{"id":20084,"date":"2025-06-06T20:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=20084"},"modified":"2025-06-06T20:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:31:26","slug":"grnet-in-the-tnc25-programme-committee-and-chair-of-the-tnc25-quantum-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2025\/06\/06\/grnet-in-the-tnc25-programme-committee-and-chair-of-the-tnc25-quantum-session\/","title":{"rendered":"GRNET in the TNC25 Programme Committee and Chair of the TNC25 Quantum Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Ilias Papastamatiou, Senior Project Manager at GRNET, TNC25 Programme Committee Member, and Coordinator of HellasQCI, will chair the session \u201cBuilding the Quantum Future: NRENs at the Forefront\u201d on 11 June 2025.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GRNET will participate at <a href=\"https:\/\/tnc25.geant.org\/\">TNC25<\/a>, G\u00c9ANT\u2019s flagship event and the leading conference for research and education networks, 9\u201313 June 2025 in Brighton, United Kingdom. The event is hosted by Jisc, the UK\u2019s National Research and Education Network, and brings together experts and stakeholders to tackle pressing issues on <\/span><b>cybersecurity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>international partnerships<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>network resilience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. By bringing together decision-makers, networking and security specialists, identity and access management experts, researchers, academics and students TNC fosters cross-disciplinary dialogue and aims to deliver future-proof solutions to current and emerging challenges.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GRNET is proud to be a member of the TNC25 Programme Committee, contributing to the shaping of this year\u2019s conference agenda. Dr. Ilias Papastamatiou, Senior Project Manager at GRNET, TNC25 Programme Committee Member, HellasQCI Project Coordinator, will chair the session <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBuilding the Quantum Future: NRENs at the Forefront\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, taking place on <\/span><b>11 June 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>16:00\u201317:30<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at the <\/span><b>Studio Theatre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This session offers a comprehensive update, through four (4) presentations, on quantum developments shaping the research and education networking landscape, with a focus on the central role of NRENs and GEANT in enabling secure, future-ready infrastructures.The session brings together five National Quantum Communication Infrastructures (NatQCIs),\u00a0 part of the pan-European EuroQCI initiative: GRNET (HellasQCI \u2013 Greece), PSNC (PIONIER-Q \u2013 Poland), BELNET (BeQCI \u2013 Belgium), SURF (QCINed \u2013 Netherlands), and LatNET (LatQN \u2013 Latvia).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Session Presentations:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Quantum Technologies Initiatives and Current Landscape in Europe \u2013 Synergies and Alignment with NREN Community Activities<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploring how European quantum initiatives align with NREN efforts to foster strategic collaboration and coherence across the research landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Speakers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Domenico (Dom) Vicinanza (G\u00c9ANT), Piotr Rydlichowski (PSNC &#8211; Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center)<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Quantum-Safe Communication at Scale: Leveraging MDI-QKD for On-Demand Key Distribution<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showcasing how Belnet\u2019s BeQCI project uses MDI-QKD to enable scalable, on-demand quantum-secure communications\u2014and the practical challenges involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Jonathan Van Overmeir (BELNET)<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>SURF&#8217;s QKD testbed deployment<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrating the integration of QKD technologies in real-world NREN infrastructure, with insights into deployment challenges and cross-vendor interoperability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: David Maier (SURF)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>On Quantum-Secure Layer 3 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><b>IP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><b> and Layer 2 Networking<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenting Latvia\u2019s national QKD backbone and its experimental integration into IP and Layer 2 networks using hybrid quantum-classical security approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Sergejs Kozlovics (Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participation in TNC25 offers GRNET the opportunity to engage with international peers, share national developments, and contribute to shaping the future of digital infrastructure for research and education. It also supports GRNET\u2019s strategic role in advancing innovative technologies such as quantum communication at both national and European levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Useful Links<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tnc25.geant.org\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About TNC25<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tnc25.geant.org\/sessions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sessions TNC25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ilias Papastamatiou, Senior Project Manager at GRNET, TNC25 Programme Committee Member, and Coordinator of HellasQCI, will chair the session \u201cBuilding the Quantum Future: NRENs at the Forefront\u201d on 11 June 2025. 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