Europe Looks to Quantum Act to Turn Research Strength Into Industry

Insider Brief

• European quantum leaders called for coordinated action to turn the region’s scientific expertise into industrial capacity, competitive companies and strategic strength.
• The proposed EU Quantum Act is expected to promote cooperation, market consolidation, supply-chain resilience and links with sectors such as semiconductors, photonics and cloud computing.
• Speakers identified fragmented investment, limited coordination and competition for skilled workers as major obstacles to building a unified European quantum market.

PRESS RELEASE — Europe’s quantum community gathered yesterday at the European Parliament for “Europe’s Quantum Moment: From Lab to Leadership”, an event hosted by MEP Dr. Sergey Lagodinskythat brought together representatives from the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament, as well as quantum researchers, business leaders and investors.

The goal of this high-level discussion was to explore how the EU could transform its indisputable scientific expertise into lasting industrial and strategic strength. But the discussion, organized into two panels, quickly developed into a thrilling debate on the geopolitical and economic challenges Europe faces to consolidate its market, maintain its technological sovereignty and become a global leader in quantum technologies.