From 20 to 24 October, the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia hosted the tenth edition of the Quantum Information in Spain conference (ICE-10), the annual meeting of the Spanish Quantum Information Network (RITCE), which brings together national and international researchers in the fields of quantum computing, communications, metrology and thermodynamics, among other related areas.
The ICE conference derives its name, “Quantum Information in Spain”, from the meeting at which the Spanish Network of Quantum Information and Technologies was founded. Today, it is a benchmark event for the international community, aiming to strengthen the national quantum ecosystem and promote the participation of young researchers across all areas of quantum science and technologies.
The opening ceremony was chaired by Mr Joaquín Aldas, Vice-Rector for Planning, Quality and Technologies of the University of Valencia (UV), and featured contributions from the organisers: Mr Armando Pérez (UV and IFIC), Mr Manuel Gessner (UV and IFIC), Mr José Manuel Claver (UV) and Mr Jorge Mocholí, Deputy Director-General for Science and Research of the Generalitat Valenciana. All of them highlighted the relevance of quantum technologies and their transformative potential for society and science.
The ICE-10 meeting brought together more than 150 researchers in the field, who throughout the week presented their advances in 56 scientific talks and two poster sessions.
This edition was organised by professors and researchers from the University of Valencia and the Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC, a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Valencia), and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), with the support of several public projects and institutions that foster the development of quantum research in Spain: the Spanish Network of Quantum Information and Quantum Technologies and the CSIC Quantum Technologies Platform.