Responsible Quantum Technologies
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type of event:
hybrid workshop
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place:
Karlsruhe, online
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date:
07.04.25 - 10.04.25
Responsible Quantum Technologies
The second quantum revolution has been ongoing for more than two decades now and many countries around the globe have noticed the promises of these technologies. Just in the last decade, the number of publicly supported national initiatives grew from zero to more than 15, with globally more than 30 B€ of public investments allocated or planned. Both the number of new publications per year and patents granted on quantum technologies (QT) has also been climbing steadily for the last decade, so has been the number of start-ups being founded and established companies getting into the field. Finally, the field started receiving attention from private funding sources in recent years, which some have been calling the ‘quantum gold rush’. Within two decades, QT became a strong contender for a potential future industry from a topic that was mainly discussed in physics conferences.
All this rapid development triggered a sort of quantum 'race', where countries, companies, and institutions compete to become the first to achieve a checkpoint or to be the current best at some quantum benchmark. However, it is also noted by many that the real/transformative effects of QT on society will be in the long run. In this respect, we would like to initiate a discussion on responsibility and introduce QT as a noteworthy emerging topic for technology assessment (TA) studies.
This workshop aims to be another step towards establishing connections between the QT and TA communities and to introduce some current discussions in the QT community to a new audience. It is organized as a collaboration between the QuTec project under KIT-ITAS.
Please find the detailed program below.
To participate in the event, please register here.
You can find additional information on the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 events of this series by clicking on the dates.
Program
07.04.2025 - Monday
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Registration |
| 10:15 - 10:40 | Welcome and Opening Speech |
| 10:40 - 11:40 |
Responsible QT Efforts vol.1 Chair: Zeki C. Seskir (KIT-ITAS) Pieter Vermaas (TU Delft/Quantum Delta NL) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Short break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Responsible QT Efforts vol.2 Chair: Zeki C. Seskir (KIT-ITAS) Fabienne Marco (Quantum Social Lab/TUM) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Responsible QT Efforts vol.3 Chair: Adrian Schmidt (KIT-ITAS) Matthias Kettemann (Innsbruck Quantum Ethics Lab/University of Innsbruck) |
| 15:30 - 16:10 |
Panel on Ongoing Responsible QT Efforts Moderator: Pieter Vermaas (TU Delft/QDNL) Matthias Kettemann (Innsbruck Quantum Ethics Lab/University of Innsbruck) |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Short break |
| 16:30 - 17:50 |
Theorizing Responsible QT Efforts Chair: Fabienne Marco (Quantum Social Lab/TUM) Eline de Jong (University of Amsterdam) |
| 17:50 - 18:00 |
Roundup of the first day |
08.04.2025 - Tuesday
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
TAB Project Introduction and First Report Chair: Adrian Schmidt (KIT-ITAS) Reinhard Grünwald (Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag) |
| 11:00 - 11:40 |
Discussion on the First Report Moderator: Reinhard Grünwald (Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag) Lukas Weymann (Fraunhofer ISI) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Short break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Stakeholders of QT for Defence & Security Chair: Lukas Weymann (Fraunhofer ISI) Sibylle Bauer (SIPRI) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Export Controls Debate in QT - Policy Aspects Moderator: Jürgen Altmann (Exp. Physik III, TU Dortmund University) Ulrich Mans (Quantum Delta NL) |
| 15:30 - 16:10 |
Export Controls Debate in QT - Technical Aspects Moderator: Kolja Brockmann (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) Michal Krelina (CTU/SIPRI/QuDef) |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Short break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Geopolitics and a European Quantum Strategy Chair: Zeki C. Seskir (KIT-ITAS) Claudia Reinprecht (Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria) |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Roundup of the second day |
| 19:00 - 21:30 | Conference Dinner |
09.04.2025 - Wednesday
| 10:00 - 11:40 |
Education and Ethics Education Efforts in QT Chair: Zeki C. Seskir (KIT-ITAS) Alexandre Artaud (TU Delft) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Short break |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Outreach & Art-Science Interaction in QT Chair: Wenzel Mehnert (Austrian Institute Of Technology) Angelina Frank (Horizon Quantum / QYRA) |
| 13:00-13:30 | Panel Discussion on Outreach & Art-Science Interaction in QT |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 16:10 |
Explorations on the Legal and Social Aspects of QT Chair: Aurelija Lukoseviciene (Lund University) Anh Nguyen (University of Amsterdam) |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Short break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 |
Applications of QT Beyond QT Chair: Gina-Maria Pöhlmann (St. Gallen) Sara Hejazi (Bruno Kessler Foundation, Center for Sensors & Devices) |
| 17:30 - 17:50 |
Education and Ethics Education Efforts in QT - addendum Josephine Meyer (University of Colorado Boulder / QEP) - online |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | Roundup of the third day |
10.04.2025 - Thursday
Fourth day: Quantum+X Approaches: Quantum & Space
(To be announced later)