Grand Solutions Committee for Quantum Technology

The innovation fund's board has set up five Grand Solutions committees, each with its own thematic focus, including the Grand Solutions committee for quantum technology, which consists of 10 members including a chairperson.

The committee is composed of four impact experts who have the skills to assess the commercial and strategic potential of Grand Solutions' applications for Denmark and six international established researchers who have the skills to assess the quality of the applications' research and innovation at an international level.

All members possess solid and extensive knowledge and recent experience in one or more specific professional areas that relate to the committee's theme, including the following domains:

  • Quantum computers
  • Quantum communication
  • Quantum sensors/metrology
  • New or interdisciplinary applications of quantum phenomena
  • New business models and concepts based on quantum technology.

The list is not exhaustive.

The subject areas reflect the political priorities under which Innovation Fund Denmark distributes funds, and which are decided annually in connection with the adoption of the annual Finance Act.

The overall committee has also been set up with a focus on ensuring diversity in both societal and professional terms.

Committee members:

Natasha Friis Saxberg (chairperson)
CEO, The Danish ICT Industry Association

Daniele Faccio (deputy chair)
Professor, Director of Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, GB-SCT

Anne Galdbo Platz
Independent Consultant and Advisor in Quantum Technology and Innovation 

Fedor Jelezko
Professor, director of the Institute for Quantum optics, Universität Ulm, DE

Gabriel Bester
Professor, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Universität Hamburg, DE

Jeroen Danon
Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO

Jesper Gretlund 
Business Developer, Kvantify and QVersion

Kristine Helen Falgren
Managing Director of Danish Quantum Community

Maria Luisa Chiofalo
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Pisa, IT

Stephan Reitzenstein
Professor, Director, Center of Nanophotonics, TU Berlin, DE

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The detailed criteria for appointing the committee's members, chairman and deputy chairman appear in the committee's terms of reference.

 

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