Monday, October 6, 2025 - Thursday, October 9, 2025 (all day)
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Friday, October 10, 2025 (all day) Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - Saturday, October 11, 2025 (all day) Thursday, October 9, 2025 - Sunday, October 12, 2025 (all day)
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics will jointly host a symposium celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of quantum mechanics.
The symposium will celebrate and aim to strengthen the quantum information science community in Canada and beyond, by bringing together leading Canadian researchers as well as members of the broader quantum community. The program will highlight the fundamental advances being made in quantum information theory and how these advances lead to applications.
We will also be hosting a poster session on Tuesday, October 7 at IQC. Poster submissions are welcome and will be reviewed by the program committee. Some posters may be selected to present as a contributed talk.
Impact of quantum information on science: How will it change how we work?
This public panel brings together leading experts to explore its impact across chemistry, particle physics and beyond.
Symposium topics
- Quantum metrology
- Quantum simulation and quantum advantage
- Quantum error-correction and fault tolerance
- Quantum complexity and algorithms
- Quantum communication and networks
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum information in quantum matter and quantum gravity
Participation is open to all scientists who are interested in the symposium topics.
Date
October 6 to 9, 2025
Location
- October 6 to 7
- Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1
- October 8 to 9
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, PI/1-100 - Theatre, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 2Y5
Speakers
- Christian Bauer - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Alexandre Blais - Université de Sherbrooke
- Sergey Bravyi - IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center
- Nikolas Breuckmann - University of Bristol
- Soonwon Choi - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Zohreh Davoudi - University of Maryland
- Matthew Fisher - University of California, Santa Barbara
- Dakshita Khurana - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Eric Chitambar - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Aleksander Kubica - Yale University
- Hank Lamm - Fermilab
- Laura Mancinska - University of Copenhagen
- Antonio Mezzacapo - IBM
- John Preskill - California Institute of Technology
- Martin Savage - University of Washington
- Brian Swingle - Brandeis University
- Nathan Wiebe - University of Toronto
- Yu-Xiang Yang - The University of Hong Kong
Co-Chairpersons
- Marcela Carena - Perimeter Institute, University of Chicago, Fermilab
- Norbert Lütkenhaus - University of Waterloo, IQC
Scientific organizers and conveners
- Alexandre Blais - Université de Sherbrook
- Anne Broadbent - University of Ottawa
- Shohini Ghose - Quantum Algorithms Institute
- David Gosset - University of Waterloo, IQC, Perimeter Institute
- Tim Hsieh - Perimeter Institute
- Raymond Laflamme - University of Waterloo, IQC
- Alex May - Perimeter Institute
- Christine Muschik - University of Waterloo, IQC, Perimeter Institute
- Barry Sanders - University of Calgary, Quantum City
- Aephraim Steinberg - University of Toronto, CQIQC
- Beni Yoshida - Perimeter Institute
- Peter Zoller - University of Innsbruck, IQOQI
- Sisi Zhou - Perimeter Institute
Got questions? We're here to help!
- If you have questions about the call for abstracts with respect to your research, please contact Alex May.
- Any logistical questions about the application process, the website or decision timelines should be directed to conferences@perimeterinstitute.ca or iqc.events@uwaterloo.ca.
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) is proud to support IYQ Canada and the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology (IYQ).
