Smaller rooms, harder physics, better questions. The industry summits, standards workshops and research conferences where the quantum roadmap actually gets written.
Inside Quantum Technology's co-located New York conferences covering the convergence of quantum computing with artificial intelligence, alongside a dedicated post-quantum cryptography event for the cybersecurity community.
Europe's leading trade fair and conference for application-oriented quantum technologies, connecting science, start-ups and industry at Messe Stuttgart.
★ Billed as the world's leading exhibition and conference for application-oriented quantum technologies
Inside Quantum Technology's co-located New York conferences covering the convergence of quantum computing with artificial intelligence, alongside a dedicated post-quantum cryptography event for the cybersecurity community.
★ PQC+IQT runs 25–26 October alongside the three-day Q+AI 3.0 programme
D-Wave's Asia-Pacific user conference: a full-day programme on annealing and gate-model quantum computing in production, announced by the company on 16 September 2026.
★ D-Wave brings its Qubits user conference to Seoul
Innovate UK's one-day showcase and conference for the UK quantum sector, covering hardware, software, infrastructure, communications, sensing and imaging.
★ Expected to welcome more than 2,000 attendees and 100 exhibitors
A symposium held entirely on board the river cruiser MS Swiss Crown, setting out from Cologne, on exploiting quantum states of light for hyper-precise metrology. Registration closed on 31 May 2026.
IBM's third annual Quantum Developer Conference: three days in Chicago on how quantum advantage is being achieved, validated and scaled, with new Qiskit tooling on the agenda.
★ Attendance by application; applications closed on 21 September
The flagship US supercomputing conference at McCormick Place, the American counterpart to ISC High Performance, where quantum computing sessions sit alongside HPC and AI.
An ICTP school in Singapore for PhD students in theoretical quantum physics, with lectures on topics including quantum phase transitions in open systems. Applications are closed.
Cannes, France · Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes
A European summit dedicated to accelerating and industrialising quantum technologies, gathering scientists, industry, start-ups, investors and policymakers on the Côte d'Azur. Organised by VALUEXCHANGE.
★ Held at the Palais des Festivals, home of the Cannes Film Festival; registration closes 30 October 2026
Inside Quantum Technology's Korean edition in Incheon, covering quantum computing, communications and sensing with a strong focus on the Asian quantum ecosystem.
The flagship conference of the EU Quantum Flagship programme, presenting the latest European quantum research and innovation through talks, panels, posters and an exhibition.
★ Official event of the EU Quantum Flagship programme
Stellenbosch, South Africa · Jan Mouton Learning Centre, Stellenbosch University
The 10th International Conference on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning, covering quantum neural networks, variational algorithms and kernel methods. Hosted by NITheCS at Stellenbosch University.
★ 10th anniversary edition, co-located with the Workshop on Quantum Software (WQS 2026)
QC Ware's flagship end-of-year Q2B (Quantum to Business) conference, the series' largest annual event on practical quantum computing for business, moving to Chicago for 2026.
★ Co-hosted with the Chicago Quantum Exchange as Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit
SPIE's quantum technology forum within Photonics West, spanning quantum computing and simulation, communications, sensing and imaging, with a business summit and industry exhibition.
★ Co-located exhibition runs 2–4 February 2027 as part of SPIE Photonics West
Australia's national quantum industry conference, connecting researchers, industry and government under the 2027 theme of unlocking productivity through quantum technologies.
★ 2027 theme: Quantum for Impact, Unlocking Productivity; main conference 17–18 February with wrap-around activities on 19 February
Singapore · University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore
The 30th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing, the premier international meeting for theoretical quantum information science. Hosted by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.
★ 30th edition of the field's flagship theory conference
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The fourth edition of the Paris summit on quantum communications, photonics and quantum-safe networks, bringing together telecom operators, vendors, researchers and public institutions.
The American Physical Society's joint March and April Meeting, the world's largest physics conference, with extensive quantum information, quantum computing and condensed matter programmes.
★ Combines the APS March Meeting and April Meeting into a single Global Physics Summit
The eighth annual Quantum.Tech conference for enterprise adoption of quantum, AI and high-performance computing, with six programme tracks from qubit architecture to post-quantum cryptography.
★ Fully co-located with Compute.Tech 2027 for the first time
Inside Quantum Technology's Nordic edition returns to Copenhagen, covering quantum computing, communications and sensing across the Nordic and wider European ecosystem.