CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Venue map
14:00 - Access to the Exhibition open to the exhibitors
18:15 - Welcome Reception
Co-sponsored by EQTC and Quantum Delta Delft
18:15 - Welcome Drinks and Finger Food (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
19:15 - Musical Performance (Main Auditorium, level 1)
19:45 - End of Musical Performance
20:00 - Venue closes
08:00 - Registration opens (Welcome desk, level 1)
09:00 - Opening Session (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Yasser Omar (PQI & IST, ULisbon)
09:00 - Welcome address by Gustav Kalbe (European Commission)
09:15 - Welcome address by Ana Paiva (Secretary of State for Science)
09:30 - Quantum Gravimetry for Archaeology
António Marques (Centro de Arqueologia de Lisboa / CML)
Camille Janvier (Exail)
10:00 - Live Demonstration of Quantum Communications
Pierangela Pitzolu (Telsy)
Ana Carla Sousa (MEO)
Alessandro Zavatta (QTI)
10:30 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
11:00 - Panel discussion: The European Quantum Declaration (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Tommaso Calarco (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Thierry Botter (QuIC - European Quantum Industry Consortium)
Eleni Diamanti (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne University)
Julia Feddersen (Quantum Delta NL)
Stella Mitsche (Federal Funding Agency Austria)
Yasser Omar (PQI & IST, ULisbon)
12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
14:00 - Plenary talk on Quantum Computation (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Nikolay Vitanov (Sofia University)
Quantum software: capabilities, challenges, and a path to trustworthiness, Laura Mancinska (University of Copenhagen)
14:45 - Panel discussion: Widening Participation in Quantum Technologies (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Enrique Sánchez (Quantum Community Network, Quantum Flagship)
Ticijana Ban (Institute of Physics, Zagreb)
Konrad Banaszek (National Science Centre Poland)
Radu Ionicioiu (IFIN-HH - National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering)
Rui Semide (Entangled Space)
15:30 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
16:00 - Panel discussion: Quantum Education & Workforce Development (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Jacob Sherson (Aarhus University)
16:00 - Recent advances in quantum education and workforce development, Rainer Müller (TU Braunschweig)
16:10 - Introductory statements:
Maria Bondani (CNR - Istituto di fotonica e nanotecnologie)
Aurél Gábris (Czech Technical University in Prague)
Araceli Venegas-Gomez (Qureca)
16:20 - Panel discussion on Quantum Technologies Education & Workforce Perspectives
16:45 - Pitches from Exhibitors & Sponsors (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Anna Kaminska (Creotech Instruments SA)
17:30 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
17:45 - Poster session (Lateral Foyer, level 1 and level 2)
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Education & Outreach
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Enabling Technologies
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Quantum Computing Hardware
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Quantum Sensing and Metrology
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Quantum Simulation
19:45 - Conference Dinner at Pátio da Galé
Only for participants who registered for dinner (entrance with QR code in the name tag)
Address: Praça do Comércio 10, 1100-016 Lisboa
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KDWrNnRaiHDY3cv48
Special after dinner talk:
Some aspects of the history of Portugal that should interest scientists of today, Henrique Leitão (University of Lisbon)
Abstract: The history of Portugal is closely linked to sea voyages and maritime expansion in the 16th century. Interestingly, these historical events had a significant scientific and technical dimension. In this presentation, I will try to show that some of the scientific challenges faced during that period and the solutions implemented at the time are still of interest to scientists today. This is a light-hearted – but rigorous – presentation for those who are scientifically-minded and curious about the history of Portugal.
