QZN TECHNOLOGY
QZN sponsors Quantum Africa Conference
The Centre for Quantum Technology of the University of KwaZulu-Natal has organised a very successful conference in 2006 on Theoretical and Experimental Foundations of Recent Quantum Technologies. The proceedings of this conference were published in a special issue of The European Physical Journal [Ph. Blanchard, E. Bruning, F. Petruccione (Eds.), Emerging Quan- tum Technologies: Selected Theoretical and Experimental Aspects, EPJ ST, Vol. 159, June 2008]. The local and international positive resonance to this conference motivated the organization of a new series of conferences: Quantum Africa. The new series of conferences is planned to take place consecutively in several African countries. The first conference in the series, Quantum Africa 2010, was hosted in Durban by the Centre for Quantum Technology with a conference on Recent Progress in Theoretical and Experimental Foundations of Quantum Technology. The motivation for the first conference in the series was to provide a knowledge base for research in quantum technology in Africa, with emphasis on quantum cryptography. Interested colleagues, in particular from Southern Africa, were encouraged to participate. On the basis of the list of invited international speakers, this conference was of great interest to colleagues from around the world. The proceedings of this conference are in preparation.
After the success of Quantum Africa I it was decided by the Programme Committee to organize Quantum Africa II in 2012 in Egypt. Because of the ongoing political changes in Egypt the local organizing committee of Quantum Africa II could not guarantee the hosting of the conference. For this reason and to keep the momentum of the new series it was decided to host Quantum Africa II again in South Africa.
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