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Quantum technology events
From computing to sensing and cryptography to commercialisation and collaboration, here are some upcoming quantum events to whet the appetite…
There are some fascinating events this year around quantum – from commercialisation to cryptography, sensing to condensed matter, there’s something for everyone either working in or interested in the field.
What’s particularly exciting to see is the practical approach of these events, and the natural collaborations between academia and business, working together on innovation.
QIP 2026: Quantum Information Processing – Riga, Latvia (24-30 January)
The annual heavyweight for quantum information science: fault tolerance, algorithms, complexity, cryptography, and the theory that quietly shapes what hardware and software teams can promise. Best suited to researchers, PhD-level engineers, and industry teams who want to keep their technical priors honest.
Swiss Quantum Days – Engelberg, Switzerland (28-30 January)
A compact, high-trust gathering that leans into applied quantum: computing, sensing, comms, and the industrial pathway from “interesting result” to “deployable system”. Strong fit for academics and technologists who want real conversations with Swiss industry and labs in the same room.
Quantum Networks Summit – Paris, France (25-26 March)
Focused on quantum networking as infrastructure rather than curiosity: QKD, post-quantum transition, standards, interoperability, and how operators plan the migration without breaking everything. Built for network architects, security leaders, researchers, and anyone working on crypto-agility in the real world.
PQCrypto 2026 – Saint-Malo, France (14-16 April)
The post-quantum cryptography conference where the work is unapologetically technical: new schemes, attacks, proofs, implementations, and the sharp edges that procurement slides skip. Ideal for cryptographers, security researchers, and engineers building or evaluating PQC libraries and migration plans.
QCTiP 2026 Oxford: Quantum Computing Theory in Practice – Oxford, UK (20-22 April)
A theory-to-practice forum that lives in the messy middle: noise, compilation, benchmarks, and what “advantage” can plausibly mean on near-term devices. Good for researchers and industry teams who want substance on performance, not slogans.
QUANTUMatter 2026: International Quantum Matter Conference & Expo – Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April)
Where the enabling physics gets treated as the main plot: quantum materials, devices, sensing, simulation, and the engineering constraints underneath the platform wars. Best for hardware-minded researchers, photonics/materials teams, and technologists tracking what will actually scale.
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