​This workshop explores real-world applications of quantum cryptography, focusing on the key challenges of bringing these technologies to production. It brings together researchers and practitioners from across the Quantum Internet to share insights and collaborate on open problems.

​Topics:

• ​latest advances of current applications of the quantum internet

• ​lightning pitches for emerging applications

• ​quantum cryptography applications beyond qkd

• ​quantumpunk thesis & applications

• ​limitations of the current networking stack

• ​key research challenges for unlocking new use cases

​This workshop is organized by Veriqloud and Deep Quantum, in partnership with the Use Case Team of the Quantum Internet Alliance. Note that this workshop is right after the Quantum Networks Summit, and the day before the 2025 SQUAD workshop.

​Provisional agenda:

​Apply here to run a session at the event.

​Part 0: Motivation

​10am — Introduction & housekeeping (5 mins), Alex

​10:05am — The Coming Wave: New Applications of Quantum Cryptography (30mins) by Nicola Greco

• ​Description: Quantum cryptography has in QKD a real-world application currently deployed in many live systems. We believe there is much more around the corner, and that a new crop of real-world applications of quantum networks will soon see the light of day, and create value much earlier than quantum computers. We present the acceleration thesis, and what’s missing to get there in this introductory talk. We aim with it to frame the rest of the workshop.

• ​Speaker bio: Nicola is building deepquantum.xyz and a co-author of the quantumpunks.org manifesto. He was previously the lead of CryptoNet at Protocol Labs, an r&d lab focused on real-world applications of cryptography in distributed systems.

​Part 1: State of the Union

​10:35am — Quantum Internet, Where are we today? (30mins) by tba

• ​Description: This talk gives an overview of the current capabilities and limitations of the quantum internet. It addresses questions such as:

  • ​Where are we on the roadmap to full-scale quantum internet, what are the milestones currently in-progress?

  • ​What’s the current state of the art when it comes to deploying apps or experimenting?

  • ​What’s the latest on key bottlenecks? (entanglement-swapping repeaters, adding more compute in the network via modems or something else, practical implementation constraints, network protocol issues, flexible testbeds)

• ​Speaker bio: tba

​5min coffee break

​11:10am — Lightning session #1: Updates on deployed applications, protocols, demos (each 10mins). Here we focus on quantum-internet related tech that is actively being built and has at least a PoC implemented live, with commercial ambitions.

• ​QKD for Distributed Secure Storage — Marc Kaplan (Veriqloud)

• ​Using Quantum Resources to Prevent Against TEE Re-entrancy Attacks — Fabrizio Romano Genovese (NeverLocal)

• ​Quantum Networking with Neutral Atoms and Cavity QED — Shinichi Sunami (NanoQT)

• ​Quantum Cryptography Incorporating an Optical Memory Layer — Julien Laurat (WeLinq)

• ​1 more talk tba

​12:00-1:00pm — Lunch & hanging out, food will be provided for all attendees!

​1:00 - 1:30pm — Quantum lab visit (optional)

​Part 2: Visions of the Future

​2pm — Workshop: How do We Accelerate Innovation and Usage of Quantum Networks?, moderated by Alex

• ​Description:

  • ​In this session, we discuss together how we can accelerate the rate of progress of the quantum internet, drawing from your experience working on it so far, and your suggestions for what might we do better for tomorrow. We aim to get to one or multiple concrete steps we might be able to act upon by the end of the session.

  • ​Topics we may discuss: (1) what is holding the industry back from more rapid progress, (2) how can we coordinate together to overcome these issues?, (3) what is and should be the role of open source technology here?

• ​Speaker bio: Alex is building deepquantum.xyz and a co-author of the quantumpunks.org manifesto. He previously co-founded flashbots.net, an r&d org dedicated to keeping decentralized financial systems transparent, efficient, and fair through open research, open-source software, and community engagement.

​5min coffee break

​3pm — Workshop: What problems can quantum communication technologies solve for the blockchain industry?, moderated by tba

• ​Description: This session will be an opportunity for blockchain folks to outline their requirements and needs that may be solved with quantum cryptographic primitives, and for quantum folks to discover where new demand for the technology they are researching and building may come from in the near future. The goal of the session is to get to a few new threads for both ‘camps’ by the end of the workshop, and beginnings of new collaborations.

• ​Speaker bio: tba

​5min coffee break

​4pm — Lightning Session #2: New Applications on the Quantum Internet (10mins each). Here we focus on quantum internet-related tech that you wish would be built or that you plan on building in the future.

• ​Quantum Networks in the Cloud — Nicola Greco (Deep Quantum)

• ​Multiparty blind quantum computing with the Qline architecture — Beatrice Polacchi (Sapienza Universita di Roma)

• ​Quantum Swaps — Bolton Bailey (UIUC/Pi Squared Network)

• ​Device-Independent Cryptography: Removing all Hardware Assumptions — Roger Colbeck (University of York)

• ​From TEE-Money to Quantum Money — Sylvain Bellemare (Shift)

• ​Quantum Cryptography beyond QKD — Christian Schaffner (QuSoft)

​5pm — end