Industry Session (Chairs: Marco Lucamarini)

Dr. Yong Zhao is the Vice Chair of QuantumCTek Co., Ltd., the Chair of Quantum Information Association of China (QIAC). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. His research interest is Quantum Information Processing with semiconductor system, with the working experience in ETH Zurich and Cavendish Lab in the University of Cambridge. Dr. Zhao joined QuantumCTek as one of its co-founders in 2009 and operated the corporation to become the leader of China’s quantum information industry and the first quantum technology company listed in China’s A-share market. He actively promotes the international standardization of quantum communication technology, and is leading QuantumCTeK contributes actively to standardization organizations such as ISO, ITU-T and CCSA. QuantumCTek has provided commercial QKD systems for most of the quantum-safe projects in China, including satellite-ground wide-area QKD networks and dozens of metro QKD networks with fruitful applications in many fields.