Last Updated on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 11:59 AM EST
Here we feature 79 of the upcoming conferences, events, and webinars focused on quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum sensing, post-quantum-cryptography, and related technologies. We update this periodically to include new events. Visit the links for details and registration.
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| Date | Conference Name and Location | Conference Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Sunday, November 15, 2026 – Friday, November 20, 2026 | McCormick Place, 2301 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, USA | General | “SC26, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, is the annual gathering of the HPC community, held this year at McCormick Place under the theme “HPC Unites.” The technical program includes keynotes, a plenary, invited talks, panels, tutorials, workshops, Birds of a Feather sessions, papers, posters, and a doctoral showcase, along with early career events, an exhibitor forum, a career fair, and a large exhibition of HPC vendors, research centers, and national labs.” |
Monday, November 16, 2026 | Company Financial Announcements | “Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), the neutral-atom quantum computing and quantum sensing company, holds a conference call to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of 2026, the quarter ended September 30, after releasing the results when the market closes that day. The call is webcast live from the News & Events section of Infleqtion’s investor relations site, and can be joined by telephone at 1-877-869-3847 in the U.S. or 1-201-689-8261 internationally. A replay will be available about three hours after the call through November 30, 2026.” | |
Monday, November 16, 2026 | Princeton Quantum Colloquium: James Thompson (University of Colorado Boulder) | Quantum Sensing and Timing | “James Thompson of the University of Colorado Boulder speaks in the Princeton Quantum Colloquium, the Princeton Quantum Initiative’s Monday lunchtime lecture series, with a talk titled Photon-Mediated Interactions for Quantum Sensing and Simulation. He will describe how photons trapped between highly reflective mirrors can create interactions and entanglement among laser-cooled atoms, and how this is used to simulate the dynamics of superconductors and to improve matter-wave interferometers and optical atomic clocks. The talk is in Bowen Hall, and a light lunch is served in the Bowen Atrium from 11:45 a.m.” |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | Emergent Futures: Quantum Computing & the Next Economic Order Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia | Quantum Computing | “The second evening in the Kelvin Club’s Emergent Futures series of small conversations on how new technologies shape culture, ethics, economics, and enterprise, featuring Professor Muhammad Usman, who has held leading roles in Australian quantum programs such as the National Quantum Computing Testbed, in conversation with host Chris Cormack. Topics include how quantum computing could change computation and the digital economy, and its effects on cryptography, finance, and scientific research, followed by an open discussion under the Chatham House Rule. Admission is free, with drinks and supper, but the page says registration has closed.” |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 – Friday, November 20, 2026 | General | “Microsoft Ignite is Microsoft’s flagship event for IT decision-makers, developers, security professionals, and cloud architects. The 2026 edition features keynotes, technical sessions, hands-on labs, and certifications across agentic business applications, the agent platform, cloud and AI platform, data and AI, Microsoft 365 Copilot, security, the Windows ecosystem, and what Microsoft calls Frontier Transformation.” | |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | Company Financial Announcements | “A live webcast of NVIDIA’s results for the third quarter of fiscal 2027, at 5:00 PM Eastern on November 17, 2026, covering the whole company rather than only its quantum- related work. The webcast is hosted on the Q4 events platform, and the investor relations page offers calendar downloads and email reminders. No dial-in numbers, speakers, or agenda are published.” | |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 – Thursday, November 19, 2026 | Quantum Computing Applications: Materials Science & Chemistry | “A three-day summit hosted by HQS Quantum Simulations on how quantum computing will change what nuclear magnetic resonance can do, including the practical obstacles to quantum advantage for NMR. It is aimed at both NMR specialists and quantum computing experts, with keynotes, extensive networking, and an evening poster session and dinner. Confirmed speakers include Jens Anders (University of Stuttgart), Coralie Leonard (Merck KGaA), Guy Lippens (CNRS), and Michael Marthaler (HQS); seats are limited.” | |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 – Wednesday, November 18, 2026 | Limelight Boulder Hotel and Conference Center, 1295 University Ave, Boulder, CO 80302, USA | General | “An annual industry-focused conference from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, on how quantum technologies move from the lab to the market. Topics include commercialization paths, market opportunities, scaling and deployment challenges, and supply chains, for hardware makers, photonics and laser developers, software firms, quantum communication companies, and research labs. The 2026 edition follows the inaugural event in Boulder in November 2025, supported by CU Boulder’s CUbit Quantum Initiative, the Colorado Photonics Industry Association, and Elevate Quantum.” |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 – Wednesday, November 18, 2026 | Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes, 1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France | General | “The World Quantum Cannes Festival brings the quantum community to the Palais des Festivals, with an organizing committee chaired by Nobel laureate Alain Aspect and Rainer Blatt. Its three tracks are strategic conferences on finance, pharma, and energy, an innovation showcase of demonstrators, and dealmaking through B2B matchmaking and an investor day, plus strands such as SEALSQ Quantum Days and a Startup Award. More than 200 speakers include Seth Lloyd (MIT), Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck), Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners), and Markus Pflitsch (Terra Quantum).” |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 – Friday, November 20, 2026 | 1st International Conference on Hybrid Quantum Computing (ICHC 2026) Nest Hotel, 19-5 Yeongjonghaeannam-ro, Jung-gu, Incheon 