Andrew White from the quantum technology laboratory at the University of Queensland, Australia, maintains a web page listing conferences related to quantum technology around the world. You can find his most recent listing for 2025 here.
In addition to the conferences shown on the lists mentioned above, here are some additional conferences and events:
The Quantum West Business Summit organized by SPIE will be held in January 25-30, 2025 in San Francisco, California as part of SPIE’s Photonics West exhibition. 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 addresses the interests of researchers, engineers, tech companies, investors, and governments—all contributors that can bring about a quantum-enabled future.
The TII Quantum Technology Symposium will be held on January 27-29, 2025 at the Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The symposium will focus on the latest advancements and applications in quantum technology, including quantum computing, communications, and sensing. It will bring together top researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to explore the future impact of quantum technologies, share insights, and foster collaborations. Key features will include Nobel Prize winner keynote speeches, panel discussions, and workshops led by leading experts.
The Cisco Quantum Summit (CQS) will be held on January 30, 2025 with both in-person and virtual attendance. It is an annual meeting organized by Cisco Quantum Lab, bringing together experts in the industry, academia, and government to discuss progress towards building the quantum internet. The conference will share the latest efforts in quantum network technologies, close the gap between research and product, and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
The Opening Ceremony for the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) will take place on February 4-5, 2025 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The event will recognize 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics and help raise public awareness of the importance and impact of quantum science and applications on all aspects of life.
Quantum Days 2025, Canada’s flagship quantum science and technology conference organized by Deep Tech Canada, will be held on February 19-21, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. This will be the fifth year for the conference and it brings together global leaders in quantum computing, quantum information, quantum communications, quantum materials and related fields for a series of insightful discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities. Quantum Days 2025 is expected to attract hundreds of attendees from around the globe, including leading researchers, industry pioneers, policymakers, and students. The conference will feature keynote presentations, panel discussions, and technical sessions covering a wide range of topics in quantum science and technology.
The 28th annual Quantum Information Processing Conference (QIP2025) will be held on February 24-28, 2025 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. QIP is the largest annual conference in the field, with around 1000 attendees and 500 submissions (as of 2023). Its goal is to represent the preceding year’s best research in the area, in the form of both invited and contributed talks. This event promises to be an exciting convergence of quantum scientists, businesses, and enthusiasts.
The Quantum Innovation Summit will be held on February 25-27, 2025 at the H Hotel in Dubai, UAE. The conference will focus 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. It aims to foster a collaborative environment where practical solutions emerge, driven by the transformative potential of quantum innovation.
The APS Global Physics Summit, formerly called the APS March Meeting and April Meeting, will be held on March 16-21, 2025 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. This meeting will have more than 14,000 physicists from around the globe will meet to present their research and collaborate. There will be a great many technical papers related to quantum technology that will be presented at this conference.
NVIDIA will host its first Quantum Day on March 20, 2025 at its GTC conference in San Jose, California. This event can be attended either in-person or virtually. It will bring together leading experts for a comprehensive and balanced perspective on what businesses should expect from quantum computing in the coming decades — mapping the path toward useful quantum applications. It will also include a discussion of the state of the art in quantum computing with NVIDIA founder NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sharing the stage with executives from quantum industry leaders.
The Quantum Australia Conference 2025 will be held in Brisbane, Australia at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 25-26, 2025. There will also be an Ecosystem Day on March 27, 2025 hosted at three Universities in the area. The central theme for the conference is The translation of quantum: How current and future industries can leverage the power of quantum. The conference offers industry, academics, government and students the opportunity to engage and understand the translational side of Quantum. It will cover world leading research along side emerging industry applications and case studies and the essential roles of both private and public sectors in advancing quantum technology. Through inspiring keynotes, focused panel discussions, and networking opportunities, delegates will explore quantum’s evolving role in fields ranging from business and research to societal impacts and policy.
