Conference Objectives

The seventh annual ScyLight Conference will provide participants with the opportunity to network, with recent advances in the optical and quantum technology domain being the subject of short presentations and discussions. The event aims at facilitating the connection between participants, in order to establish new cooperation opportunities or to extend existing ones.  

The Conference will be organised around the following topics: 

  • Optical communication technology at system level 
  • Future and challenges of optical communication technologies 
  • Trends and challenges of intra-satellite photonics / optical payloads 
  • Space-based quantum communication technologies – of today and tomorrow 

The following sessions are currently being planned: 

  • Success Stories 
  • State of the Art: Primes and Operators          
  • Optical Communication Technologies 
  • Quantum Communication Technologies           
  • Photonics                                                          
  • Ground Stations Technologies 


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