22382, South Korea | Quantum Computing Systems and Components: General | “A newly established international conference on hybrid quantum computing, hosted by the NextQuantum Hybrid Quantum Computing Center at Seoul National University, that aims to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue and help set the field’s research agenda. Topics span hybrid quantum systems, semiconductor, ion trap, and superconducting quantum computing, photonic quantum computing and communication, neutral atom quantum simulators, ultrafast quantum photonics, quantum information theory, and quantum machine learning. The conference chair is Hyunseok Jeong and the program committee chair is Dohun Kim, both of Seoul National University.” |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 | Keyfactor: From Awareness to Action: Five Steps to Quantum Resilience | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A BrightTALK webinar from Keyfactor, presented by CTO Ted Shorter and Customer Marketing Manager Maggie Splaine, on five stages of readiness for migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), from building awareness and aligning teams to maintaining long-term cryptographic resilience. It covers assessing readiness and gaps, building a phased transition plan based on where cryptography is used, business risk, and vendor and application dependencies, and acting on it through testing, automation, and cryptographic change management, with a preview of Keyfactor’s PQC readiness assessment. Watching it needs a free BrightTALK account.” |
Thursday, November 19, 2026 | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A Portuguese-language BrightTALK webinar from Akamai LATAM, presented by Senior Solutions Engineer Leandro Martins, on how quantum computing could change processing even more than GPUs have changed AI. It introduces the technology’s basic concepts, then focuses on the threat that quantum advances pose to today’s cryptography and how organizations can protect themselves through post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The 60-minute session is aimed at IT and security professionals, and watching it needs a free BrightTALK account.” | |
Thursday, November 19, 2026 | Aliro: Understanding Measurement-Device-Independent QKD (MDI-QKD) | Quantum Communications | “A 60-minute BrightTALK webinar from Aliro in which Quantum Research Scientist Wendson de Sa Barbosa explains measurement-device-independent QKD, where an untrusted central node performs a joint measurement, closing a class of detector side-channel attacks. He compares MDI-QKD with BBM92, covers practical implementation and how network architecture affects performance, and shows how simulation can benchmark both protocols before deployment. It is aimed at researchers and engineers designing quantum networks.” |
Friday, November 20, 2026 | EQUIP-G Webinar: Towards the FAIR Management of Quantum Gravimeter Data | Quantum Sensing and Timing | “An open online webinar from EQUIP-G, the European Quantum Infrastructure for Gravimetry project, on how data from quantum gravimeters is managed and shared. It introduces the project, reviews current gravity data practices and the FAIR principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable), presents a FAIR assessment from the project’s first year, and closes with ongoing work and the datacenter that hosts quantum gravimeter data. Registration is free and closes November 19, with the link sent to registered participants by email.” |
Monday, November 23, 2026 – Friday, November 27, 2026 | Byron Community Centre, 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia | Quantum Error Correction | “Byron Bay Quantum (BBQ) is an informal workshop where leading and early career researchers working on different hardware discuss progress and open problems, with a goal of advancing early career researchers. The 2026 edition centers on new qubits and unconventional codes, especially bosonic error-correcting codes, and is organized by researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, and Yale. Invited speakers include John Martinis (Qolab and UC Santa Barbara), Alexander Grimm (Paul Scherrer Institute), Andrew Doherty (University of Sydney), and Wes Campbell (UCLA), along with researchers from Nord Quantique, PsiQuantum, Alice & Bob, and Quantum Machines.” |
| Monday, November 23, 2026 | Quantum Sensing and Timing | “Xing Fan of Harvard University speaks in the Princeton Quantum Colloquium, the Princeton Quantum Initiative’s Monday lunchtime lecture series, with a talk titled Quantum Precision Measurement for Fundamental Physics. He will present a new experiment that uses thorium-229 fluoride molecular ions to search for CP violation beyond the Standard Model, and work on entangling electrons in a Penning trap, which could bring quantum gates and quantum-logic spectroscopy to electron- and ion-based platforms. The talk is in Bowen Hall, and a light lunch is served in the Bowen Atrium from 11:45 a.m.” | |
Monday, November 23, 2026 – Friday, November 27, 2026 | QT4HEP 2026 – International Conference on Quantum Technologies for High-Energy Physics CERN Main Auditorium (Building 500), Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Meyrin, Switzerland | Research | “The third edition of CERN’s interdisciplinary conference on quantum technologies and high- energy physics, following QT4HEP 2022 and 2025. It examines both how quantum technologies could affect fundamental and high-energy physics and how HEP methods, expertise, and infrastructure can help advance quantum technologies, bringing together researchers from HEP and quantum science across academia and industry. Registration closes November 8.” |
| Tuesday, November 24, 2026 | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A 30-minute French-language webinar on BrightTALK from Keyfactor, presented by Pierre Codis (VP Sales, Keyfactor) and Benjamin Gilet (cybersecurity engineer, Sopra Steria). It covers turning the move to post-quantum cryptography into a planned, prioritized program, starting from an inventory of cryptographic use and exposure, then setting up governance and tracking to steer deployment across the organization. Watching it needs a free BrightTALK account.” | |
Tuesday, November 24, 2026 | QBN Executive Series, Session 2: Navigating Global Trade, Export Controls & US Regulation | Government Policy, Legislation, and Regulation | “The final session of the Quantum Business Network’s two-part Executive Series on Quantum Business Resilience & Compliance, from its International Policy & Business working group. The one-hour session covers European dual-use export controls, including classifying quantum components and software and licensing cross-border research, and the reach of US rules such as ITAR, EAR, component content rules, and CFIUS investment screening. It is free and online for QBN members only, and member tickets were listed as sold out.” |
