Our final scientific event is a focused online Symposium on Advances in Quantum Communications from 3 to 5 May 2021. You can register for free via this form by 29 April 2021. We look forward to having fruitful discussions on latest developments in our field via this symposium.
QCALL has been highlighted in the recent feature issue of the Cordis Magazine, Research*eu, on
A quantum leap forward for European fundamental research.
You can find the articlehere:
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/418221-towards-quantum-communications-for-all
On the 19th/20th of September, right after the ESR Conference in Mondello, Sicily, the ESRs participated in the third complemetary skills workshop organised by the QCALL network. The aim of the workshop was to gain more knowledge on business and commercialisation procedures for research and development. The workshop was held by Dr. Andrew Collins, Enterprise Lead for QTEC, University of Bristol.
On the first day the participants practiced how to communicate their research effectively targeted at different audiences and they attended a lecture where they were given a high level view of the commercialisation process focusing on market research, protection of intellectual property and various business models.
On the second day the ESRs were asked to pick a career path/business plan and were coached to be able to find out who and/or what is needed to achieve their goals by making use of what they had learnt the previous day. The final goal of this session was to put together a pitch aimed at a potential customer, venture capitalist, lead scientist or a government funding board. The pitches were followed by a brief evaluation by the instructor and also the rest of the group could comment on the pitches. Prices were offered for the best pitches. Congratulations go out to Gaëtan, Guillermo and Yumang for the most convincing pitches!
The ESRs found the workshop informative, enjoyable and useful as they managed to gain some insight on important concepts possibly necessary for their future career and they also had the opportunity to try themselves in a pitching scenario and receive valuable feedback.
Held in Mondello, Sicily, on September 16-19, 2019 – Funded and organised by the QCALL network.
The Early-Stage Researchers Conference (ESRC) is a four-day conference on quantum communications, aimed at Master and PhD students as well as early post-doctoral researchers.
The conference will feature five well-known invited speakers, introducing each of the main topics of the conference, and possibly an industry session will be organised. There will also be time for around 30 talks by other participants as well as a poster session. The topics covered by the conference will be:
Industrial speakers
Alongside the conference, a film festival with clips submitted by high-school students will also take place during the event.
The conference will be held in Mondello, Sicily, close to Palermo and only a 20-minute drive from the Punta Raisi International Airport. The town offers lots of beautiful sceneries and a nice seaside, which in September is still warm enough to enjoy. The venue will be the renowned Addaura Hotel.
You can find here more information about how to get to Mondello and the conference application process and fees.
All deadlines are 23:59 UTC.
The conference program can be found here.
For any enquirers, please contact the organising committee at: esr.conf@qcall.uvigo.es
Do you have an amazing idea for a new technology using quantum physics/mechanics? You will have the support/coaching of our ESRs and can win up to €300 for the project. In order to participate, you have to register your interest by 15 April 2019. Please check out the film contest page for more detail.
