THE DANISH QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM JOINING FORCES IN A NEW COMMUNITY
THE DANISH QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM JOINING FORCES IN A NEW COMMUNITY

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DANISH STAKEHOLDERS JOINING FORCES IN A NEW QUANTUM COMMUNITY

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DANISH STAKEHOLDERS JOINING FORCES IN A NEW QUANTUM COMMUNITY

Leading Danish universities have joined forces with companies and trade organisations to increase knowledge about quantum technology and improve research and innovation opportunities to the benefit of the Danish society.

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Today, we are at the beginning of the second quantum revolution, in which scientists and businesses are actively controlling quantum effects rather than just using quantum theory's insights. This opens for new potentials and radical societal transformation. Now Danish companies, universities and trade organisations are joining forces in a new community called Danish Quantum Community (DQC) to unfold this potential for a wider audience.

The goal of DQC is to build a stronger Danish ecosystem, which can help to leverage the business potential in quantum technology by securing an optimal framework for innovation, research, education and external investments. It is the hope of DQC that a joint effort that show-cases the applications and potential of quantum technology will accelerate development, growth and export of Danish quantum solutions.
"In the Danish Quantum Community, we will unite all Danish quantum technology stakeholders with the goal to convert a Danish stronghold in basic quantum mechanical research into benefits for the Danish society."

Jan W. Thomsen, Professor 

Head of the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Building on a strong foundation 

The newly established community builds on a strong foundation with the legacy of Niels Bohr and today, the Danish research society is widely regarded as world-class. Several Danish researchers have received ERC grants for their research and Denmark is getting twice as much funding from EU research programs for quantum projects compared to the general funding level. 

Several of the large Danish public and private funds such as the Novo Nordic Foundation, the Danish Innovation Fund and the Velux Foundation are contributing significantly with funding to quantum technology. Many of the funded projects have a strong focus on translating research into tangible results to be leveraged by industry to e.g. develop new drugs or secure data and future communication. It is efforts like these that is now contributing to accelerating the development, growth and export of Danish quantum technology and spurring global interest.

Global Interest

The strong Danish quantum research community has already sparked global interest. Recently highlighted by the visit of US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken at the Quantum Materials Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute; a lab that also collaborates with Microsoft on the development of a quantum computer. On top of that, Denmark has world-leading research environments within quantum technology at the Technical University of Denmark and Aarhus University attracting attention from global companies.

"I anticipate that the Danish Quantum Community will strengthen Denmark even further as an attractive investments environment for foreign companies working with quantum technology."

Kristine Helen Falgren

Special advisor, Invest in Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Founding members of the Danish Quantum Community

The DQC consists of universities, business, organisations and most vital public and private funds that through the years have invested significant amounts in quantum to accelerate the development, growth and export of Danish quantum technology.

Some of the community members are:

  • Technical Universty of Denmark – DTU Physics and DTU Fotonik
  • Copenhagen University – The Niels Bohr Institute, Institute of Mathematics
  • Aarhus University – Institute for Physics and Astronomy
  • Dansk Erhverv 
  • Dansk Metal
  • Dansk Industri
  • It-branchen 
  • DFM
  • KPMG, Newtech, Copenhagen
  • IBM Danmark A/S
  • Frogne A/S
  • Microsoft Development Centre Copenhagen ApS
  • Molecular Quantum Solutions ApS
  • Danish Chamber of Commerce
  • Trifork A/S
  • Odevil ApS
  • The Danish ICT Industry Association
  • Sparrow Quantum

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