Important milestone for one of Malta’s most active private R&D companies
The edQuanta 2026 Research Conference
edQuanta has presented three applied research projects at Villa Bighi, marking an important milestone for one of Malta’s most active private R&D companies.
The edQuanta 2026 Research Conference brought together stakeholders from research, technology, education and public innovation to showcase VeLoWave, Learning To Live Together, and SPQRi. The projects are being developed with the support of Xjenza Malta and the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, and reflect the company’s increasingly broad research portfolio.
VeLoWave focuses on resilient very-low-frequency communication and telemetry. Learning To Live Together explores real and perceived values among Middle School students, contributing to a better understanding of young people’s social and educational development. SPQRi addresses post-quantum encryption, a field expected to become increasingly important as quantum computing advances and existing cybersecurity models come under future pressure.
Speaking during the event, Kenneth Brincat, CEO of MDIA, highlighted edQuanta as an example of cutting-edge research being carried out by a Maltese private company, and of research being used as a driver for growth. He also noted that SPQRi in particular shows the importance of having advanced tools such as the MDIA High Performance Computing infrastructure available on home soil, allowing complex digital and cryptographic research to be supported locally.
Dr Melchior Cini, representing Xjenza Malta, described edQuanta as a success story and as an example of the valid and crucial work Xjenza Malta does to support industry growth and establish cutting-edge research in Malta.
For edQuanta Managing Director Elaine Cassar, the conference was an opportunity to show the company’s range and ambition. She said edQuanta was proud to be developing a varied research portfolio with potential for industrial partnerships and market-deployable outcomes, from smart agriculture to defence and dual-use technologies.
Led by Cassar, edQuanta has grown into the largest R&D private company in Malta, employing numerous doctorates and research specialists. The company also operates a full prototyping laboratory in Malta, allowing research concepts to move closer to demonstrable products and applied technologies.
Beyond the three projects presented, edQuanta is pursuing privately driven R&D, including car AI systems with partners in China and non-mechanical water propulsion research with partners in Poland. It has also been invited by the University of Florence to form part of a digital health project.
The event positioned edQuanta as a private research company to watch, with a growing footprint across cybersecurity, communications, education, AI and applied engineering.