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 2026 here.
PECB Conference 2026 will take place October 5-8, 2026 at the Rome Marriott Park Hotel in Rome, Italy. This conference brings together professionals, experts, and organizations to discuss the latest developments in cybersecurity, AI governance, information security, and compliance. André M. König, CEO of Global Quantum Intelligence, will deliver a featured talk titled “The Quantum Deadline: Leading the Quantum-Safe Transition,” exploring how organizations can prepare for the quantum era by addressing the strategic, technical, and governance challenges of transitioning to quantum-safe security.
Tech Tour Quantum & Defence is a two-day investment program held in Berlin on October 8-9, 2026, convening 120+ investors, corporate partners and curated defence-tech and quantum startups for intensive one-to-one meetings, keynote sessions and technology track presentations. It covers the full spectrum of quantum innovation – including computing, communications and sensing while featuring a dedicated track on quantum applications for defence and security. It sits within Tech Tour’s broader annual defence event series and is co-hosted with Berlin Partner and Berlin Quantum.
A Global Quantum Hackathon organized by Qollab, IonQ, and partners will occur during a 48 hour period on October 9-11, 2026. During the hackathon, participants will build quantum applications that are published on Qollab on an MIT license, enabling others to find them, fork them and build on them. All submitted projects will be evaluated by judging panels based on a common rubric focused on Novelty & Creativity, Technical Execution, Impact Potential and Documentation Quality. The projects that receive the highest evaluations based on the rubric will be eligible for cash and other awards. First place globally is $10,000 in cash plus $20,000 in quantum compute hardware times through the platform. Registration opens September 28 and closes October 6 at 11:00 ET.
The Munich Quantum Software Forum (MQSF) will take place on October 14-15, 2026 at the Backstage Arena in Munich, Germany. The MQSF brings together the “who’s who” in quantum computing software. By connecting leading researchers, developers, and decision makers, the forum fosters the exchange of ideas, showcases state-of-the-art software solutions, and facilitates discussions about the future direction of the quantum software ecosystem.
The Quantum Technology for Defence and Security (IST-SET-226-RSY) will be held on October 20-22, 2026 in Båstad, Sweden. The symposium will bring together researchers, scientists, and defence experts to explore how emerging quantum technologies could shape future defence and security capabilities. Discussions will focus on the operational potential, technical challenges, and strategic implications of quantum technologies for NATO, while fostering collaboration across the Alliance and partner nations. The symposium is open to representatives from NATO Nations, NATO organizations, STO Science and Technology Enhanced Partnership (STEP) nations (Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, and Ukraine), and Austria.
Quantum Latino 2026 will be held both online and in-person on October 21-23, 2026. The in-person venue will be at Universidad EIA in Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia. This event is specially designed to create awareness and promote quantum technologies in order to build a connected quantum community. It will bring together researchers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and industry collaborators to participate, learn, exchange ideas, connect, network, and grow, becoming part of an ever-growing quantum community in Latin America.
A Quantum California Convening event will occur on October 22-23, 2026 at the Covel Commons facility at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Quantum California is a partnership between the California Governor’s Office, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), and the University of California Office of the President (UCOP). The initiative was launched in November 2025 to align academia, researchers, national labs, industry, investors and government partners around a shared ecosystem for quantum innovation and job creation. During this two-day convening, partners will explore the industry opportunities that quantum technology presents and will discuss efforts that are underway to strengthen California’s quantum ecosystem.
IQT will be holding its third edition of the Quantum+AI 3.0 conference on October 25-27, 2026 in New York City. An IQT PQC conference will also be held coincident with this conference in New York City on October 25-26, 2027. More information about this event will be posted when it is available.
D-Wave is holding a Qubits Asia conference on October 28, 2026 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Korea. The conference will focus on the growing impact of quantum computing across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The event will spotlight production applications addressing complex business challenges and research advancing scientific discovery, as well as the latest developments in D-Wave’s annealing and gate-model technologies. It will bring together D-Wave executives, customers, researchers and industry leaders to share lessons from real-world implementations, exchange best practices and explore opportunities to accelerate quantum computing adoption across APAC.
The International Conference on Quantum Annealing (INQA) 2026 will take place on November 2-4, 2026 in Bled, Slovenia. This conference aims to bring together leading experts in analog quantum computation and simulation to share and discuss their latest results. Papers will be solicited in all areas of continuous-time and analogue quantum computation and quantum simulation. Theoretical, numerical and experimental works are welcome, as well as contributions within the theme from related fields. The abstract submission deadline is September 8th 2026.
The QBC Summit 2026 will take place 3-4 November 2026. This is an exclusive annual gathering for QuIC members and affiliates, hosted by the Institut d’Optique in Paris-Saclay. Under the theme “From Quantum Technology to Quantum Adoption” the summit will bring together Europe’s quantum community, end-users, researchers, policymakers, investors, and technology developers within the Paris-Saclay ecosystem to foster collaboration, strengthen partnerships, and accelerate the real-world adoption of quantum technologies. More information about this event will be posted when it is available.
The Quantum AI Tech Show will take place at Big Penny Social in London, UK on November 4, 2026. The event will cut through speculation to examine where quantum is becoming usable, where organisations should prepare now and how the UK can translate scientific leadership into commercial and strategic advantage. The show will bring together enterprise leaders, government, defence, investors, researchers and technology pioneers for a one-day national forum focused on the practical application of quantum technologies, artificial intelligence and next-generation infrastructure.
The UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2026 will occur on November 6, 2026 at the Business Design Centre in London, UK. The showcase will feature some of the UK’s most exciting projects from across the Quantum landscape demonstrating the advancing commercialisation and industrialisation of quantum technologies in the UK. The showcase will feature some of the UK’s most exciting projects from across the Quantum landscape demonstrating the advancing commercialisation and industrialisation of quantum technologies in the UK.
QX by QED-C will occur on November 8-11, 2026 at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona. It is a multi-day quantum convening for the people helping shape what the ecosystem needs next. This event brings together leaders from industry, government, research, national laboratories, regional ecosystems, investment, and the QED-C community to identify what is missing, what is blocking progress, and where shared work can make a difference. The event is organized around one practical question: What needs to happen next, and who needs to be part of the work? At QX, participants will compare perspectives, challenge assumptions, surface barriers, and help shape a practical agenda for future collaboration across the quantum ecosystem.
The World Quantum Cannes Festival will be held on November 17-18, 2026 at the Palais des Festivals and Congrès de Cannes in Cannes, France. The World Quantum Cannes Festival provides a unique arena for sharing experiences, advancing concrete applications, and addressing civilization-scale challenges. Here, the quantum community works together to turn breakthrough science into real-world impact. The Festival is also a catalyst for action: shaping policy dialogue, linking world champions with global investors, building alliances across the ecosystem, and celebrating innovation. The European Quantum Program and the upcoming Quantum Act will redefine the contours of the European industry, setting a framework to secure technological sovereignty, mobilize investments, and structure a competitive ecosystem capable of standing on the global stage.
The International Conference on Quantum Technology for High-Energy Physics (QT4HEP 2026) will take place on November 23-27, 2026 at CERN in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland. The conference will explore the rapidly evolving landscape of quantum technologies and examine their current and future impact on fundamental and high-energy physics. It will serve as an interdisciplinary forum to discuss both the opportunities and challenges associated with quantum technologies. One focus of the conference will be on the potential impact of quantum technologies on fundamental physics research. And another focus will be on how the long-standing expertise, infrastructure, and methodologies developed within the high-energy physics community can contribute to the advancement of quantum technologies.
IQT Korea will be held in Incheon, South Korea on November 25-27, 2026. More information about this event will be posted when it is available.
National Quantum Fest 2026 will take place on November 28-29, 2026 organized Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology (SSIT), Tumakuru, near Bengaluru, India. This national-level quantum festival hosted by the Quantum & AI Research Cell (QARC) at SSIT includes a quantum hackathon with AI and software tracks at its centre, alongside expert talks, hands-on workshops and sponsor showcases. Open to engineering students from colleges across India.
Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit are joining forces to bring Q2B US out of Silicon Valley to the Prairie for the very first time in almost 10 years! Join the quantum technology community on December 8–10, 2026 at the Chicago Marriott Marquis, for three days of announcements, insights, connections, and business opportunities across the quantum ecosystem. Co-organized by QC Ware and Chicago Quantum Exchange, the event brings together leading quantum companies, researchers, investors, enterprises, and public-sector organizations.
GITEX Quantum Expo will occur on December 8-10, 2026 at the Expo City Dubai. It will bring together quantum researchers, policymakers, hyperscalers & investors discussing national quantum strategies, commercialisation pathways & the race to build scalable quantum systems. The event will include a conference, workshops, live demos, roundtables and briefings.
Quantum Australia Conference 2027 will occur on February 17-18, 2027 in Sydney, Australia. The conference will connect leaders across industry, quantum, research, investment and government to tackle real-world challenges, explore where quantum is creating value, and build the partnerships needed to accelerate adoption, commercialisation and global growth. From the latest advances in quantum science and technology to industry applications, investment, scaling and international collaboration, this event will span the full landscape, From Scientific Breakthroughs to Economic Impact.
The Nexus Summit and Expo will include a track on quantum technology. It will occur on February 23-25, 2027 in Las Vegas, Nevada and cover quantum networking, photonic ICs, quantum in the data center, and post-quantum security. The event is where compute architects, optical networking engineers, hyperscaler infrastructure leads, and next-gen data center operators convene to pressure-test specifications, sharpen their 2030 decisions, and leave with the cross-stack intelligence to make better infrastructure decisions faster. QCR readers can receive a 15% discount by using code GQI15 when they register for their pass.
The fourth edition of the Quantum Networks Summit will take place on April 7-8, 2027, at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. Co-located with the Upperside World Congress in Paris, France, the Summit brings together leading experts from industry, research organizations, telecom operators, technology vendors and public institutions to discuss the evolution of quantum networking and quantum-safe infrastructures. Over the past three editions, the event has established itself as one of the leading international forums dedicated to quantum communications, quantum security and the future of network infrastructures.
Quantum San Diego Convening 2027 will be held on May 10-11, 2027 at the Qualcomm Institute, University of California, San Diego. Building on the success of the 2026 convening, Quantum San Diego will once again bring together leaders from industry, academia, government, and national laboratories to advance collaboration across California’s quantum ecosystem. Additional information will be posted when it is available.
Quantum.Tech World, co-located with Compute.Tech, will occur on May 25-26, 2027 at the Encore Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts. More information about this event will be posted when it is available.
Q2B27 Tokyo has been scheduled for June 1-2, 2027. More information about this event will be posted when it is available.
IQT Nordics 2027 will occur on June 7-9, 2027 in Copenhagen, Denmark. A link to the website and additional information about this conference will be provided in the future.