The Grand Solutions Committee for Quantum Technologies

The committee is composed of four impact experts with the competencies to assess the commercial and strategic potential for Denmark of Grand Solutions applications, and six internationally recognised researchers with the competencies to assess the quality of the applications’ research and innovation at an international level.

All members possess solid and extensive knowledge and recent experience within one or more specific professional areas related 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 professional areas reflect the political priorities under which Innovation Fund Denmark awards funding, which are decided annually in connection with the adoption of the annual Finance Act.

The committee as a whole has also been established with a focus on ensuring diversity in both societal and professional terms.

Committee members

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

Daniele Faccio (Vice-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 GretlundBusiness Developer, Kvantify and QVersion

Kristine Helen Falgren
Managing Director at 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