D-Wave will hold its annual Qubits 2025 meeting on March 31-April 1, 2025 at the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. Qubits 2025 will be a forum for connecting with fellow quantum computing trailblazers and thought leaders from around the globe and enable them to share insights, brainstorm new ideas, and forge lasting partnerships. The conference will include product roadmaps, demos, and updates on research progress in quantum-fueled AI technologies.
The Quantum Computing Scalability Conference 2025 organized by the UK National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) will be held on April 2-4, 2025 at Keble College in Oxford, England. 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. As the premier research-focused event hosted by the NQCC, the conference features in-depth technical talks, panel discussions, and, for the first time this year, a poster session.
A Careers in Quantum Conference will be held on April 4, 2025 at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel in Bristol, UK. It is being organised by the Quantum Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training in partnership with NQCC and IOP Publishing. The event brings together professionals from industry and academia to engage with students and early-stage researchers on the variety and types of careers available in the quantum industry. The event aims to introduce undergraduate students, career-minded PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to the opportunities within the rapidly growing quantum technology sector. It also includes a careers fair with a breakout room for more in-depth talks and panels.
A Conference on Quantum Computing for Natural Science, which will take place at Festauditoriet at the Frederiksberg Campus of the University of Copenhagen from April 9-11, 2025. The conference aims to bring together researchers from within chemistry, quantum information, physics, and computer science to discuss the application of quantum computing to problems within natural science, both in the near term and with a longer perspective. The three main themes of the conference will be Algorithms for Natural Science, Techniques for Running on Hardware, and Building Quantum Hardware, with one day dedicated to each topic.
Quantum.Tech USA event organized by Alpha Events will take place on April 14-16, 2025 in Washington, DC at the Conrad Hotel. This conference brings together visionaries from across North America and beyond to explore the latest trends in quantum, the key issues and exploring real life end user case studies. Each year, it welcomes the leading names from across government, academia, universities, finance, telco, pharma and more to explore how they are implementing quantum computing into their business strategy. Register using code QCR20 for a discount.
Q2B Tokyo will be held on May 15-16, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo, Japan. More details about this conference will be posted then they are available.
IQT Nordics 2025 will be held on May 20-22, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theme of the conference 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.
The Quantum Matter International Conference (QUANTUMatter 2025) will be held on May 20-23, 2025 at the Congress Center WTC Grenoble in Grenoble, France. The fifth edition of this conference 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.
QUANTUM NOW is the quintessential quantum tech forum in Canada. It is an exclusive gathering hosted by Quantum Industry Canada (QIC) in partnership with Distriq Quantum Innovation Zone and Québec Quantique in Montréal, Québec on June 18-19, 2025. As quantum technologies leap from theoretical potential to practical application, the event brings together visionary executives from across industries, senior policy-makers, and investors on an exclusive platform to explore, connect, and strategize alongside leading quantum industry pioneers.
The 2nd Workshop on Quantum-Secure Networks and Systems (QSNS 2025) will be held as a co-located event for one day during the 30thIEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, July 2-5, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. The second edition of QSNS is again a joint initiative of the QUBIP and PQ-React projects, co-funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe framework programme on the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) of protocols, networks, and systems. The QSNS2025 workshop will address the most pressing cybersecurity challenges of the quantum era from an engineering perspective, with the aim of contributing to global efforts towards an agile, post-quantum or post-quantum/traditional hybrid and standards-based transition to PQC of the digital infrastructures we all use today.
Q2B Paris will be held on September 24-25, 2025. More information about this conference will be posted when it is available.
The Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA 2025) conference will be held in Delft, The Netherlands on September 25-29, 2025. The conference 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.
Quantum.Tech Europe 2025 will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands on September 29, 2025 – October 1, 2025 at the Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre WTC. The conference will 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. It will also include the European debut performance of Ion Maiden who provided the blast from the past at the Quantum.Tech drinks reception.
Q2B Silicon Valley will be held on December 9-11, 2025. More information about this conference will be posted when it is available.
