Quantum Computing at ESA
Preliminary Programme
Opening Session
09:15 – 09:30
Welcome Address
Nicoletta Wagner & Christophe Honvault
09:30 – 10:15
Keynote Lecture
Quantum Computing for Earth Observation: The ESA Φ-lab’s Initiatives
Gabriele Meoni
10:15 – 10:45
☕ Coffee Break
Session 1 — Fundamentals
10:45 – 11:15
Encoding Astrodynamics Problems on Quantum Hardware
Waldemar Martens
11:15 – 11:45
Noisy Quantum Circuit Simulation via Automated Reasoning
Dolf Huybrechts
11:45 – 12:15
Quantum Circuit Synthesis Beyond Reinforcement Learning
Thore Gerlach
12:15 – 14:00
🍽 Lunch Break
Session 2 — Distributed Quantum Computing
14:00 – 14:30
Quantum Metrology for Distributed Quantum Computing
Richard Murchie
14:30 – 15:00
Satellite-Distributed Entanglement for Future Quantum Datacenter Interconnects
Thomas Scarinz & Victor Virag
15:00 – 15:30
☕ Coffee Break
Session 3 — To the Stars and Beyond
15:30 – 16:00
(Withdrawn)
Assessing the Potential of Quantum Computing for ESA Mission Domains
Waldemar Martens & Evridiki Ntagiou
16:00 – 16:30
A Generalized Quantum Causal Model Beyond Matrix Representations
Théo Verhelst
16:30 – 16:45
Event Closure
