Program
(Attendance is by invitation only)
Wednesday June 17th, 2009
MORNING SESSION
09:15 Welcome & Introductions
09:30 Tutorial on Quantum Computing and Communications
Michele Mosca (Inst. of Quantum Computing, Waterloo, Ont., Canada)
10:30 Questions and Coffee Break
AFTERNOON SESSION
11:00 Building the Quantum Network
Chip Elliott (BBN Technologies, Boston, USA)
12:00 Quantum Multicasting and Network Coding
Emina Soljanin (Bell Labs, Murray Hill , NJ, USA)
13:00 An Experiment on Quantum Communications between Earth and Space
Paolo Villoresi (Univ. of Padova, Italy)
13:45 Buffett Lunch
EVENING SESSION
15:00 Panel
Networking Experts on Challenging Problems for Quantum Solutions
Nick Maxemchuk (Columbia University), Jon Crowcroft (Cambridge University), Marco Ajmone Marsan (Politecnico di Torino), Arturo Azcorra (IMDEA Networks and UC3M)
16:00 Questions and Coffee Break
16:15 Discussion on possible research lines
18:00 End of Day 1
20:30 Social Event
Thrusday June 18th, 2009
MORNING SESSION
09:30 Presentation of conclusions from Day 1
10:00 Discussion over possible research lines
11:00 Coffee break
AFTERNOON SESSION
11:15 Ad-hoc parallel sessions to discuss specific collaborations
13:00 End of meeting
13:30 Lunch (on going to airport)