| Tuesday, November 24, 2026 | Quantum Computing as a Strategic Future Technology for Defence and Security Aula, Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria | Defense and Military | “An evening of talks and discussion on what quantum computing means for European security and defense, hosted by ParityQC, Pasqal, Thales, and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, with the first high-level presentation of CoPaNA, the first quantum computing project funded under the European Defence Fund. Speakers include Arnold Kammel of the ministry, Tyrol governor Anton Mattle, political scientist Ivan Krastev, Pasqal’s Adrien Signoles, Thales’s Frédéric Barbaresco, and Hermann Hauser, with a panel moderated by QBN’s Johannes Verst and a networking dinner. Registration is required by November 22.” |
Wednesday, November 25, 2026 – Friday, November 27, 2026 | Inside Quantum Technology Korea 2026 Songdo ConvensiA, 123 Central-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea | General | “The first Inside Quantum Technology event in Asia, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, Incheon Metropolitan City, and the Quantum Information Society of Korea, bringing together companies, startups, investors, researchers, and government. Three days of exhibitions, sessions, and networking include a technical tour, an IR and pitch competition, and a gala dinner. Announced speakers include Sang-Wook Han (KIST), Donghun Lee (Korea University), Kihwan Kim (Institute for Basic Science), Charles Lim (Centre for Quantum Technologies), and Alexandra Beckstein (QAI Ventures).” |
| Wednesday, November 25, 2026 | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A 45-minute BrightTALK webinar from Keyfactor, presented by Julien Probst, its SVP of customer solutions, on FINMA Guidance 05/2026, which directs supervised Swiss financial institutions to address quantum computing risks and to have a board-approved post-quantum roadmap by mid-2027. It covers what the guidance requires, how to build enterprise-wide cryptographic visibility, and how to find vulnerabilities and prioritize remediation, with a live demo of Keyfactor AgileSec. Watching it needs a free BrightTALK account.” | |
Monday, November 30, 2026 – Friday, December 4, 2026 | The Venetian Resort, 3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA | General | “AWS’s annual cloud conference in Las Vegas, with more than 2,200 sessions, most of them interactive, including launch announcements, builders’ sessions, 500-level deep dives, working sessions, demos, customer stories, and executive and industry meetups, plus an expo. Focus areas include generative and agentic AI, machine learning, serverless, security, migration, developer productivity, and architecture. A full conference pass is $2,499.” |
| Monday, November 30, 2026 – Friday, December 4, 2026 | ECQCM’26 – European Conference on Quantum and Complex Matter ISIS, University of Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67083 Strasbourg, France | Research | “A joint conference of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral networks QLUSTER and MLQ at the University of Strasbourg, funded by Horizon Europe, for researchers and students in quantum science, soft matter, and machine learning for quantum systems. The program has 12 invited and 20 contributed talks, with invited speakers including Seth Lloyd (MIT), Nicola Marzari (EPFL), Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Lehn, and Stefan Knecht (Algorithmiq). It particularly welcomes doctoral and early-career researchers, and registration closes November 10.” |
| Monday, November 30, 2026 – Thursday, December 3, 2026 | EQTC 2026 – European Quantum Technologies Conference The Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, N Wall Quay, North Wall, Dublin 1, D01 T1W6, Ireland | General | “The flagship community gathering of Europe’s Quantum Flagship, held in Dublin during Ireland’s 2026 EU Presidency and organized by ICHEC and Abbey Conferences. It covers quantum computing, simulation, communication, and sensing and metrology, set against the upcoming EU Quantum Act and the Flagship’s next phase. Researchers, industry, startups, policymakers, investors, and EU decision-makers take part, and the program includes a QVX Day.” |
| Monday, November 30, 2026 – Thursday, December 3, 2026 | General | “NVIDIA’s Washington edition of its GPU Technology Conference, for developers, researchers, industry partners, public sector professionals, and policymakers, opens with full-day workshops on November 30, followed by the conference and expo December 1 to 3 at the Ronald Reagan Building and other venues. CEO Jensen Huang gives the keynote on December 1, and topics include agentic AI, AI for science, AI infrastructure and security, CUDA, and physical AI and robotics, with hands-on labs and certification exams. Quantinuum lists it among events it is attending, and registration is paid.” | |
Monday, November 30, 2026 – Friday, December 4, 2026 | QLIME 2026 – 2nd Australian Workshop on Quantum Light, Information, Matter & Electronics Green Chemical Futures, Level 4 Auditorium, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia | Research | “The second Australian Workshop on Quantum Light, Information, Matter and Electronics, at Monash University’s Clayton campus, is chaired by Michael Fuhrer with Dmitry Efimkin as deputy chair. It pairs talks with ample informal discussion across the four fields and their interfaces, such as strongly coupled light-matter systems. The 20 invited speakers include Victor Galitski (University of Maryland), Nir Navon (Yale), Jelena Klinovaja (University of Basel), and Yuto Ashida (University of Tokyo), and registration and poster submission close November 23.” |
Tuesday, December 1, 2026 – Thursday, December 3, 2026 | Sergeants’ Mess, Chowder Bay Road, Mosman NSW 2088, Australia | Quantum Computing | “The third edition of a conference series on quantum technologies beyond standard qubit encodings, such as qudits, after editions in Trento and Waterloo. Experimentalists and theorists cover architectures, control, error correction, algorithms, and devices and materials, with ample time for discussion; Andrea Morello, Jacqui Romero, Ting Rei Tan, and Esra Ertan organize it. Speakers include Ivan Deutsch, Irfan Siddiqi, Nathan Wiebe, Martin Ringbauer, and Wes Campbell, and registration closed October 30.” |