08:00 - Registration opens (Welcome desk, level 1)
09:00 - Plenary talk on Quantum Simulation (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Philippe Grangier (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique)
Quantum computing and simulation in the presence of errors, J. Ignacio Cirac (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
09:45 - Panel discussion: Innovation in Quantum Technologies (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Carlos Kuchkovsky (QCentroid)
Salvatore Cinà (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Sebastian Etcheverry (Luxquanta)
Thomas Ferré (EIB/EIC )
Emily Meads (Quantonation)
10:30 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
11:00 - Plenary talks on Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Laure Le Bars (SAP & QuIC)
Introduction, Laure Le Bars (SAP & QuIC)
Quantum Technologies in the Chips JU, Christian Trefzger (European Commission)
QU-PILOT, Mika Prunnila (VTT)
QU-TEST: open testing and experimentation for quantum technologies in Europe, Gabriele Bulgarini (TNO)
12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
13:00 - 15:00 - Special Session: Quantum Finance Lab, organised by EIB Advisory Services (Room 3, level 2)
13:30 - Plenary talks on Quantum Communication and Networks (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Eleni Diamanti (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne University)
Practical Aspects of Quantum Safe Networks in Space and on Ground, Christoph Marquardt (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light)
Stephanie Wehner (TUDelft)
Quantum Networking with Cold-Atom Optical Memories, Julien Laurat (Sorbonne University)
14:30 - Parallel Sessions
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Panel discussion: HPC and Quantum Computation in the EU (Small Auditorium, level -1)
Chair: Julia Feddersen (Quantum Delta NL)
Jacques-Charles Lafoucrière (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Irene López de Vallejo (Fundación CTIC)
Matteo Mascagni (EuroHPC-JU, European Commission)
Stephan Schächer (Infineon Technologies AG)
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Panel discussion: EuroQCI, the European Quantum Communications Infrastructure (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Felix Wissel (Deutsche Telekom)
Keith Elder (PETRUS/Nostradamus)
Augusto Fragoso (ANACOM - Portuguese Telecom Regulator)
Harald Hauschildt (ESA - European Space Agency)
Josef Lazar (Technical University Brno and Palacký University Olomouc)
Ingrid Linnas (Estonian State Telecom)
Aymard de Touzalin (European Commission)
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Panel discussion: Quantum Sensing & Infrastructures (Room 1, level 1)
Chair: Philippe Bouyer (Quantum Delta NL)
Camille Janvier (Exail)
Damian Markham (CNRS, Sorbonne University)
Marvin Reich (GFZ Potsdam)
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Panel discussion: Quantum for Society: a diverse community contributing to sustainability (Room 5, level 2)
Chair: Clifford Murray (VDI Technologiezentrum)
Natalia Bruno (CNR)
Pieter Vermaas (TU Delft, Quantum Delta NL and PQI - Portuguese Quantum Institute)
Raja Yehia (ICFO)
Shaeema Zaman (Science Melting Pot)
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Basic Science and New Directions for Quantum Technologies (Room 6, level 2)
Chair: Ernesto Galvão (INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Lab)
14:30 - Towards an atomic force probe operating in the quantum regime Ivan Favero (Université Paris Cité, CNRS)
14:50 - Towards Energetic Quantum Advantage in Trapped-Ion Quantum Computation, Marco Pezzutto (CNR - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)
15:15 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
15:45 - Plenary Talks on Standardisation on Quantum Technologies (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Florent Staley (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Standardisation on quantum technologies, Florent Staley (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Business Involvement in Standardization Activities : How, Why, and Key Issues at Stake, Alexandra Paul (Pasqal)
Supporting the quantum technologies standardization through measurement and testing, Ivo Pietro Degiovanni (INRIM, EURAMET EMN-Q)
16:30 - Parallel Sessions
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Quantum Software (Room 1, level 1)
