Applies to: All QPF and Quantum Policy Radar operations · Review cadence: Annual
Principle
The Quantum Policy Forum’s credibility depends on its analytical independence. Readers, subscribers, event participants, and the broader policy community must be confident that QPF’s analysis reflects genuine assessment, not the preferences of any funder, sponsor, partner, or affiliated entity.
This policy establishes the firewall between QPF’s funding relationships and its editorial operations.
The firewall
No sponsor, partner, funder, or affiliated entity has any right to influence, approve, review, delay, or restrict QPF analysis or Quantum Policy Radar content prior to publication. This applies without exception to: the content and framing of analytical pieces, the selection of topics for coverage, the assessment of any government’s policy or any company’s positioning, and the editorial decisions of QPF’s editorial team.
QPF’s sponsors fund the organisation’s convening and public-interest mission. They do not fund, direct, or influence the analytical product. This separation is recorded in every sponsorship agreement QPF enters into, and every sponsor acknowledges it as a condition of partnership.
Applied Quantum relationship
QPF’s founder, Marin Ivezic, also serves as founder and principal of Applied Quantum, a quantum technology professional services and systems integration firm. This relationship is disclosed here and in QPF’s Funding Transparency Statement.
Applied Quantum provides expertise and initial content to QPF under a documented services agreement. In return, Applied Quantum receives access to the Quantum Policy Radar for its personnel and clients. The agreement specifies that QPF and the Quantum Policy Radar retain sole and absolute editorial control over all published content. Applied Quantum has waived any right to influence Quantum Policy Radar analysis, including analysis that may comment on Applied Quantum’s market, competitors, or the broader professional services sector in quantum technology.
QPF publishes analysis on the quantum consulting and systems integration market as part of its coverage mandate. This analysis is held to the same standards of impartiality and evidence as all other QPF work, regardless of the founder’s commercial interests.
QPF and Quantum Policy Radar distinction
QPF is a non-profit organisation that may take policy positions on matters within its mission. The Quantum Policy Radar, QPF’s paid intelligence service, does not advocate. It provides analysis and interpretation. Subscribers should expect the Quantum Policy Radar to call a policy confused when evidence supports that assessment, to identify an export control as poorly targeted when the analysis warrants it, and to note when a national strategy is underfunded relative to its stated ambitions.
This willingness to deliver honest assessment, including when it is uncomfortable for sponsors or partners, is what makes the subscription worth paying for. QPF protects it accordingly.
Breach reporting
Any QPF staff member, advisor, or contributor who believes the editorial firewall has been compromised, or who receives pressure from any external party to alter editorial content, should report the matter to QPF’s Director. If the concern involves the Director, it should be reported to the chair of the Advisory Board.
QPF has not received any request from a sponsor, partner, or affiliated entity to alter, delay, or suppress editorial content. If such a request were received, the fact of the request (though not necessarily the sponsor’s identity) would be disclosed publicly.
Contact
Questions about QPF’s editorial independence may be directed to [email protected].