BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9@hellasqci.eu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230518 DTSTAMP:20240418T120101Z URL:https://hellasqci.eu/events/hellasqci-project-supported-and-participat ed-in-the-6th-annual-esa-scylight-conference-may-15-17-2023/ SUMMARY:HellasQCI project supported and participated in the 6th annual ESA ScyLight Conference\, May 15-17\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:The 6th edition of the annual ESA ScyLight Conference for Optic al and Quantum Technologies successfully took place on 15-16 May 2023 at Eugenides Foundation in Athens\, Greece\, followed by a Workshop on Quantu m Internet on the 17th of May in the city of Kalavryta.\n\nThis year’s ScyLight Conference was co-organised and hosted by the European Space Age ncy (ESA)\, the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and the General Secre tariat of Telecommunications and Post. The conference was supported by the HellasQCI project which builds the National Quantum Communication Infrast ructure of Greece\, the City of Kalavryta and the National Observatory of Athens (NOA).\n\nDuring the event\, more than 190 European\, American and Canadian industry experts\, researchers\, academics and end users attended to share their expertise\, discuss and plan the future of optical and qua ntum communication technologies.\n\nThe Conference began with welcome spee ches addressed by: Dr. Athanassios Staveris\, Secretary General of Telec ommunications &\; Posts\, Dr. Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz\, ESA D irector of Navigation\, Dr. Ηarald Hauschildt\, ESA Program Manager for the ARTES ScyLight Program\, Dr. Spyros Vasilakos\, Director of IAASARS and Vice President of NOA and Dr. Dimitrios Kagklis\, Head of Directora te of Wireless Communications\, 5G Networks and Space of the General Secre tariat of Telecommunications &\; Post.\n\nDr. Ilias Papastamatiou\, se nior Project Manager at GRNET and HellasQCI Project Coordinator\, after th e welcoming speeches\, gave an overview of the EuroQCI initiative and the HellasQCI project and moderated the 1st panel of the conference which was consisted of  key players from public and private sectors (GRNET - Dr. Il ias Papastamatiou\,  NOA - Dr. Haris Kontoes\, Motor Oil Group - Mr. P anagiotis Georgiou and  Lasting Software - Mr. Daniel Zirmer) as early adopters of the new emerging technologies on quantum and optical communic ations.\n\nDr. Papastamatiou\, during his introductory remarks welcomed on behalf of the HellasQCI consortium and GRNET\, the ScyLight Conference an d appreciated ESA and the Ministry of Digital Governance and the General S ecretariat of Telecommunication and Posts for hosting this year’s confer ence in Greece. The discussions at the panel were productive and significa nt challenges were identified for the early users of quantum and optical c ommunications. Nevertheless\, the added value of these technologies outmat ch the challenges: advantages in cybersecurity\, protection of critical in frastructures\, enhancement of scientific capabilities and safeguarding of sensitive data are key reasons for the public and private sectors to move towards the quantum era.\n\nDuring the two first days of the conference i n Athens\, several HellasQCI partners delivered speeches followed by Q& \;A sessions: Dr. Manolis Xilouris (IAASARS / NOA)\, Dr. Giannis Gian noulis (ICCS / NTUA) and Dr. Deirdre Kilbane (WIT / SETU).\n\nThe thir d day of the conference took place in Kalavryta city. The Mayor of the Cit y Athanasios I. Papadopoulos and the Director and President of  NOA Dr . Manolis Plionis launched the Workshop on Quantum Internet. Assistant Pr ofessor at the NKUA and HellasQCI Technical Coordinator Dr. Georgios Kan ellos delivered a keynote speech on the road towards quantum communicatio n at National and European level.\n\nOver the three days of ScyLight Confe rence\, exceptional speakers with expertise on Quantum and Optical Communi cations\, from public and private sectors\, offered and exchanged their kn owledge\, shaping the future of Quantum Communication Infrastructures in E urope\, in the spectrum of EuroQCI\, as well as globally.\n\nMoreover\, He llasQCI partners from the National Quantum Communication Infrastructures o f Ireland (IrelandQCI)\, Cyprus (CYQCI) and Bulgaria (BGQCI)\, attended th e conference contributing with exchanging expertise and valuable technical knowledge amongst the four National Quantum Communication Infrastructures (NatQCIs)\, bringing robust and interoperable Quantum Networks and Techno logies contributing to a successful EuroQCI.\n\nHellasQCI also provided a dedicated branded booth at the conference\, hosting specialists from the p roject’s consortium (GRNET\, NCSR Demokritos and Qubitech). HellasQCI th rough its participation at the conference started the establishment of the HellasQCI Community which will consist of national stakeholders on quantu m and optical technologies.\n\n[gallery size="large" ids="10007\,10006\,10 005\,10004\,10003\,10002\,10001\,10000\,9999\,9998\,9997\,9996\,9995\,9994 \,9993\,9992"]\n\nJoin the HellasQCI Community here.\n\nJoin the HellasQC I Newsletter and stay informed and connected here.\n\nMore information on the ScyLight Conference can be found here.\n\nMore information on the He llasQCI project can be found here. LOCATION:Eugenides Foundation\, 387 Syggrou Avenue \, P. Faliro\, 17564\, Greece GEO:37.940137;23.696434 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=387 Syggrou Avenue \, P. F aliro\, 17564\, Greece;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Eugenides Foundation:geo :37.940137,23.696434 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR