
News from Consortium
The Virtual Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop BQIT:21
"BQIT is a three day annual workshop aimed at enabling leading UK and international academics and industrial partners to come together; to explore and discuss future ambitions and challenges in the field of Quantum Information Technologies". OPENQKD will contribute to the conference and present several talks during this workshop and show selected use cases.
The Medical Data use case in Graz.
The use case ‘Medical Data Protection Graz’ for quantum key distribution (QKD) is successfully proving new results.
The Medical Data Protection use case is online.
The use case ‘Medical Data Protection Graz’ for quantum key distribution (QKD) is successfully proving the highest possible protection of the most sensitive data imaginable, medical records. Together with the Medical University Graz, the Hospital (Landeskrankenhaus) Graz II, fragmentiX and its partners managed to successfully set up the QKD and encryption hardware.
Videos from Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2020
The videos, presentations from the Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2020 are available.
OPENQKD at European Quantum Week – ”Securing medical data in transit and at rest”
OPENQKD will present one of its use-cases at European Quantum Week. Follow the online presentation and discussion !
OPENQKD presentation during Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2020 !
Project coordinator - Austrian Institute of Technology gave an overview and update regarding OPENQKD project during Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2020.
Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity researching next-generation encryption projects.
Rohde & Schwarz publishes information regarding its involvement and commitment to OPENQKD project.
ID Quantique OPENQKD blog
ID Quantique updates OPENQKD activities progress on its blog site.
Future-proof datacenter interconnection
The OpenQKD project partners IDQ, ADVA and SIG successfully integrated QKD and Layer 1 Encryption to their real-world use-case in Geneva
Deadline Open Call July 3rd
The first round of Open Calls is launched with the deadline of July 3rd 2020.
Quantum Industry Board QIB
The QIB of OpenQKD is ready and will provide an industry driven platform.
First OpenQKD use-case is running
ID Quantique and Mt Pelerin start testing their quantum-safe digital asset custody solution in Geneva

Europe News
GÉANT Infoshare: Quantum Technologies – Principles, Challenges and Applications.
GÉANT organized on 20.01.2020 a dedicated Quantum Technologies Infoshare with particular focus on QKD technologies. OPENQKD project is recognized in GÉANT whitepaper: Quantum Technologies Status Overview.
European Quantum Week
Follow the presentations and discussions during the European Quantum Week !
Unique testbed in Eindhoven paves the way for unhackable ‘quantum internet’
Platform will provide world's first field tests with autonomous driving cars whose communications are secured with promising quantum tech.
Support for young Quantum Researchers
Applause to this initiative! Missing young workforces will be disadvantageous for a new technology, which was also experienced by OpenQKD partners.
QCrypt 2020 online
As every year Qcrypt will open its door in mid of summer. In 2020 it was shifted from Amsterdam to the online space. Watch out for the YouTube-channel!
Quantum safe cryptography – the big picture
David Shaw published an informative article on Fact-Based-Insight about the ecosystem of security applications and how their security can be improved

Global News
Day of Photonics 2021
Celebrate Day of Photonics 2021 !
Pilot QKD infrastructure in public, medical and industrial sectors
IDQ and SK Broadband selected to build a pilot QKD infrastructure in public, medical and industrial sectors in Korea.
US telecom operator Verizon trials quantum security
Verizon performs QKD technology trials in its operational environment.
University of Arizona will develop quantum internet further
In the US the next round of funding was distributed to connect quantum information processing devices in future.
A step closer to secure global communication
New distance record for QKD. Entangled photons have been distributed by the Chinese satellite “Micius”