Updated: Monday, January 6, 2025
This is a curated collection of some of the upcoming conferences focused on quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum sensing, and post-quantum-cryptography. I will update this periodically to include new events. Visit the links for details and registration.
The dates listed are the first days of the conferences. A conference whose title is preceded with a star (☆) is taking place within two months. The events are sorted by date within each category.
Consider bookmarking the most recent listing of these events.
General Quantum Technologies
☆ Quantum.Tech Qatar | Doha, Qatar
https://www.alphaevents.com/events-quantumtechqatar
Date: Monday, January 13, 2025
Description: After remarkable success across Europe and the US, Quantum.Tech is now making its exclusive debut in Doha, Qatar. Join over 200 quantum experts as they delve into the current state of quantum technology, with a distinct focus on how Qatar and the Gulf region are preparing vital infrastructure, securing investment, and cultivating diverse industries for the upcoming quantum revolution.
☆ DeepFest 2025 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025
Commentary: Bob Sutor will be speaking on quantum computing.
Description: DeepFest is the premier meeting place for the global Artificial Intelligence ecosystem of thought-leaders, change-makers, big tech, data scientists, innovators, enterprises, academia, start-ups, and entrepreneurs leading innovation across businesses.
The event will be co-located with LEAP, the award-winning technology event that broke records in February 2022 as the world’s largest tech event to ever launch. DeepFest will unveil government AI initiatives and latest innovations across many sectors through incorporating a thought-leadership conference and a series of sector dedicated tracks, trainings, live-demos, innovation sessions, start-up pitches and an exhibition that features the world’s top tech companies from across the world.
☆ Quantum Days 2025 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Description: Quantum Days unites Canada’s quantum community with interactive sessions featuring talks, panels, industry sessions and poster presentations. Participants include students, researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, investors, and more. The program is designed to inform, connect, and advance breakthroughs in Canada’s quantum landscape. It covers academic research, industry applications, societal impact, public policy, and various other topics.
☆ Quantum Innovation Summit Dubai | Dubai, UAE
https://quantuminnovationsummit.com/
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Commentary: Bob Sutor will be speaking.
Description: As we convene for the Quantum Innovation Summit 2025, our focus sharpens on ‘Quantum Frontiers: Innovating for a Secure Future.’ This theme underscores the critical role of quantum technologies in addressing the complex challenges of our time, from enhancing global security to promoting health and environmental sustainability. The summit is an invitation to industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers to engage in meaningful dialogue, showcase the latest quantum advancements, and forge strategic partnerships. We aim to foster a collaborative environment where practical solutions emerge, driven by the transformative potential of quantum innovation.
NVIDIA GTC 2025 | San Jose, California, USA
Date: Monday, March 17, 2025
Commentary: While the content here will almost certainly be dominated bu AI, I expect that their work in in quantum computing with CUDA-Q and their partners will be highlighted.
Description: Join thousands of developers, innovators, and business leaders to experience how AI and accelerated computing are helping humanity solve our most complex challenges.
Quantum Australia Conference | Call for Speakers | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
https://quantumaus.eventsair.com/qac2025/call-for-speakers
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Description: The Quantum Australia Conference 2025 will bring together world-leading quantum researchers, businesses, government decision-makers, startups, and big tech to share the latest developments and ideas in this rapidly evolving field.
We strive to feature speakers from a variety of backgrounds, experience levels, and specialties. If you have a unique perspective and can engage our audience of quantum professionals, we want to hear from you.
Quantum.Tech USA 2025 | Washington, DC, USA
https://www.alphaevents.com/events-quantumtechus
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Commentary: Bob Sutor will be speaking.
Description: Quantum.Tech is the world’s first, and largest event bringing together industry, research institutions, government agencies, and investors whose primary goal is to drive forward the commercialisation of Quantum technologies.
Economist Impact: 4th annual Commercialising Quantum Global 2025 | London, UK
https://events.economist.com/commercialising-quantum/
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Description: At Commercialising Quantum Global, our case study-led agenda sets the stage for vital discussions on how organisations should prepare for and implement quantum technology. We provide an accessible and in-depth debate into the promise, peril, applications, limitations, hype, and reality of this transformative field.
What sets our event apart is our unique emphasis on real-world quantum applications and measurable returns on investment. We offer the most diverse range of fresh end-user case studies, making our sessions invaluable for enterprises at every stage of their quantum journey.
IQT Nordics | Inside Quantum Technology | Gothenburg, Sweden
https://iqtevent.com/nordics/register/
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Description: The theme is “Real-World Applications and Progress Enabled by Quantum Technology.” The conference features sessions on end-user applications and quantum strategies in industrial sectors, commercializing quantum applications and growing the quantum industry, innovations and technologies enabling progress in quantum computer platforms, developments and applications in quantum sensing, and much more. Distinguished speakers and exhibiting organizations from the Nordic region and around the world are participating. The programme comprises a visit to the Quantum labs at Chalmers University of Technology.
Quantum World Congress | Washington, DC, USA
https://www.quantumworldcongress.com/
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Description: Hall in Greater Washington. Join us as the world’s quantum ecosystem comes together to bring a quantum-ready future into focus. From groundbreaking keynotes to cutting-edge discussions and unparalleled networking, this is where the quantum revolution happens. Mark your calendars—you won’t want to miss it!
Quantum.Tech | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
https://www.alphaevents.com/events-quantumtechuk
Date: Monday, September 29, 2025
Description: Quantum.Tech continued it’s mission to connect and share the key challenges, top trends and key updates across quantum computing, communications, sensing and technology alongside the leading innovators, researchers and industry pioneers.