Chair: Andris Ambainis (University of Latvia)
16:30 - Composing quantum subroutines, Stacey Jeffery (CWI - Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)
16:50 - A quantum speed-up for approximating the top eigenvectors of a matrix, András Gilyèn (Rényi Institute)
17:10 - On Limited Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers, Miguel Murça (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University)
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Quantum Simulation (Room 6, level 2)
Chair: João Seixas (PQI & IST, ULisbon)
16:30 - Emergent quantum simulators, Jörg Schmiedmayer (TU Wien)
16:50 - Quantum and quantum-inspired simulations of lattice gauge theories, Simone Montagero (Padova University)
17:10 - Gadgets and scalability for analogue quantum simulators, Dylan Harley (University of Copenhagen)
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Quantum Networks (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Julien Laurat (Sorbonne University)
16:30 - An entanglement-based quantum network test-bed for QKD applications, Djeylan Aktas (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
16:50 - Stephanie Barz (University of Stuttgart)
17:10 - Quantum networks utilizing multipartite entanglement, Wolfgang Dür (University of Innsbruck)
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Basic Science and Future Directions for Quantum Technologies (Small Auditorium, level -1)
Chair: Markus Arndt (University of Vienna)
16:30 - Multiple-observable entropic uncertainty relations and complementarity, Chiara Macchiavello (University of Pavia)
16:50 - Levitated force sensors as a platform to test fundamental aspects of gravity, Julen Pedernales (Ulm Universit)
17:10 - Laser excitation of the th-229 nucleus - towards a nuclear clock, Ekkehard Peik (PTB Braunschweig)
17:30 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
17:45 - Poster session (Lateral Foyer, level 1 and level 2)
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Basic Science
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Quantum Communication and Networks
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Quantum Computing Software
18:45 - End of day 2
08:00 - Registration opens (Welcome desk, level 1)
09:00 - Plenary talk on Quantum Sensing & Metrology (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Ticijana Ban (Institute of Physics, Zagreb)
Space, time, and temperature - new considerations in quantum sensing of fields, Morgan Mitchell (ICFO)
10:00 - 12:15 - Special session on Benchmarking of Quantum Computing (Small Auditorium, level -1)
Co-organised with and sponsored by project EuRyQa - European infrastructure for Rydberg Quantum Computing
Chair: Guido Pupillo (University of Strasbourg)
10:00 - Application-driven benchmarking of quantum computers – what benchmarking tells us for the further development of quantum computing, Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer IKS, Munich)
10:20 - The BACQ project as part of the European effort for quantum computing benchmarking, Félicien Schopfer (LNE, France)
11:00 - Application-oriented benchmarking of tensor networks as a challenge to future quantum computers, Shannon Whitlock (University of Strasbourg)
11:20 - Scalable volumetric benchmarks based on Clifford and free-fermion operations, Zoltán Zimborás (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)
11:40 - Panel Discussion
Chair: Frank Wilhelm-Mauch (Saarland University)
Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer IKS, Munich)
Krzysztof Kurowski (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center)
Yasser Omar (PQI & IST, ULisbon)
Félicien Schopfer (LNE, France)
Shannon Whitlock (University of Strasbourg)
Zoltán Zimborás (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)
10:00 - 10:05 - EDI Prize Award ceremony (Main Auditorium, level 1)
10:05 - 12:00 - Bias Busters: Unconscious Bias Training Workshop by Science Melting Pot (Main Auditorium, level 1)
10:40 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1, level 2 and level -1)
12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
13:30 - 15:15 - Parallel Sessions
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13:30-14:30 - Pannel Discussion: Ethics and Disruptions of Quantum Technologies (Room 3, level 2)
Chair: Pieter Vermaas (TU Delft & PQI – Portuguese Quantum Institute)
13:30 - Magda Cocco (VDA - Vieira de Almeida & Associados)
