Last January 30 and 31 the IMDEA Software Institute hosted the hibrid kick-off meeting of the European project “Confidential6G”.

The project will will base its research on three pillars: post-quantum cryptography, confidential computing and confidential communication. In short, confidential computing and privacy-preserving technologies for 6G.

The Confidential6G project has a consortium composed of 13 entities from Greece, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Serbia, Finland, Austria and Ireland. The Spanish participation is represented by the IMDEA Software Institute and the company Telefónica Research and Development.

The consortium will develop the project from January 2023 to December 2025, and will have a budget of 5,263,864 euros, of which 4,999,153 euros are financed by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe research program.