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:
- Help establish a scientific network of cooperation among NSF NQVL projects and the US quantum community.
- Discuss the broad applications of quantum networks.
- Form the community of quantum scientists and network engineers that will envision the quantum internet of the future.
- 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: For your convenience, we secured a block of rooms at the Courtyard Marriott Midtown East Hotel, 866 Third Avenue, NYC. Please use this link to make your hotel reservation by Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
Check in & Breakfast
Part 1: National Quantum Virtual Laboratories Joint Section
Talk 1: Vision Talk: Quantum Networks driving new Scientific Frontiers (Joint SCY-QNet / ASPEN-NET, Eden Figueroa/Brian Smith)
Talk 2: Quantum Devices and Networks SCY-QNet (Sebastian Will, Columbia)
Talk 3: Quantum Devices and Networks ASPEN-NET (Mike Mazurek or Krister Shalm)
Talk 4: Quantum Applications SCY-QNet (H. Gupta Network Stack and Applications)
Talk 5: Quantum Applications ASPEN-NET (Krister Shalm)
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
Part 2: Quantum Network Systems and New Scientific Frontiers
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, Stony Brook)
Talk 4: FSO Systems for Quantum Communication II (SCY-QNet, Hong Tang, Yale)
Talk 5: FSO Systems for Quantum Communication III (Air Force Research Lab, TBC)
Lunch
Part 2: Quantum Network Systems and New Scientific Frontiers (Continued)
Talk 6: Quantum Networks for New Fundamental Measurements (Stevens Institute, Igor Pikovsky, TBC)
Talk 7: Quantum Networks for Distributed Quantum Computing (C. R. Ramakrishnan, SBU)
Talk 8: Quantum Networks for Quantum Sensing (TBC)
Part 3: Quantum Networks TOWN HALL
Break and Refreshments
Part 4: Symposium on Quantum Education and Curriculum Development
Talk 1: Quantum Education Programs ASPEN-NET (Markus Allgaier, UND)
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 (Marek Osinski, New Mexico)
Talk 6: Quantum Education Programs at QuSTEAM (Shawnta Jackson, QuSTEAM)
Conference Dinner
Cellini Restaurant, 65 East 54 Street, NYC
Check in & Breakfast
Part 5: Interstate Quantum Network Symposium
8:30 AM Talk 1: Vision Talk: An Interstate Quantum Network (Eden Figueroa/Dimitrios Katramatos, Ronald M. Reano, Mickey Slimp)
Talk 2: Review of fiber infrastructure (NYSERNET, TBC)
Talk 3: Review of fiber infrastructure in Ohio (Mark Fullmer, OARnet)
Talk 4: Review of fiber infrastructure (KEYSTONEREN, Grant Dull \ Ken Miller)
Talk 5: Review of fiber infrastructure (NIST/DC QNET, Daniel Jones, Army Research Laboratory)
Talk 6: Review of fiber infrastructure (GPN, Mickey Slimp)
Talk 7: Review of fiber infrastructure (Internet2, TBC)
Break and Refreshments
Interstate Quantum Network Symposium (Continued)
Talk 8: SUNY Quantum Internet of Things (Chase Wallace Stony Brook)
Talk 9: Rochester Quantum Network (D. Vamivakas, Rochester, TBC)
Talk 10: Urbana Quantum Network (Virginia Lorenz)
Talk 11: Boulder Quantum Network (Krister Shalm NIST)
Lunch
Interstate Quantum Network Symposium (Continued)
Talk 12: UPENN Quantum Network (Robert Broberg, UPENN, TBC)
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, NIST)
Part 6: Quantum Networks TOWN HALL II
Break and Refreshments
Part 7: Quantum Networks Research in Industry
Talk 1: Quantum Simulators for Quantum Networks (Aliro)
Talk 2: Quantum Industry member (ASPEN-NET PhotonQ)
Talk 3: Quantum networks hardware (Qunnect)
Talk 4: Commercial entanglement sources (SBU/Toptica)
Talk 5: IONQ/ Quantinuum (TBC)
Talk 6: CISCO/IBM Quantum Networks (TBC)
Day 2 Closing Remarks