Daily Quantum Update for Saturday, June 20, 2026
Making sense of the most expensive experiment in modern computing.
Last Updated on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at 09:05 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John F. Kennedy
Today’s mentions: Classiq Technologies; IBM; IQM Quantum Computers Oy; QC Ware
Today’s book: Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science by Ronald Graham, Donald Knuth, and Oren Patashnik (Amazon affiliate link)
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Recent News
News and announcement items are categorized from top to bottom and are included in only one section. See the latest quantum computing research papers on arXiv.
Investment, Funding, and Financial News
🔗 China to support IPOs by ‘future industry’ startups, large model companies
Authors: Eduardo Baptista and Samuel Shen
Source: Reuters
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
🔗 The Entanglement Edge – U.S. Strategic Priorities in Quantum Networking
Author: Morgan Peirce
Source: CNAS
Other Categories: 🔐 Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security, 📡 Quantum Communications, 🕸️ Quantum Networking
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America
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Education, Training, Skills Development, and Workforce
🔗 Pre-Seminar Primer: Demonstrations of Quantum Speedup
Source: Qiskit [IBM]
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
People News
🔗 IQM Appoints Craig Ciesla, Former Illumina VP, as CTO; Inés de Vega Becomes Chief Scientist
Source: IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Organization Mentioned: IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Other Category: 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
Conferences and Events
🔗 Co-Founder of DiviQ & ex-IBM legend, Denise Ruffner, at the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit 2026!
Source: Natashia Kaur Raina
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
🔗 Q2B26 Tokyo | Nir Minerbi, CEO & Co founder, Classiq Technologies
Source: Q2B26 Tokyo Videos [QC Ware]
Organizations Mentioned: Classiq Technologies and QC Ware
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, 💻 Quantum Computing Computer Science, Coding, and Software Development
Geographies: 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia, 🌍 Middle East
🔗 Q2B26 Tokyo | Mette Buskjær Rasmussen, Quantum Lead, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Source: Q2B26 Tokyo Videos [QC Ware]
Organization Mentioned: QC Ware
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geographies: 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
🔗 Q2B26 Tokyo | Miho Ito, Executive Officer, DENSO CORPORATION
Source: Q2B26 Tokyo Videos [QC Ware]
Organization Mentioned: QC Ware
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia
🔗 Q2B26 Tokyo | Tesuro Fukunaga, Director-General, International Affairs, METI
Source: Q2B26 Tokyo Videos [QC Ware]
Organization Mentioned: QC Ware
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 Can Your AI Infrastructure Withstand Quantum Decryption? Essential Strategies for 2026
Source: Security Boulevard
Quantum Sensing and Timing
Author: Alex Krasnok
Source: English – The Conversation
Newsletters and Blogs
Author: Marin Ivezic
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Source: Thinking On Paper
Organization Mentioned: IBM
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Conference and Events Starting in the Next Four Weeks
Check out and bookmark our full listing of upcoming quantum-related conferences, events, and webinars. over the next several months. You can easily add them to your calendar directly from the listing.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Quantum Information 2026 | Seefeld, Tyrol, Austria – 📅 Save the date
Monday, June 22, 2026
IQT Nordics | Oslo, Norway – 📅 Save the date
ISC High Performance 2026 | Hamburg, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Achieving U.S. Strategic Priorities in Quantum Networking | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
QSNS 2026 – 3rd Workshop on Quantum-Secure Networks and Systems | Vilamoura, Portugal – 📅 Save the date
Quantum for International (Q4I) Workshop | Rome, New York, USA – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Infleqtion: Advances in Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
QuEra Product Roadmap Update | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Machines/Oratomic: Shor’s Algorithm is Possible with as Few as 10,000 Reconfigurable Atomic Qubits | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
TartanQEC Workshop | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – 📅 Save the date
WQCES 2026 - World Quantum Computing & Engineering Summit | Bern, Switzerland – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Monday, June 29, 2026
La Ricotta Summer School: The Quantum in the Haystack | Castro Caldelas, Spain – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Computing Thematic Track 2026 (QCW2026) | Hamburg, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
IEEE qCCL 2026 – IEEE International Conference on Quantum Control, Computing and Learning | Aalborg, Denmark – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
CQI 2026 - Conference on Quantum Information | Seoul, South Korea – 📅 Save the date
IEEE qCCL 2026 - International Conference on Quantum Control, Computing and Learning | Aalborg, Denmark – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Symposium FTQC4NSc – Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing for Natural Sciences | Heilbronn, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Friday, July 10, 2026
Quantum Materials Hackathon 2026 | Meyrin, Switzerland – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, July 12, 2026
Quantum Sensing and Metrology (QSM) | Maastricht, Netherlands – 📅 Save the date
Monday, July 13, 2026
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software 2026 | Sydney, Australia – 📅 Save the date
IEEE QSW 2026 - 5th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software | Sydney, Australia – 📅 Save the date
International Conference on Quantum Information, Computing, Communications and Simulation – Quantics 2026 | Lisbon, Portugal – 📅 Save the date
Qiskit Global Summer School 2026 | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
SpinQubit7 - 7th International Conference on Spin-Based Quantum Information Processing | Delft, the Netherlands – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, July 16, 2026
QUANTICS 2026 - International Conference on Quantum Information, Computing, Communications and Simulation | Porto, Portugal – 📅 Save the date
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