QIA launches webinar series on real-world quantum internet use cases
The Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) is launching a public webinar series dedicated to exploring real-world applications of quantum networks that enhance privacy, security and efficiency across multiple domains.
The Quantum Internet is expected to transform how information is shared and protected. By using the unique properties of quantum physics, it enables new types of networks that can offer higher levels of security, accuracy and efficiency than today’s systems. The webinar series focuses on practical examples that show what these advances could mean in real-world settings.
It opens on 11 February2026 with an introductory session by Michele Amoretti, QIA Use Case Team Lead and Director of the Quantum Software Lab at the University of Parma.
Subsequent webinars will examine use cases ranging from quantum-enhanced network management and secure whistleblowing to Internet-based SuperGPS, secure clock synchronisation using multiparty entanglement, and privacy-preserving document deletion.
The webinar series builds on earlier QIA outreach efforts, including a series of short social media reels posted last year to introduce selected use cases, as well as internal information sessions for QIA members that helped shape and refine the topics now being presented to a wider audience.
“We are getting closer to building the quantum internet,” said Michele. “Even as research continues, we are already exploring real-world applications with our partners, collaborating across industry, government and other stakeholders to shape the most meaningful uses.”
QIA has a dedicated Use Case Team that plays a central role in this effort. Comprising protocol experts and community specialists from academia and industry, the team engages with potential users, develops and describes use cases, and analyses and benchmarks them alongside the necessary applications and protocols. To understand the technical requirements and their relation to hardware parameters, these use cases are simulated on QIA’s simulation platform, SquidASM, in close collaboration with the QIA Architecture Team.
“This series aims to make those use cases tangible and demonstrate how a general-purpose quantum internet will transform the future of communication and information systems,” Michele added.
Each online session will feature expert presentations from QIA partners, live discussion, and audience Q&A. Webinars will be recorded and made available via the QIA website.
About Quantum Internet Alliance
The European Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) is a consortium of ~44 world-leading institutions working together to build a global Quantum Internet made in Europe. By combining QIA’s diverse interdisciplinary team, we will establish an innovative European platform for Quantum Internet development and build a full-stack prototype network that has the potential to become the first of its kind in the world.
Led by QuTech, QIA consists of academic institutions, telecom operators, system integrators and quantum technology start-ups across nine European countries. It is currently co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant number 101102140.
For more information, visit www.quantuminternetalliance.org.
