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Meet The Chinese Scientist Making Global Communication Unhackable | Falling Walls Science Summit, 6–9 Nov 2025, Berlin
Jian-Wei Pan: His technology uses light to make long distance information transmission unhackeable.
It started with a vision: what if secure communication could truly be made immune to hackers? Jian-Wei Pan, one of the world’s leading quantum physicists, has come closer to this goal than anyone else.
His team has developed the first quantum microsatellite for real-time quantum key distribution (QKD) using mobile ground stations. By transmitting information with photons that immediately change when intercepted, Pan’s breakthrough points to a future of ultra-secure, global communication networks.
On 9 November in Berlin, he will be honoured as a Science Breakthrough of the Year and present his work to an international audience at the Falling Walls Science Summit — one of the leading global gatherings on science and society.
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