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Context

The NVQL program is intended as a national, community-driven effort supporting the integration and translation of quantum technology from fundamental science and engineering to use-inspired applications.

Overview

Our SCY-QNet project draws together expertise and talent from a broad range of disciplines to enable the creation and application of functional long-distance quantum networks. This federated NQVL testbed, which will be developed and led by the quantum network community, is designed to enable a plethora of users to contribute to advances in Quantum Information Science and Engineering.

Purpose

In this Quantum Network Community Driven Town Hall, we will explore how to coordinate a federated quantum network infrastructure and establish mechanisms to enable members to use the NQVL virtual laboratories. Our Town Hall meeting seeks community input to foster open scientific dialogue, to collect baseline data to aid in the development of a diverse workforce development plan, and to ensure the broad participation of the entire QISE community. As part of this gathering, we will also host the second Quantum Networking Domestic Cooperation (QNDC) meeting on the second day of the Town Hall.  

The outcomes of this event will be:

  1. Help establish a scientific network of cooperation among NSF NQVL projects and the US quantum community. 
  2. Discuss the broad applications of quantum networks.
  3. Form the community of quantum scientists and network engineers that will envision the quantum internet of the future.
  4. Identifying critical partnerships and dependencies to carry on the formation of a quantum ecosystem with strong quantum education development and industry participation. 

Strategic Development Plan

We will create a  Quantum Networks Strategic Plan. This community-driven document will identify the methods and the strategy to deliver an interstate quantum network, accessible to the entire US quantum community.

Meeting Details

Date: March 5-6th, 2026

Location: SUNY Global Center, 116th East 55th Street, New York, 10022

Registration:  By invitation only

Stay: 

Courtyard Marriott Midtown East Hotel, 866 Third Avenue, NYC.

or

Hilton Garden Inn NewYork/Manhattan-Midtown East
SUNY Global Transient Discount

 
Day one
 
 

Check in & Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

 

 

Part 1: National Quantum Virtual Laboratories Joint Section

8:30 a.m.

Talk 1: Vision Talk: Quantum Networks driving new Scientific Frontiers (Joint SCY-QNet / ASPEN-NET, Eden Figueroa/Brian Smith)   (25mins + questions)

(15 mins each) 

Talk 2 (9:30) : Quantum Devices and Networks SCY-QNet (Sebastian Will, Columbia)  

Talk 3 : Quantum Devices and Networks ASPEN-NET (Krister Shalm)

Talk 4: Quantum Applications SCY-QNet (H. Gupta Network Stack and Applications) 

Talk 5: Quantum Applications ASPEN-NET (Krister Shalm/Paul Kwiat)

Talk 6: Quantum Sensing for Network Monitoring DQS-CP (Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Ohio State) (Virtual) 

Talk 7: Optical Quantum Computing (NQVL QCAP, Marek Osinski, TBC) 

 

Break and Refreshments

11:00 a.m.

 

 

Part 2: Quantum Network Systems and New Scientific Frontiers

11:20 a.m.

(15 mins each + quest)

Talk 1: Quantum Astrometry ASPEN-NET (Brian Smith)

Talk 2: Quantum Astrometry SCY-QNET/Brookhaven (Paul Stankus, BNL)   

Talk 3: FSO Systems for Quantum Communication I (SCY-QNet, Rishikeh Gokhale/Justine Haupt, Stony Brook) 

Talk 4: FSO Systems for Quantum Communication II (SCY-QNet, Hong Tang, Yale) 

Talk 5: FSO Systems for Quantum Communication III (Benjamin Kyle, Air Force Research Lab, TBC)  

 

Lunch

1:00 p.m. Lunch

 

 

Part 2: Quantum Network Systems and New Scientific Frontiers (Continued)

2:00 p.m.

(15 mins each)

Talk 6: Quantum Networks for New Fundamental Measurements (Stevens Institute, Igor Pikovski) 

Talk 7: Quantum Networks for Distributed Quantum Computing (C. R. Ramakrishnan, SBU) 

Talk 8: Near Term Applications of Quantum Networks for Quantum Sensing (Joseph Lukens, Purdue University)

 

Part 3: Quantum Networks TOWN HALL

3:00 p.m.

