The
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) UK and Ireland Photonics Chapter organised a
Joint Symposium on Standards for Quantum Technologies which took place virtually on
23 March 2021 from 15h00 to 18h00 CET/Geneva Time.
This joint symposium brought together world-leading speakers to introduce different aspects of quantum technologies: quantum communication, quantum computation and quantum measurement. This was followed by an extensive panel discussion involving representatives from various SDOs including ISO, IEC, ITU-T, NIST, ETSI, ISO and CEN/CENELEC to discuss the general importance of standards for quantum technologies, identify and prioritise areas in which standards would be most required and according to which timeline (road-mapping).
In particular, it explored the most important lessons learnt from previous efforts to standardise new technologies (such as optics and photonics) and discussed how past methods could be applied to ensure that different SDOs could achieve the correct level of harmonisation from the outset, avoiding unhelpful divergence without impacting healthy competition between SDOs.
Participation in the symposium was open for ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions and to any individual from a country that is a member of ITU. This included individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations, specifically the members of IEC and the IEEE UK and Ireland Photonics Chapter.
Participation in the symposium was free of charge. Registration to the event was mandatory.
15:00 - 15:10
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Opening remarks
Moderator: Richard Pitwon, CEO, Resolute Photonics
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Welcome address: Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of Study Group Department, TSB, ITU
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15:10 - 16:40
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Session 1: Introduction
Moderator: Bernard Lee, Director of Technology & Innovation, SENKO Advanced Components
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16:40 - 18:00
| Session 2: Standardization Approaches for Quantum Technologies - Standards Organisations Panel
Moderator: Richard Pitwon, CEO, Resolute Photonics
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ITU-T: James Nagel, Lead Photonic & Laser Systems Engineer, L3Harris Technologies and
Qiang Zhang, OSA Fellow, Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) [ Presentation ]
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IEC: Peter Pondillo, Senior Manager, Standards & Policy, Corning and
Andre Girard, Senior Consultant, Fibre Optic Telecommunications [ Presentation ]
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IEEE: Andrew Ochoa, Director of Partnerships, Strangeworks Inc. [ Presentation ]
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ISO/IEC JTC1 WG14: Hong Yang, Convenor of ISO/IEC JTC1 WG14, Quantum Computing; China Electronics and Standardization Institute (CESI) [ Presentation ]
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CEN/CENELEC: Momtchil Peev, Quantum Lab, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH (HWDU), Germany [ Presentation ]
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NIST: Barbara Goldstein, Associate Director, Physical Measurement Laboratory, NIST and
Clare Allocca, Senior Advisor for Standardization - Standards Coordination Office, NIST, United States [ Presentation ]
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BSI: Emelie Bratt, Lead Standards Development Manager, British Standards Institution (BSI) and
Richard Ednay, Technical Director, Optical Technology Training Ltd. [ Presentation ]
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ETSI:
Martin Ward, Senior Research Scientist, Toshiba Europe Limited [ Presentation ]
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