Responsible Quantum Technologies
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Veranstaltungsart:
Hybrider Workshop
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Tagungsort:
Karlsruhe, Online
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Datum:
16.04.24 - 18.04.24
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.
To participate in the event, please register here.
You can find additional information on the 2021, 2022 and 2023 events of this series by clicking on the dates.
Program
Tuesday, 16 April 2024 (First day)
09:45 - 10:15 | Registration |
10:15 - 10:40 | Welcome and opening speech |
10:40 - 11:40 | Responsible QT Efforts
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11:40 - 12:00 | Short break |
12:00 - 13:30 | Ethics Education in QT Education & Training
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13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 15:30 | New Ways to Teach and Think "Quantum"
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15:30 - 16:10 | The "Workforce Development" Narrative: Do we only educate future workers? (Panel)
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16:10 - 16:30 | Short break |
16:30 - 18:00 | Grassroots Initiatives in QT
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18:00 - 18:15 | Roundup of the first day |
Wednesday, 17 April 2024 (Second day)
10:00 - 11:40 | Art-Science Interaction Efforts in QT
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11:40 - 12:00 | Short break |
12:00 - 13:30 | Role of QT in the Converging Technologies Debate: Space, Bio, AI and more
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13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 16:10 | Global Infrastructures in Governance of QT
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16:10 - 16:30 | Short break |
16:30 - 17:30 | How to assess QT in a De-Globalizing World?
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17:30 - 18:10 | How to assess QT in a De-Globalizing World? (Young Panel)
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18:10 - 18:30 | Roundup of the the second day |
19:00 - 20:30 | Conference dinner |
Thursday, 18 April 2024 (Third day)
10:00 - 11:40 | QT in the World (placeholder title)
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11:40 - 12:00 | Short break |
12:00 - 13:30 | Quantum for Climate-Relevant Use Cases
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13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 - 15:30 | QT in Society (placeholder title)
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15:30 - 16:10 | Future Directions in Responsible QT / Open Discussions |
16:10 - 16:30 | Short break |
16:30 - 17:30 | Roundup of the conference and closing |
Contact
Zeki Seskir (zeki.seskir∂kit.edu)