The National Quantum Office (NQO)’s Executive Director Keok Tong Ling participated in a UK-Singapore quantum closed-door roundtable hosted by the British High Commission and British Chamber of Commerce Singapore (BritCham), involving quantum stakeholders from both Singapore and UK including Professor Julia Sutcliffe, Chief Scientific Advisor at the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.
Moderated by Daisy R., Chair of BritCham Tech, the discussion explored opportunities to deepen collaboration across the quantum ecosystem, spanning research, commercialisation and talent development. It was clear that the development of industry use cases for Quantum remained a priority.
Industry End Use Case Development
Across UK and Singapore, research communities should continue to work closely with Industry to co-develop quantum computing solutions and applications in finance, quantum chemistry, logistics and maritime operations with clear paths to industry adoption.
Transition to Quantum Safe Technologies
Companies should begin preparations to implement quantum safe technologies as more countries begin to rollout transition plans for Quantum-Safe Networks.
These discussions build on existing UK-Singapore collaborations already underway. Recent examples include SpeQtral and RAL Space’s successful launch of the SpeQtre satellite, a milestone for space-based quantum communications, and UK quantum computing company Universal Quantum‘s decision to establish its first R&D competency centre outside Europe in Singapore, reflecting growing momentum for collaboration across research, talent and industry.
Through our National-level Quantum Programmes (NQPs) such as the National Quantum Computing Hub (NQCH) and National Quantum Safe Network (NQSN), NQO continues to play a key role in bridging industry with the Singapore Quantum Research Ecosystem to co-develop quantum technology solutions to address these industry end use cases. NQO looks forward to building deeper linkages between the UK and Singapore quantum ecosystems to advance innovation, develop talent, and accelerate the adoption of quantum technologies.
