Only those who take their first steps in the field of quantum technology today will be able to run with the international competition tomorrow. Our interview guests Prof. Dr. Andreas Tünnermann - a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering as well as director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF and director of the Institute for Applied Physics at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena - and Dr. Andreas Böhm - head of Quantum Technology at Bayern Innovativ .