Tuesday, December 1, 2026 – Thursday, December 3, 2026 | Post-Quantum Cryptography Conference De Meervaart, Meer en Vaart 300, 1068 LE Amsterdam, Netherlands | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “The PKI Consortium’s 5th Post-Quantum Cryptography Conference brings public- and private- sector leaders, standards bodies, and implementers together to share practical experience migrating to NIST’s finalized standards. A Strategic Track covers compliance, budgeting, and vendor assessment, while a Technical Track covers crypto-agility, hybrid key exchange, and certificate automation, with about 75 speakers over three days. The event is hybrid and free, with livestreams, live Q&A, and recordings for virtual attendees.” |
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 | Classiq Office Hours Webinar: Getting Fault-Tolerance Ready with Classiq | Quantum Error Correction | “A Classiq Quantum Office Hours webinar on quantum error correction from a developer’s point of view, using Classiq’s new Fault Tolerance Engine. Erik Garcell (Director of Quantum Solutions Architecture) and Jack Glennon (Quantum Applications Engineer) explain fault-tolerance concepts in practical terms, show how a circuit is routed onto a surface- code lattice in an interactive 3D viewer, and estimate physical qubit counts and logical error at different code distances. Registration is on Classiq’s site.” |
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 – Friday, December 4, 2026 | Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LX, UK | Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits | “Part of Glasgow Quantum & Nano Week at the University of Glasgow, SM2Q-2026, chaired by Kaveh Delfanazari, covers superconducting qubits and electronics, metamaterials, detectors, interconnects, and materials fabrication, with a committee including Pedram Roushan (Google Quantum AI) and Philip Kim (Harvard). Alongside it, the 1st Glasgow Quantum Summit offers keynotes, panels, and early-career talks on quantum computing, communications, sensing, commercialization, and national strategies. Registration is through Eventbrite, and a winter school for undergraduates precedes the conference on November 30 and December 1.” |
Sunday, December 6, 2026 – Friday, December 11, 2026 | Jan Mouton Learning Centre, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa | Quantum Computing Applications: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | “The 10th International Conference on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learning brings quantum computing and machine learning researchers to Stellenbosch for five days of talks and posters, organized with Stellenbosch University and NITheCS. Topics include quantum neural networks, variational and kernel methods, generative models, classical ML for quantum systems and error correction, optimization, and experimental QML. It is co-located with the Workshop on Quantum Software (WQS 2026), and the program committee is co-chaired by Amira Abbas (Google) and Adrián Pérez Salinas (ETH Zürich).” |
Monday, December 7, 2026 – Friday, December 11, 2026 | AIP Congress 2026 – 26th Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics Belinda Hutchinson Building, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia | Research | “The biennial Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, hosted by the University of Sydney, is the major national meeting for researchers, students, educators, and industry across all of physics. Co-located with ANZCOP and with COMMAD as a topical track, it offers keynotes, focus sessions, and workshops in quantum science, optics, condensed matter, astrophysics, and more, with plenary speakers including Andrew Dzurak, Jun Ye, Andrea Young, and Derek Muller. Registration closes November 20.” |
Monday, December 7, 2026 – Friday, December 11, 2026 | Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | General | “GITEX Quantum Expo brings together the global quantum ecosystem with governments, hyperscalers, research labs, investors, and enterprise adopters exploring quantum computing, secure communications, and next-generation sensing. Co-located with GITEX Global, the event covers quantum computing roadmaps, post-quantum cybersecurity, quantum networks, national quantum strategies, and quantum applications for industry. The Advanced Quantum Conference brings together quantum researchers, policymakers, hyperscalers, and investors to discuss commercialisation pathways and the race to build scalable quantum systems.” |
| Monday, December 7, 2026 | Princeton Quantum Colloquium: Marko Loncar (Harvard University) | Quantum Networking | “Marko Loncar of Harvard University speaks in the Princeton Quantum Colloquium, the Princeton Quantum Initiative’s Monday lunchtime lecture series, with a talk titled Efficient Photon and Phonon Interfaces for Spin Qubits in Diamond. He will describe engineering the optical and mechanical surroundings of silicon-vacancy centers in diamond to build efficient spin-photon and spin-phonon interfaces, and how cavity-enhanced nodes have been used for memory-enhanced quantum communication over metropolitan distances and to entangle quantum memory nodes. The talk is in Bowen Hall, and a light lunch is served in the Bowen Atrium from 11:45 a.m.” |
| Monday, December 7, 2026 – Thursday, December 10, 2026 | QNO2026 – International Conference on Quantum & Nonlinear Optics Connexion Conference & Event Centre, 7 Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Photonics | “The third International Conference on Quantum and Nonlinear Optics, held at the Connexion Conference and Event Centre near Universiti Malaya, focuses on quantum nonlinear optics and its promise for integrated quantum chips, quantum information processors, and quantum AI. Topics span quantum optics and information, entanglement, optomechanics, nanophotonics, metamaterials, ultracold gases, cavity QED, nonlinear materials, ultrafast laser science, and quantum photonic integration. Plenary speakers judge best poster awards, and students can apply for reduced fees, though waivers and travel support are not available.” |
Monday, December 7, 2026 | Quantum Developer Day 2026: Quantum in Production Microsoft Innovation Hub, Aon Center, 2nd Floor, 200 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601, USA | Quantum Computing Software | “A one-day developer event hosted by qBraid, with Microsoft as venue sponsor, on running quantum applications in production, featuring live hardware demos, a keynote, lightning talks, and a developer showcase. In-person tickets cost $300, with student seats held by a refundable $50 deposit and a free virtual option; capacity is 250 and registrations require approval. It takes place the day before Q2B x Chicago Quantum Summit, and in- person attendees get a Q2B discount code.” |
