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News from the QR.N Network
The partners of the QR.N consortium regularly participate in events such as workshops and conferences to exchange ideas with stakeholders from the Quantum Communication Community and stay up to date. News from the field of Quantum Communication and the project itself can be found on this page.

BMFTR publishes Key Points for Germany’s Cybersecurity Research
Key Points Paper as a Starting Point for a new Research Framework Program on IT Security – At the end of July 2025, the Federal Cabinet adopted the Hightech Agenda Deutschland.

From Quantum Communication to Quantum Networks
QR.N Consortium hosts second Workshop in Bad Honnef – With over 100 participants, the second workshop of the joint project “Quantenrepeater.Net (QR.N)” took place in mid-February 2026 at the Physikzentrum

Universität Stuttgart coordinates application-oriented Project
QR.N Partners contribute to new Research Project – As part of the German Federal Government’s IT security research framework program “Digital. Sicher. Souverän.”, the Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt

Official Launch of the Cluster of Excellence “Complexity, Topology and Dynamics in Quantum Matter (ctd.qmat)”
Cluster enters its second Funding Period under the Federal and State Excellence Strategy with an expanded Focus on Quantum Dynamics – At the end of May 2025, the extension of

Webinar Series provides Insights into Use Cases of the Quantum Internet
How real Quantum Networks improve Security, Privacy, and Efficiency – The so-called “Quantum Internet” promises novel communication and information systems by leveraging quantum-mechanical properties, offering a higher level of security,

Physics World reports on Teleportation Paper from Stuttgart
International Expert Magazine emphasizes Significance for global Quantum Communication – In mid-November, researchers from the QR.N consortium at the Stuttgart, Saarbrücken, and Dresden sites published a paper on an experiment