance quantum technology fascinate him.

This is also reflected in his academic career which started with a PhD in theoretical solid state physics on transition metal defects in silicon carbide as spin-photon interfaces at the University of Konstanz. Since finishing his PhD in 2024, he works at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen within QIA on theoretical modelling of hybrid quantum networks.

Organisation: Delft University of Technology

Location: Delft, the Netherlands

Expertise: Blind Quantum Computing | Quantum Internet and its applications

Janice received a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy from Utrecht University in 2020 and followed this up with a Master’s degree in Applied Physics at TU Delft (degree received in 2022). In the Master’s program Janice specialised in Physics for Quantum Devices and Quantum Computing, concluded with a Master’s thesis on satellite based entanglement distribution as a collaboration between Wehner and Borregaard group at QuTech.

Current research focuses on the design of photonic clients to facilitate blind quantum computing in metropolitan quantum networks as part of QIA.

Organisation: Delft University of Technology

Location: Delft, the Netherlands

Expertise: QIA Simulation Software (NetSquid, SquidASM and Netsquid Snippets)

Michał joined TU Delft in 2023 as a Simulation Engineer for the Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA), where he leads the development of SquidASM and maintains the NetSquid-snippets package collection. His role focuses on supporting design decisions and use case development for QIA’s prototype quantum network.

Michał holds a double BSc in mathematics and physics, and an MSc in theoretical physics from Utrecht University. Prior to joining QuTech, he developed physics-based sensor simulations for autonomous vehicles at Ibeo Eindhoven.