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 – Thursday, December 10, 2026 | Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit Chicago Marriott Marquis, 2121 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616, USA | General | “A Chicago edition of QC Ware’s Q2B conference, co-hosted with the Chicago Quantum Exchange and held with the Chicago Quantum Summit, spanning HPC, error correction, quantum AI, security, and sensing. Three days bring keynotes, hardware and software sessions, case studies, government and investment sessions, a poster session, and a Duality startup pitch competition for $150,000 in funding. Featured speakers include John Preskill, Scott Aaronson, John Martinis, and Pranav Gokhale, among more than 150 speakers and 800 attendees.” |
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 – Friday, December 11, 2026 | Quantum Innovation 2026 (QI2026) WINC AICHI, 4-4-38 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-0002, Japan | Research | “An international symposium hosted annually since 2021 by the Japanese government, national research institutes, and an industry alliance, this year at WINC AICHI in Nagoya. Researchers present advances and trends across quantum computing, sensing, cryptography, and communication. The symposium stresses collaboration among industry, academia, and government on basic research, technology demonstration, and industrialization.” |
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 | Encryption Consulting: PQC Isn’t the First Cryptographic Transition, and It Won’t Be the Last | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A one-hour webinar on the BrightTALK channel of Encryption Consulting, an applied cryptography company, presented by Adam Cason, VP of Global and Strategic Alliances at FutureX. It traces how cryptographic agility developed, draws lessons from earlier cryptographic transitions for organizations preparing to move to post-quantum cryptography, and looks past the PQC migration to security architectures that can keep adapting. It is aimed at security and IT teams planning their PQC migration, and watching it needs a free BrightTALK account.” |
| Thursday, December 10, 2026 | Encryption Consulting: The Rise of Machines: When AI Meets Quantum | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A one-hour webinar on the BrightTALK channel of Encryption Consulting, an applied cryptography company, in which Ram Sankaran, Director of IT Security at Prime Therapeutics, looks at how AI and quantum computing together could reshape cybersecurity. Topics include identity and authorization for autonomous AI agents, vulnerability management at machine speed, and planning the transition of cryptographic architectures ahead of the quantum threat. It is aimed at security and identity professionals planning for post-quantum readiness, and watching it needs a free BrightTALK account.” |
Thursday, December 10, 2026 | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA | Company Financial Announcements | “IBM’s investor briefing on its quantum computing business, held at IBM Research headquarters in Yorktown Heights, New York. IBM says the program will cover its approach across quantum hardware, software, ecosystem development, and manufacturing. The event page gives no schedule, speakers, or webcast details yet; check IBM’s investor events page for updates.” |
| Tuesday, December 15, 2026 | Qblox Quantum Builders: From Particle Accelerators to Qubits with Anna Grassellino | Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits | “A live episode of Qblox’s Quantum Builders webinar series in which Daniel Rodan Legrain of Qblox talks with Anna Grassellino, CTO and Associate Laboratory Director for Technology at Fermilab. They discuss building scalable superconducting quantum computers, the SQMS center’s plans for higher-coherence devices and larger processors, bottlenecks from materials and fabrication to cryogenics, and how national labs, academia, industry, and government work together toward scientifically useful quantum computing. Registration is on Qblox’s site.” |
Thursday, December 17, 2026 | Kaspersky: The Quantum Threat: Preparing for Next-Generation Cyber Risks | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A roughly 33-minute BrightTALK webinar from Kaspersky’s APAC channel in which Sergey Lozhkin, head of Kaspersky’s Global Research & Analysis Team for META and APAC, examines how a fault-tolerant quantum computer could undermine trusted security systems. He covers the current state of quantum computing, the main cybersecurity risks, and steps the security community can take now. It is aimed at security professionals and others interested in quantum-era cyber risk.” |
Thursday, January 7, 2027 | Quantum Means Business at CES 2027 Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA | General | “Quantum World Congress, operated by Connected DMV, presents this half-day track in partnership with CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center, now in its third year, on how quantum computing, sensing, optics, and AI are moving from labs to markets. Four 40-minute sessions cover quantum computing beyond the hype, precision sensing and networking, the Global Industry Challenge and post-quantum cryptography, and how export controls, investment rules, and sovereign funding shape capital and supply chains. Registration is through CES 2027, which runs January 6 to 9, and 2027 speakers have not been announced.” |
| Saturday, January 9, 2027 – Sunday, January 10, 2027 | Symposium on Quantum Science and Technology (SQST) at COMSNETS 2027 | Quantum Information Science | “The Symposium on Quantum Science and Technology (SQST) is a two-day meeting held alongside COMSNETS 2027, the international conference on communication systems and networks, in Bengaluru. It covers quantum sensing, communications, computing, and materials as well as foundational research, highlights the ecosystem around India’s National Quantum Mission, and looks at how academic work can move toward industry applications. Its co-chairs come from TCS Research, IBM Research, Fujitsu Research, and several IITs; registration is through COMSNETS, and speakers haven’t been announced yet.” |
Tuesday, January 26, 2027 | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A free half-day virtual briefing from the CyberRisk Collaborative, CyberRisk Alliance’s community for CISOs, on preparing enterprises for the point when quantum computers can break today’s widely used encryption. Sessions cover Q-Day timelines and harvest-now, decrypt-later risk, cryptographic discovery, post-quantum standards and migration, crypto- agility, and vendor readiness, with speakers including Georgianna Shea (FDD), Adam Firestone (SIX3RO), Sandip Dholakia (SAP), and former DOE CIO Ann Dunkin. It is aimed at CISOs and other security, identity, and infrastructure leaders, and registrants can watch the sessions on demand afterward.” | |
