Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Panel Webinar
Special Presentation by INGR QIT Working Group, Security and Privacy Working Group, AI/ML Working Group, and the eMerging Open Tech Foundation which focuses on Quantum and AI skills development.
Date/Time: Thursday, 25 September 2025 @ 9 AM PDT
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Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Panel Webinar
Abstract:
The subject of Data Sovereignty, Security and Privacy has become a major factor in national and regional Quantum initiatives to adopt Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). Although QKD is to safeguard communication across different digital facilities across different nations and regions it comes down to how to deal with Quantum Channel versus Classical Channels of communication. The Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Private as well Physical and Virtual Infrastructure can not be just managed by Cryptography Algorithms recommended by National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST) and other Standard Development Organizations (SDOs) including IEEE. It needs a Sovereign & Secure (S&S) communication within the bounds of Quantum and Classical communication channels for Quantum and Classical communication, sometimes referred to as hybrid communication in this context.
The Architecture of QKD and system level components will be taken up by one or more panel speakers.
The Quantum and Network Communication experts in this QKD webinar will then focus on the Teleporting, and Quantum protocols like BB84 to detect eavesdropping, other BB84x variants, E91 (Ekert 91), Device Independent (DI-QKD) for S&S communication.
The expert panel on QKD will walk you through three approaches to address QKD exchange. The primary being the Multi Fiber Channel (MFC) using example 1 of 4 Channels being used for Quantum and rest for Classical Data to achieve S & S Objective. The other one will be to use SatCom facility to distribute key with Light Earth Orbital (LEO) and Terrestrial vs. Non-Terrestrial networks.
Finally an Integrated QKD over MFC and SatCom will differ in cost and hybrid implementation will reduce cost and achieve S&S QKD and help global regions to keep peace without getting into hacking and eavesdropping and Harvest now and decrypt later posture.
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Craig Polk [c.polk@comsoc.org]
- Co-sponsored by Future Networks INGR Quantum Information Technology (QIT) Working Group
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- Starts 16 September 2025 07:00 AM UTC
- Ends 25 September 2025 06:00 PM UTC
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Agenda
Chintan Oza: Co-chair INGR-QIT wg: 1-9 mts To Introduce INGR & QIT wg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chintanoza/
Dr. Nikhl Rajput Prof. Ramanujan College, Delhi University 10-19 mts - Present QKD Architecture - https://nikhilrajput.com/
Prof. Vipin Rathi Ramanujan College, Delhi University 20-29 mts - Present Quantum Infrastructure - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipratos/
Prakash Ramchandran - Co-chair INGR-QIT wg: 30-39 mts - Present QKD over MFC, SatCom & Hybrid - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ramchandran-0704285/
Prof. J.A..Gokhale - President eOTF -40-49 mts - QKD Protocols - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gokhale-jayanthi/
Dr. TLS Radhika - Prof. Dept of Math - BITS -50-59 mts - Error codes for FT era - https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/tsl-radhika/
Q&A - 30 mts max