International Conference of Quantum Communication and Security (ICQCS) & QSI Conference

International Conference of Quantum Communication and Security (ICQCS) & QSI Conference

The QSI Conference will be held in the center of Paris from 16 to 20 March 2026. This event is a joint initiative of the MSCA project QSI and the QuanTiP research network on quantum technologies, and will serve as the final network conference of the QSI project. The programme will feature high-quality, pedagogical keynote-tutorial and invited talks covering topics such as post-quantum cryptography, experimental and theoretical quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum cryptography beyond QKD, and quantum networks.

As the QSI project reaches its end, the doctoral candidates will jointly organize the conference and present their research through extended talks, alongside invited external plenary speakers. The event will be open to researchers beyond the network. It will also provide valuable training in scientific conference organization and ensuring alignment with the project’s dissemination and exploitation strategy.

Important Dates

🗓️Registration: open from November, 12th, 2025 to March, 1st, 2026.
🗓️QSI Conference: from Monday, March 16, 2026 to Friday, March 20, 2026.

Schedule:

Further details about the Outreach Activity and the Gala Dinner will be announced soon.

Poster Session will be held during the lunch breaks at the conference venue.

All participants are welcome to present a poster.

16th March, Monday

• 14.00 – 15.20 h: Allice Pellet-Mary, Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux.
• 15.20 – 16.00 h: Coffee Break
• 16.00 – 16.40 h: Giulio Malavolta, Bocconi University.
• 16.40 – 17.00 h: Silvia Ritsch, Eindhoven University.
• 17.00 – 17.20 h: Massimo Ostuzzi, University of Bochum.
• 17.30 h: QSI Supervisory Board Meeting

17th March, Tuesday

• 09.30 – 10.30 h: Mathieu Bozzio, University of Vienna.
• 10.30 – 11.00 h: Coffee Break
• 11.00 – 11.40 h: Garazi Muguruza, SURF.
• 11.40 – 12.00 h: Álvaro Yángüez, Sorbonne University.
• 12.00 – 14.00 h: Lunch Break
• 14.00 – 14.40 h: Margherita Mazzera, Heriot-Watt University.
• 14.00 – 15.20 h: Boris Korzh, University of Geneva.
• 15.20 – 16.00 h: Coffe Break
• 16.00 – 16.40 h: Qian Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• 16.40 -17.00 h: Matías R. Bolaños, University of Padua.
• 17.00 – 17.20 h: Shashank Kumar, University of Vigo.
• 19h: Outreach Activity.

18th March, Wednesday

• 09.30 – 10.30 h: Hugues de Riedmatten, ICFO.
• 10.30 – 11.00 h: Coffee Break
• 11.00 – 11.40 h: Sara Cacciapuoti, University of Naples Federico II.
• 11.40 – 12.00 h: Javier Rey, University of Leeds.
• 12.00 – 14.00 h: Lunch Break
• 14.00 – 14.20 h: Fabrizio Sisinni, Technical University of Denmark.
• 14.20 – 14.40 h: Gina Muuss, University of Amsterdam.
• 14.40 – 15.20 h: Alexandre Cojocaru, University of Edinburgh.
• 15.20 – 16.00 h: Coffee Break
• 16 h: Industry Session
• 19 h: Gala Dinner

19th March, Thursday

• 09.30 – 10.30 h: Rotem Arnon, Weizmann Institute of Science
• 10.30 – 11.00 h: Coffee Break
• 11.00 – 11.40 h: TBC
• 11.40 – 12.00 h: Vaisakh Mannalath, University of Vigo.
• 12.00 – 14.00 h: Lunch Break
• 14.00 – 14.40 h: Erika Anderson, Heriot-Watt University.
• 14.40 – 15.20 h: Djeylan Aktas, Institute of Physics SAS.
• 15.20 – 16.00 h: Coffee Break
• 16.00 – 16.40 h: Glaucia Murta, University of Vienna.
• 16.40 – 17.00 h: Alessandro Marcomini, University of Vigo.
• 17.00 – 17.20 h: Sergio Juárez, Toshiba.

20th March, Friday

• 09.30 – 10.30 h: Davide Rusca, Vigo Quantum Communication Center.
• 10.30 – 11.00 h: Coffee Break
• 11.00 – 11.40 h: Martin Albrecht, King’s College London.
• 11.40 – 12.00 h: Loïc Millet, ID Quantique.
• 12.00 – 14.00 h: Lunch Break

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Speakers

Invited speakers:

• Giulio Malavolta    (Bocconi University)
• Garazi Muguruza   (SURF)
• Margherita Mazzera   (Heriot-Watt University)
• Boris Korzh  (University of Geneva)
• Qiang Zhang    (University of Science and Technology of China)
• Sara Cacciapuoti   (University of Naples Federico II)
• Alexandru Cojocaru  (University of Edinburgh)
• Djeylan Aktas    (Institute of Physics SAS)
• Glaucia Murta  (Technische Universität Wien)
• Martin Albrecht   (King’s College London)

Invited tutorial speakers:

• Alice Pellet-Mary   (Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux)
• Mathieu Bozzio    (University of Vienna)
• Hugues de Riedmatten    (ICFO)
• Rotem Arnon   (Weizmann Institute of Science)
• Davide Rusca    (Vigo Quantum Communication Center)