| Saturday, January 30, 2027 – Thursday, February 4, 2027 | Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Photonics | “The quantum program within SPIE Photonics West at the Moscone Center, for researchers, engineers, companies, investors, and governments, with tracks on quantum information, communications, computing, sensing and metrology, materials and devices, and quantum biology. The Quantum West Business Summit addresses commercialization, and quantum technologies also appear in the Photonics West Exhibition from 2 to 4 February 2027. The call for papers is open, with post-deadline abstracts still accepted.” |
Tuesday, February 2, 2027 – Wednesday, February 3, 2027 | Santa Fe Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St., Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA | Quantum Technology Ecosystems | “Billed as New Mexico’s quantum innovation summit, this two-day gathering showcases the state’s quantum ecosystem of national labs, universities, community colleges, state initiatives, and companies, with a steering committee chaired by Patrick Diehl of Los Alamos National Laboratory. It covers quantum computing, communication, sensing, materials, devices, and enabling technologies, and is meant for researchers, educators, students, government leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and industry. Organizers aim to make it a recurring annual forum, and registration closes January 18, 2027.” |
Monday, February 8, 2027 – Tuesday, February 9, 2027 | The Boca Raton, 501 East Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA | Vendor Events | “D-Wave’s annual user conference brings customers, researchers, developers, and industry leaders to The Boca Raton resort to hear how enterprises use D-Wave technology in production, the latest research results, and plans for its annealing and gate-model platforms. The first day is livestreamed. Speakers have not been announced, and registration is open on the conference site.” |
Tuesday, February 9, 2027 – Thursday, February 11, 2027 | Quantum Computing Software | “The Australian Quantum Software Network conference, held in central Sydney, brings researchers, developers, industry, and emerging talent together around quantum algorithms, sensing, and simulation through tutorials, invited presentations, and contributed talks. The 14 invited speakers include Andrew Doherty (University of Sydney), Barry Sanders (University of Calgary), Eleanor Rieffel (University of Queensland), Nana Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), and Jared Cole (DIRAQ, RMIT University). The conference is powered by FB Rice, and registration costs 250 Australian dollars.” | |
Wednesday, February 17, 2027 – Thursday, February 18, 2027 | Quantum Technology Ecosystems | “Quantum Australia’s national conference, funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, brings the global quantum ecosystem together to connect industry end users and senior leaders with researchers, quantum companies, investors, governments, and international partners. The focus is on where quantum technology can create economic value and what it will take to scale adoption. The main conference runs in Sydney on February 17 and 18, followed by a Quantum & Government day in Canberra on February 19, and a national event series from February 11 to 24 reaches Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, and Melbourne.” | |
Wednesday, February 17, 2027 – Friday, February 19, 2027 | Delta Hotel Sherbrooke by Marriott Conference Centre, 2685 King St W, Sherbrooke, QC J1L 1C1, Canada | Quantum Technology Ecosystems | “Billed as Canada’s flagship quantum science and technology conference, Quantum Days gathers researchers, companies, investors, policymakers, and students, organized in 2027 by Deep Tech Canada with the Institut quantique at the Université de Sherbrooke as host partner. The in-person program includes talks, a poster session, site visits, and an exhibitor floor. Speakers and the agenda have not been published, and registration is open with early bird pricing.” |
Saturday, February 20, 2027 – Friday, February 26, 2027 | QIP 2027 – 30th Conference on Quantum Information Processing University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119279 | Quantum Information Science | “The 30th yearly conference on quantum information processing, hosted by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore’s University Cultural Centre, with a program built from submitted talks and posters. Talk decisions come at the end of November, and poster submissions close in early December with rolling decisions; Horizon Quantum is the anchor sponsor. Early bird registration closes 20 December 2026, and registration closes 20 January 2027.” |
| Monday, February 22, 2027 | Quantum Computing Software | “A one-day workshop held with the SE 2027 software engineering conference on methods and tools for engineering quantum software. Topics include modeling abstractions, programming languages, compilers, testing and analysis, development processes, and noise-aware circuit design, with the aim of drafting a research roadmap that brings the software engineering and quantum computing communities together. It is chaired by Malte Lochau (University of Siegen), and papers are due December 1, 2026.” | |
| Monday, March 15, 2027 – Thursday, March 18, 2027 | General | “NVIDIA’s flagship GPU Technology Conference brings thousands of developers, researchers, and business leaders to San Jose, with 2027 themes including agentic AI, AI infrastructure, AI for science, CUDA, cybersecurity, industrial AI, and physical AI and robotics. The 2026 edition included quantum computing and HPC sessions. Registration has not opened yet, and NVIDIA is accepting poster submissions.” | |
| Monday, March 15, 2027 | QP 2027 – 4th International Workshop on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Quantum Programming | Quantum Computing Software | “A one-day workshop held within ‹Programming› 2027 at Kyoto University on quantum programming and how it relates to classical programming. Topics include quantum languages and APIs, formal models and verification, testing and debugging, development tools, compilers, education, and social aspects, with regular papers, position papers, and lightning talks. Its program chairs are Giuseppe Bisicchia (University of Pisa) and Yuta Ishimoto (The University of Osaka), and submissions are due December 14, 2026.” |
Monday, March 22, 2027 – Friday, March 26, 2027 | LIFT 2027 – Leaning Into Fault Tolerance Aula Dini, Palazzo del Castelletto, Scuola Normale Superiore, Via del Castelletto 11, Pisa, Italy | Quantum Error Correction | “A week-long conference at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, organized by Planckian, that brings together researchers from academia and industry working toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. Topics include error-correcting codes and decoders, magic state distillation, modular and molecular qubit architectures, error mitigation, fault-tolerant algorithms, resource estimation, and AI for quantum. Invited speakers include Seth Lloyd (MIT), Barbara Terhal (TU Delft), Earl Campbell (Google Quantum AI), and Jens Eisert (Freie Universität Berlin), and contributions are due December 11, 2026.” |