13:50 - Marco Lamonato (ThinkQuantum)
14:10 - Zeki Seskir (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
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Quantum Computing Hardware (Small Auditorium, level -1)
Chair: Shannon Whitlock (University of Strasbourg)
13:10* - FDSOI platform for quantum computing, Jay Nath (Quobly)
13:30 - Dissipative stabilization of a squeezed-like cat qubit, Anil Murani (Alice&Bob)
13:50 - Photonic quantum technologies: from integrated quantum devices to designing large complex system, Christine Silberhorn (Paderborn University)
14:10 - Laser-free universal entangling gates for trapped-ion quantum computing, Christof Wunderlich (University of Siegen)
14:30 - Novel qubits for the neutral atom platform, Tilman Pfau (University of Stuttgart)
14:50 - Diamond quantum chips: towards scalable approaches, Milos Nesladek (Hasselt University)
*Note exceptional starting time to cover the 6 hardware platforms
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Quantum Sensing (Room 6, level 2)
Chair: Thierry Debuisschert (Thales Research & Technology, France)
13:30 - Quantum technologies for metabolic MRI, Martin Plenio (Ulm University & NVision Imaging Technologies)
13:50 - Quantum non-gaussianity, Radim Filip (Palacky Universit)
14:10 - Diamond quantum magneto microscopy towards cardiac imaging, Nicole Fabbri (CNR and LENS)
14:30 - Quantum sensing at nanoscale enabled by diamond spin qubits, Fedor Jelezko (Ulm University)
14:50 - Optical atomic clocks, Florian Schreck (University of Amsterdam)
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Quantum Secure Communications (Room 1, level 1)
Chair: Marco Avesani (University of Padova & ThinkQuantum)
13:30 - Continuous-variable quantum key distribution for telecom access networks, Tobias Gehring (University of Denmark)
13:50 - Development in satellite quantum communication, Giuseppe Vallone (Padova University)
14:10 - Next-generation quantum cryptography: innovations beyond QKD and chiplet solutions for widespread integration, Mariana Ferreira-Ramos (AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology)
14:30 - Developments in satellite-based quantum communication, Johannes Pseiner (QTLabs)
14:50 - A side channel attack on QKD sender electronics using convolutional neural networks, Adomas Baliuka (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich)
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Special Session on Quantum Computation and Artificial Intelligence (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Andris Ambainis (University of Latvia)
13:30 - Quo vadis, quantum machine learning, Jens Eisert (Freie Universität Berlin)
13:50 - Quantum machine learning for algorithmic discovery, Iordanis Kerenidis (CNRS)
14:10 - Photonic quantum computing and cybersecurity developments, Philip Walther (University of Vienna)
14:30 - Quantum & AI: Do we need a "CERN for AI"?, Philipp Slusallek (Saarland University)
14:50 - Panel discussion with the speakers
15:15 - Coffee break (Exhibition area, level 1 and level 2)
15:45 - EU Inauguration of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025, and launch of the Quantum Cities initiative (Main Auditorium, level 1)
Chair: Maria Bondani (CNR - Istituto di fotonica e nanotecnologie)
Hyoung Joon Choi (Yonsei University)
Yasser Omar (IST and PQI)
Amal Kasry (UNESCO)
16:45 - Announcement of EQTC 2025 & Closing Ceremony (Main Auditorium, level 1)
17:00 - End
* Programme subject to changes
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Ignacio Cirac (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Amal Kasry (UNESCO)
Julien Laurat (Sorbonne University)
Gustav Kalbe (European Commission)
Laura Mancinska (University of Copenhagen)
Morgan Mitchell (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
Christoph Marquardt (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light)
Ana Paiva (Secretary of State for Science)
Stephanie Wehner (TUDelft)
INVITED PANELISTS
Ticijana Ban (Institute of Physics, Zagreb)
Konrad Banaszek (National Science Centre Poland)
Maria Bondani (CNR - Istituto di fotonica e nanotecnologie)
Thierry Botter (QuIC - European Quantum Industry Consortium)
Natalia Bruno (CNR)
Gabriele Bulgarini (TNO)
Magda Cocco (VDA - Vieira de Almeida & Associados)
Hyoung Joon Choi (Yonsei University)
Salvatore Cinà (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Ivo Pietro Degiovanni (INRIM, EURAMET EMN-Q)
Keith Elder (PETRUS/Nostradamus)
