Aufbau gesellschaftlicher Kompetenzen für künftige Quantenkommunikationsnetze
Building social competencies for future quantum communication networks
Motivation
Society is currently facing numerous challenges when it comes to digital sovereignty and the reliability of digital systems. One of these is the urgent need to secure new communication structures. So-called quantum resources hold great potential for innovative and sustainable solutions. They are based on quantum physical principles such as entanglement or the no-cloning theorem. Integrating quantum resources into new communication networks and systems in a targeted and application-oriented manner offers not only economic but also social potential. For example, the secure networking of future quantum computer systems will make it possible to develop new drugs for previously untreatable or poorly treatable diseases or to solve previously unsolved problems in logistics. However, in order to exploit these opportunities, it is crucial to provide different target groups with a comprehensive understanding of the high technology to be developed. Only if this succeeds can different social groups be effectively involved in the application-oriented research and development of these technologies.
Goals and Methodology
The aim of the project is to provide various social groups with a comprehensive understanding of quantum resources for future secure communication using innovative dialogical and participatory outreach formats. To this end, the project team will develop various event formats and workshops and initiate and support cooperation between different social groups in so-called tandem formats. The aim is not only to convey technological knowledge about quantum resources for the secure communication networks of the future in a way that is appropriate for the target group. The new outreach formats are also intended to initiate innovations. This is to be achieved through close cooperation between the various social groups. In various participatory formats, for example, school students work together with specialists from the business world on specific topics in one-year tandem programs, with close support from scientific experts. Three technology demonstrators with open access for teaching and training are also to be created as part of these open innovation formats.
Innovations and Perspectives
The scalable outreach and open innovation formats developed in the project involve various social groups in the development of high-tech demonstrators. The targeted involvement using participatory formats accelerates the transfer of knowledge and technology to society in the long term. This makes an important contribution to the visibility and acceptance of quantum communication technologies and their potential among the population. The web accesses developed for the new outreach formats will remain accessible after the end of the project and can thus achieve an even greater leverage effect. In addition, this will sustainably strengthen the recruitment of specialists in this area of technology that is so important for democratic societies for future data and information security.