Wednesday, March 31, 2027 – Friday, April 2, 2027 | Quantum Computing Systems and Components: General | “The third Quantum Computing Scalability Conference from the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre gathers experts from academia, industry, and government, plus students, to discuss building large-scale quantum computers, covering architectures, qubit performance, control systems, error correction, resource estimation, and sustainability. Keynotes, talks, panels, a poster session, and a dinner make up the program; the Oxford venue has not been named. The early bird offer has closed, and standard registration costs £250, with the conference dinner £50 extra.” | |
Wednesday, April 7, 2027 – Thursday, April 8, 2027 | Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, 75017 Paris, France | Quantum Networking | “The fourth Quantum Networks Summit, co-located with the Upperside World Congress, brings industry, researchers, telecom operators, vendors, and public institutions together on quantum networking and quantum-safe infrastructure. The 2027 program focuses on quantum memories, repeaters, transducers, and entanglement distribution, from adapting classical protocols to building fully quantum networks. Nokia is the diamond sponsor and Global Quantum Intelligence a strategic partner, and early registration is open.” |
Sunday, April 11, 2027 – Friday, April 16, 2027 | APS Global Physics Summit 2027 Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA | Research | “The American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit, the joint March and April Meeting, is billed as the world’s largest gathering of physicists, drawing more than 14,000 attendees, 10,000 abstracts, and 220 exhibitors. The 2027 meeting gathers its quantum, information, and measurement science sessions in a Quantum Realm district at the Georgia World Congress Center. Nearby hotels host additional sessions, and an online option is offered.” |
| Sunday, April 25, 2027 | Q-SE 2027 – International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering The Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland | Quantum Computing Software | “A one-day workshop at ICSE 2027, the International Conference on Software Engineering, on methods and processes for developing, operating, and verifying quantum software. Topics include testing and verification, quantum DevOps, hybrid solutions, error correction, and teaching, and the workshop aims to build the community and draft a research roadmap. Paper submissions closed November 13, 2026, and authors are notified December 11.” |
Monday, April 26, 2027 – Wednesday, April 28, 2027 | Quantum Information Science | “An annual three-day workshop run by the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs on the future ambitions and challenges of quantum information technologies, from quantum theory to innovation in industry. It brings together leading UK and international academics and industrial partners for speaker presentations and a poster session, held both in person and online. Registration and poster abstract submission had not opened yet, and the program and venue had not been announced.” | |
Monday, May 10, 2027 – Tuesday, May 11, 2027 | Quantum Technology Ecosystems | “The Quantum San Diego Convening returns to UC San Diego, bringing industry, academia, government, and national laboratories together to advance collaboration across California’s quantum ecosystem and move quantum technologies from research to deployment. The 2026 edition, organized by the Qualcomm Institute, HPE Quantum, and Quantum Machines under the Quantum California initiative, convened about 200 invited participants for working sessions on technical bottlenecks and infrastructure. Details for 2027 are still to be announced.” | |
Wednesday, May 12, 2027 – Friday, May 14, 2027 | QuNeW 2027 – Quantum Networks Workshop Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan | Quantum Networking | “A three-day workshop at OIST for about 150 academic and industry experts in quantum networks, both experimentalists and theorists, organized by OIST’s David Elkouss and William Munro with a steering committee chaired by Ronald Hanson of TU Delft. Tracks include networking applications, networked quantum computing, quantum repeaters, integrated photonics, space-based networks, emerging platforms, network software and simulation, and societal impact, with invited and contributed talks and posters. Attendance is by application, due December 12, 2026, with registration opening February 1, 2027.” |
Tuesday, May 25, 2027 – Wednesday, May 26, 2027 | General | “Quantum.Tech World, Alpha Events’ conference on quantum, AI, and high-performance computing, returns to Boston fully co-located with Compute.Tech, reflecting a shift from whether to invest in quantum to how to integrate it. Six tracks cover quantum innovation, security, secure communications, and engineering, plus Compute.Tech’s leadership and workflow tracks, with more than 1,400 attendees and 175 speakers from over 40 countries expected. Announced speakers include Darío Gil (U.S. Department of Energy), John Preskill (Caltech), Lane Ballard (Boeing), and Stéphane Bancel (Moderna).” | |
Monday, June 7, 2027 – Thursday, June 10, 2027 | Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition 2027 Bella Center Copenhagen, Center Blvd. 5, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark | General | “Optica’s Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition comes to Copenhagen’s Bella Center, covering quantum computing, networking and communications, sensors and metrology, and quantum ecosystems, co-located in 2027 with the Optica Quantum Executive Forum. The chairs are P. Ben Dixon (MIT), Christopher Eichler (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Jessie Qin Dregely (Single Quantum), and Brian Smith (University of Oregon). The call for papers closes February 9, 2027.” |
| Thursday, June 10, 2027 – Friday, June 11, 2027 | QCS 2027 – ACM SIGARCH International Conference on Quantum Computing and Systems Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA | Quantum Computing Systems and Components: General | “A conference from ACM SIGARCH, in cooperation with SIGPLAN and SIGHPC, held during ACM’s Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC 2027) at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. It covers research where quantum computing meets computer systems, including architecture, programming models, compilation, runtime systems, resource management, networking, performance engineering, error correction, and hybrid quantum-classical infrastructure. FCRC uses a single registration for its co-located conferences, which include ISCA, PLDI, and SIGMETRICS.” |