Q&A on New Quantum Network Applications + Open Mic

 

Break and Refreshments

4:00 p.m.

 

 

Part 4: Symposium on Quantum Education and Curriculum Development

4:20 p.m.

(15 mins each) 

Talk 1: Quantum Education Programs ASPEN-NET (Peter Bierhorst/Juliet Gopinath)

Talk 2: Quantum Education Programs SCY-QNet (Tzu Chieh Wei, Stony Brook) 

Talk 3: Quantum Education Programs NSF QuGIP (Jay Gupta, Ohio State)

Talk 4: New Quantum Curriculum (Angela Kelly, Stony Brook) 

Talk 5: Quantum Education Programs QCAP (Mary Rice, New Mexico) 

Talk 6: Quantum Education Programs at QuSTEAM (Shawnta Jackson, QuSTEAM)

 

Conference Dinner

7:00 pm

Cellini Restaurant, 65 East 54 Street, NYC

 
 
 
Day two 
 
 

Check in & Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

 

 

Part 5: Interstate Quantum Network Symposium

8:30 a.m.

Talk 1: Vision Talk: An Interstate Quantum Network (Eden Figueroa/Dimitrios Katramatos, Ronald M. Reano, Mickey Slimp) (25mins + questions)

Talks on the East Coast Fiber Infrastructure:

Talk 2: Review of fiber infrastructure (Todd Glanton, NYSERNET, TBC) 

Talk 3: Review of fiber infrastructure (Mark Fullmer, OARnet) 

Talk 4: Review of fiber infrastructure (KEYSTONEREN, Grant Dull \ Ken Miller)  

Talk 5: Review of fiber infrastructure (NIST/DCQNET, Dan Jones, Army Research Laboratory) 

Talk 6: Review of fiber infrastructure (GPN, Mickey Slimp) 

Talk 7: Review of fiber infrastructure (Internet2, Todorov/Lookabaugh)  

Talk 8: Review of fiber infrastructure (NJ Edge, Ghahramani Forough)

 

Break and Refreshments

11:00 a.m.

 

 

Interstate Quantum Network Symposium (Continued)

11:20 a.m.

Talks on Quantum Network Deployment Efforts:

Talk 8: SUNY Quantum Internet of Things (Chase Wallace Stony Brook) 

Talk 9: Quantum Network ESnet ( Wenji Wu ESnet)

Talk 10: Urbana Quantum Network (Paul Kwiat)

Talk 11: Boulder Quantum Network (Krister Shalm NIST)

 

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

 

 

Interstate Quantum Network Symposium (Continued)

2:00 p.m.

(20mins + questions)

Talk 12: GothamQ Network NYC (Qunnect, Alexander Craddok) 

Talk 13: Ohio Quantum Network (Ronald M. Reano, Ohio State) 

Talk 14: DC-QNet (NIST, Oliver Slattery) 

Talk 15: Quantum Network Standards (NIST, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud) 

 

Part 6: QUANTUM NETWORKS PANEL AND TOWN HALL II Path Toward a US Quantum Internet

3:20 p.m.

(5 mins each)

  1. Kika Barr (WiscNet) 
  2. Kevin Bohan (LinkOregon) 
  3. Dennis Cagampan (CENIC) 
  4. Pierette Dagg (MERIT Network) 
  5. James Dickerson (ASCET) 
  6. Jennifer Griffin (Quilt Network) 
  7. Florida LambdaRail (Chris Griffin)

 

Break and Refreshments

4:00 p.m.

 

 

Part 7: Quantum Networks Research in Industry

4:20 p.m.

(15 mins each)

Talk 1: Lior Shani (Qblox) 

Talk 2: Quantum Networks for Finance (J P Morgan Chase, Andrew Conrad)

Talk 3: Quantum networks hardware (Qunnect, Hsuan-Hao Lu) 

Talk 4: Commercial entanglement sources (SBU/Toptica, Siamak Dadras) 

Talk 5: IONQ (Arun Jagannathan) 

Talk 6: Quantum Simulators for Quantum Networks (Aliro, Michael Cubbedu) 

Talk 7: Kimberly Wang (Boeing)

 

Day 2 Closing Remarks

6:30 p.m.