<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Dear all, </span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">I would be very grateful if you could please help us to disseminate among your contacts the School of Quantum Cryptography that will be held in Padova de week of Jan 29, and which will be possible to follow online for free. </span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">A possible text could be (please feel free to modify whatever you wish): </span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 12px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">We are glad to announce the School on Quantum Cryptography that will be held in Asiago-Padova, from January 29 till February 2, 2024, organized by the</span><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Marie Skłodowska-Curie project Quantum Safe Internet</span><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(223, 228, 251);">(</span><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">https://qsi.uvigo.es/</span><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(223, 228, 251);">)</span><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">. The lectures from Jan 29 till Jan 31 will be opened to anyone interested, and will be broadcasted in streaming for free.</span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 12px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">The School is a week-long programme on theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum cryptography that aims to provide high-level training to Master’s level and PhD students, as well as to postdoctoral researchers interested in quantum cryptography and communications. The School includes lectures by experts in this field from several institutions and universities.</span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 12px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Should you be interested in following them online, please sign up here: </span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;"><u style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><a href="https://qsi.uvigo.es/conferencias/school-on-quantum-cryptograghy-sqc-padova/" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; color: var(--link-color,#00f); text-decoration: underline;">https://qsi.uvigo.es/conferencias/school-on-quantum-cryptograghy-sqc-padova/</a></u></span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;"><br></p><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">These three open days will cover the following topics:</span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><ol style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.715em 25px; box-sizing: unset; list-style-type: decimal;"><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Discrete-variable QKD</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Continuous-variable QKD</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Entanglement based QKD</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Free-space QKD</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Finite-size effects</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Quantum networks</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Security of QKD</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><li style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font: 13px Helvetica; box-sizing: unset; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">Semidefinite programming for quantum communication</span></li><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div></ol><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><p style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; box-sizing: unset; font: 13px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset; font-kerning: none;">With best wishes,</span></p><div style="outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: unset;"><br></div><div class="rl-signature"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;"><colgroup><br></colgroup></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lorena G. 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