Tuesday, June 22, 2027 – Wednesday, June 23, 2027 | Commercialising Quantum Global 2027 Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, 200 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7UT, UK | General | “The sixth Commercialising Quantum Global, Economist Impact’s annual conference on the business of quantum technology, for enterprise end users, investors, policymakers, and companies from startups to multinationals. The 2027 theme is moving from qubits to profits, with sessions on AI and quantum, error correction, applications, photonics, post- quantum cryptography, and hype versus reality. Organizers expect more than 1,100 attendees from over 60 countries; speakers have not been announced, and registration of interest is open.” |
Tuesday, June 22, 2027 – Friday, June 25, 2027 | General | “Messe München’s trade fair for quantum technologies, held alongside Laser World of Photonics and automatica, covers quantum computing, communication, sensors, and enabling technologies, plus forums and poster sessions. The 2025 edition drew more than 24,000 trade visitors from 41 countries and 160 exhibitors. Attendance is by ticket, open to trade visitors.” | |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2027 – Wednesday, July 21, 2027 | Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security | “A two-day online BrightTALK summit on how quantum computing affects enterprise security, aimed at leaders planning a post-quantum roadmap, including cryptographic bills of materials to locate vulnerable encryption. The first day, July 20, 2027, is the Quantum- Resistant Cryptography track, and the second, July 21, covers how quantum computing could speed up threat detection, anomaly detection, and cyberforensics. Sessions and speakers have not been published, and viewers are asked to register.” | |
| Monday, August 9, 2027 – Friday, August 13, 2027 | QCMC 2027 – International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing | Quantum Information Science | “The next International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, a biennial meeting founded in 1990 for scientists and engineers across quantum information science and technology. Its scope covers communication and cryptography, sensing and metrology, computing and simulation, networks, information theory, control, and foundations, and it presents the biennial International Quantum Award. The venue, host institution, and calls for submissions have not yet been announced.” |
Sunday, August 22, 2027 – Friday, August 27, 2027 | Quantum Computing | “Seeking Quantum Advantage returns to Merton College, Oxford, in 2027 after a year off, gathering about 150 quantum computing experts for invited talks and debates. Topics include new algorithms and applications, classical simulation, hardware advances, practical error correction, fault-tolerant architectures, and AI and quantum computing; Simon Benjamin and Bálint Koczor chair it, with Aram Harrow, Ryan Babbush, and Elham Kashefi on the program committee. A poster session with an industry-sponsored prize is planned, and registration will open closer to the event.” | |
Monday, August 23, 2027 – Friday, August 27, 2027 | Quantum Communications | “QCrypt is the annual international conference on quantum cryptography, presenting the past year’s leading research results through tutorials, invited talks, and contributed talks. The 2027 edition, the 17th, is in Vienna; the venue and host have not yet been announced. The 2026 conference in Ottawa had 4 tutorials, 8 invited talks, and 32 contributed talks, with more than 250 participants expected.” | |
Wednesday, August 25, 2027 – Friday, August 27, 2027 | Education, Training, Skills Development, and Workforce | “Hosted by the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme at the University of Copenhagen, this second edition of the Quantum Education Summit gathers experts in quantum technologies, science-education researchers, and active educators to share new knowledge and best practices for building a quantum-ready workforce. The goal is to make quantum science and technologies appealing to a broader and more diverse group of students in order to develop a diverse workforce with a broad skillset. Registration opens in Fall 2026.” | |
| Tuesday, September 7, 2027 – Friday, September 10, 2027 | Energy and Sustainability | “A conference of the Quantum Energy Initiative, an international community working on the energy efficiency and energy footprint of quantum technologies, held in Lisbon. The organizers have announced the dates and city; the program, venue, and registration details are still to come.” | |
Sunday, October 10, 2027 – Friday, October 15, 2027 | Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA | Quantum Computing | “IEEE Quantum Week, the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, is IEEE’s annual week-long meeting on quantum computing and engineering, with research papers, workshops, tutorials, panels, and an exhibition across the quantum stack. The 2027 edition is at the Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center, formerly the Raleigh Convention Center. The program, calls for contributions, and registration haven’t been published yet.” |
| Sunday, March 12, 2028 – Friday, March 17, 2028 | APS Global Physics Summit 2028 McCormick Place, 2301 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, USA | Research | “The 2028 Global Physics Summit, the joint APS March and April Meeting, is the American Physical Society’s annual gathering of physicists and students from academia, industry, and national labs, with sessions across physics, a large quantum program in recent years, and a big exhibition. It spans McCormick Place, the Marriott Marquis, and the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. Program details have not yet been published.” |
Monday, September 25, 2028 – Friday, September 29, 2028 | Photonics | “Quantum Photonics Spotlight 2028 (QPS2028) is the third edition of the international quantum photonics conference organized by the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) at Paderborn University, held every two years since 2024. It brings together experts from across the field and covers the whole development chain of photonic quantum technologies, from fundamental theory through modeling, system design, and technology to quantum information processing, quantum simulation, and applications. So far the organizers have published only a save-the-date notice; the venue, program, speakers, and registration details have not yet been announced.” |