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
☆ Post-Quantum Cryptography Conference | Austin, Texas, USA
https://pkic.org/events/2025/pqc-conference-austin-us/
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Description: The PKI Consortium is excited to host its third hybrid Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Conference on Wednesday, January 15, and Thursday, January 16, 2025. The event will take place at the Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, US.
Quantum Networks Summit 2025 | Paris, France
https://www.uppersideconferences.com/quantum-networks/
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Description: The agenda will mainly cover Quantum safe networks software architectures, QKD innovations, Post Quantum Cryptography implementations and control planes aspects. Other sessions will address photonic layer security, use-cases and migration from legacy networks.
PQCrypto 2025 | Taipei, Taiwan
https://pqcrypto2025.iis.sinica.edu.tw/
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Description: The aim of PQCrypto is to serve as a forum for researchers to present results and exchange ideas on cryptography in an era with large-scale quantum computers. Original research papers on all technical aspects of cryptographic research related to post-quantum cryptography are solicited.
Quantum Computing
☆ PLanQC 2025 | Denver, Colorado, USA
https://popl25.sigplan.org/home/planqc-2025
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2025
Description: The Fifth International Workshop on Programming Languages for Quantum Computing (PLanQC 2025) aims to bring together researchers from the fields of programming languages and quantum information, exposing the programming languages community to the unique challenges of programming quantum computers. It will promote the development of tools to assist in the process of programming quantum computers, both those that exist today and those likely to exist in the near to far future.
Quantum Computing Scalability Conference 2025 | NQCC | Oxford, UK
https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/scalability-conference-2025/
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Description: Scaling quantum computers is central to the NQCC’s mission. Identifying bottlenecks and addressing the most pressing challenges are critical steps toward building efficient roadmaps and supporting the growth of the UK quantum computing ecosystem. The NQCC’s Quantum Computing Scalability Conference is dedicated to tackling the key scalability issues across quantum platforms, from engineering challenges to advances in quantum physics. This conference brings together experts from diverse quantum computing fields, fostering cross-disciplinary insights and enabling honest assessments of scalability.
Quantum Computing Theory in Practice | Berlin, Germany
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Description: Quantum hardware is living an exceptionally exciting phase and ongoing theoretical advancements are bringing practical applications of this hardware closer to realization. QCTiP aims to bring together academic community and industry representatives to foster discussions on how to unlock the full potential of quantum computers.
Research and Technical
☆ SPIE Quantum West | San Francisco, California, USA
https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonics-west/program/conferences/quantum-west
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Description: Quantum West showcases the exciting possibilities of “Quantum 2.0,” the future of applied quantum technologies to solve entirely new challenges and provide unique capabilities in large-scale systems. This conference is growing rapidly, and we anticipate ongoing expansion. Join your colleagues at this forum to address the interests of researchers, engineers, tech companies, investors, and governments—all contributors that can bring about a quantum-enabled future.
☆ AI + Quantum | Aspen, Colorado, USA
https://sites.google.com/view/quai-acp-2025/home
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025
Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Quantum Science are among the most active areas in cutting-edge science and technology, with both addressing the computational complexity frontier. Although these two domains have evolved separately in the past, there are growing efforts to leverage recent breakthroughs in each field and tackle outstanding challenges through AI-Quantum synergy. The breakthroughs in language model (LLM) are enroute to establishing LLMs as new computational languages and breaking down barriers between domains. QI science is entering a new era, approaching error-corrected logical qubits and logical quantum processors, enabling quantum algorithms of unprecedented complexity. This conference aims to bring together researchers from academia and industry, leading the movement of AI-Quantum interdisciplinary research to address bottleneck issues and propel progress.
International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC 2025) | Nara, Japan
https://www.ieee-qcnc.org/2025/
Date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Description: QCNC 2025 provides a forum for academic researchers and industry practitioners to present research progresses, exchange new ideas, and identify future directions in the field of Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing.
Conference on Quantum Computing for Natural Science | University of Copenhagen, Denmark
https://eventsignup.ku.dk/conferenceonquantumcomputingfornaturalscience/about-the-conference
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Description: The goal of the conference is to bring researchers together from across disciplines to discuss the role that quantum computers can play within the natural sciences, especially quantum simulation and quantum chemistry, as well as the associated challenges.
Quantum Matter International Conference | QUANTUMatter 2025 | Grenoble, France
https://www.quantumconf.eu/2025/
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Description: The 5th edition of the Quantum Matter International Conference – QUANTUMatter 2025 (Grenoble, France) – aims at gathering the various communities engaged in the science and technologies of quantum information and quantum matter, to foster the incubation of new ideas & collaborations at the forefront of quantum technologies, emerging quantum materials and novel generations of quantum communication protocols, quantum sensing and quantum simulation.
Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) | Delft, The Netherlands
https://www.sqa-conference.org/
Date: Monday, August 25, 2025
Description: Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) is a not-for-profit scientific conference with a focus on science, technology, and algorithms relevant for superconducting quantum computers. It is organized by QuTech, Orange Quantum Systems, and IQM Quantum Computers in cooperation with the scientific community. Our goal is to make this the leading event in its field.
IEEE Quantum Week 2025 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/2025/
Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025
Description: IEEE Quantum Week — the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) — is bridging the gap between the science of quantum computing and the development of an industry surrounding it. As such, this event brings a perspective to the quantum industry different from academic or business conferences. IEEE Quantum Week is a multidisciplinary quantum computing and engineering venue that gives attendees the unique opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities with quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers.
Vendor Events
D-Wave Qubits 2025 | Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Description: Qubits 2025, D-Wave‘s annual user conference, is one of the premier quantum computing events of the year, connecting quantum computing trailblazers and thought leaders from around the globe. Share insights, brainstorm new ideas, and forge lasting partnerships, all while enjoying the luxurious amenities that the Phoenician Resort has to offer.