Sebastian Etcheverry (Luxquanta)
Thomas Ferré (EIB/EIC)
Augusto Fragoso (ANACOM - Portuguese Telecom Regulator)
Aurél Gábris (Czech Technical University in Prague)
Harald Hauschildt (ESA - European Space Agency)
Radu Ionicioiu (IFIN-HH - National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering)
Jacques-Charles Lafoucrière (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Josef Lazar (Technical University Brno and Palacký University Olomouc)
Ingrid Linnas (Estonian State Telecom)
Damian Markham (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne University)
Matteo Mascagni (EuroHPC-JU, European Commission)
Emily Meads (Quantonation)
Stella Mitsche (Federal Funding Agency Austria)
Rainer Müller (TU Braunschweig)
Yasser Omar (IST and PQI)
Alexandra Paul (Pasqal)
Marvin Reich (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Stephan Schächer (Infineon Technologies AG)
Zeki Seskir (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Rui Semide (Entangled Space)
Florent Staley (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Aymard de Touzalin (European Commission)
Christian Trefzger (European Commission)
Irene López de Vallejo (Fundación CTIC)
Araceli Venegas-Gomez (Qureca)
Pieter Vermaas (TU Delft & PQI – Portuguese Quantum Institute)
Raja Yehia (ICFO)
INVITED SPEAKERS
Djeylan Aktas (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Adomas Baliuka (LMU)
Stefanie Barz (University of Stuttgart)
Wolfgang Dür (University of Innsbruck)
Jens Eisert (Freie Universität Berlin)
Nicole Fabbri (CNR - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica and LENS - European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy)
Ivan Favero (Université Paris Cité, CNRS)
Mariana Ferreira-Ramos (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology)
Radim Filip (Palacky University)
Tobias Gehring (University of Denmark)
András Gilyén (Rényi Institute)
Dylan Harley (University of Copenhagen)
Camille Janvier (Exail)
Stacey Jeffery (CWI - Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)
Fedor Jelezko (Ulm University)
Iordanis Kerenidis (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique)
Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer IKS, Munich)
Chiara Macchiavello (University of Pavia)
António Marques (Centro de Arqueologia de Lisboa / CML)
Simone Montangero (Padova University)
Anil Murani (Alice&Bob)
Miguel Murça (PQI & Instituto Superior Técnico, ULisbon)
Jay Nath (Quobly)
Milos Nesladek (Hasselt University)
Julen Pedernales (Ulm University)
Ekkehard Peik (PTB – the National Metrology Institute in Germany, Braunschweig)
Marco Pezzutto (CNR - Istituto Nazionale di Ottica)
Tilman Pfau (University of Stuttgart)
Pierangela Pitzolu (Telsy)
Martin Plenio (Ulm University & NVision Imaging Technologies)
Mika Prunnila (VTT)
Johannes Pseiner (QTLabs)
Jörg Schmiedmayer (Vienna University of Technology)
Florian Schreck (University of Amsterdam)
Christine Silberhorn (Paderborn University)
Philipp Slusallek (Saarland University)
Félicien Schopfer (LNE, France)
Ana Carla Sousa (MEO)
Giuseppe Vallone (UPadova)
Philip Walther (University of Vienna)
Shannon Whitlock (University of Strasbourg)
Christof Wunderlich (University of Siegen)
Shaeema Zaman (Science Melting Pot)
Alessandro Zavatta (QTI)
Zoltán Zimborás (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)
INVITED CHAIRS
Andris Ambainis (University of Latvia)
Markus Arndt (University of Vienna)
Laure Le Bars (QuIC - European Quantum Industry Consortium)
Philippe Bouyer (Quantum Delta NL)
Tommaso Calarco (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Thierry Debuisschert (Thales Research & Technology, France)
Eleni Diamanti (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne University)
Julia Feddersen (Quantum Delta)
Ernesto Galvão (INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Lab)
Philippe Grangier (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique)
Anna Kamińska (Creotech Instruments SA)
Carlos Kuchkovsky (QCentroid)
Clifford Murray (VDI Technologiezentrum)
Guido Pupillo (University of Strasbourg)
Enrique Sánchez-Bautista (Quantum Community Network, Quantum Flagship)
João Seixas (PQI & IST ULisbon)
Jacob Sherson (Aarhus University)
Florent Staley (CEA - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
Nikolay Vitanov (Sofia University)
Frank Wilhelm-Mauch (Saarland University)
Felix Wissel (Deutsche Telekom)
* Speakers list being updated