Last Updated on Wednesday, September 02, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
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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
🔗 Meissner Raises $2.6 Million to Search For New Superconducting Materials
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Categories: 🧬 Quantum Computing Applications, 🧪 Quantum Computing Applications: Materials Science & Chemistry, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
Author: Trina Mabunay
Source: QuSecure
Organization Mentioned: QuSecure
Other Categories: 🛦 Defense and Military, 🔐 Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America
🔗 Quantum computing: Where we stand in 2026
Author: Larry Dignan
Source: Constellation Research
Organizations Mentioned: Amazon Web Services; Constellation Research; D-Wave Quantum; DARPA; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; HRL Laboratories; IBM; Infleqtion; IonQ; Microsoft; NASA; National Quantum Computing Centre; Oracle Corporation; qBraid; Quantinuum; Quantum Computing Inc.; Rigetti Computing; Riverlane; Rolls-Royce Holdings; and SkyWater Technology
Other Categories: 🔍 Analysts, 🛦 Defense and Military, 😞 Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance, 🔲 Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing, 🚀 Space
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🇺🇸 United States
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People News
🔗 Vexlum appoints laser industry expert Erik McKee as President of the Americas to accelerate growth
Author: Jussi-Pekka Penttinen
Source: Vexlum [Vexlum Oy]
Organization Mentioned: Vexlum Oy
Other Category: 🔦 Photonics
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics, 🌎 North America
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 Post-Quantum Key Exchange on Cisco Routers – IPsec Series, Part 9
Author: Julio Gomez
Source: Cisco Blogs [Cisco Systems]
Organization Mentioned: Cisco Systems
🔗 Arqit, Es’hailSat and AIEE Demonstrate Quantum-Safe Satellite Security
Source: Resources 2025 [Arqit Quantum Inc.]
Organization Mentioned: Arqit Quantum Inc.
Other Category: 🚀 Space
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Quantum Computing Applications
🔗 Quantum Computing Use Cases for the Oil and Gas Industry
Authors: Jeffrey R. Bailey, Steven Samoil, Thomas Halsey, Willow Liu, and Yogashri Pradhan
Source: JPT
Organizations Mentioned: ExxonMobil; IBM; IonQ; Quantum Economic Development Consortium; and Saudi Arabian Oil Co.
Other Category: 🛗 Consortia and Industry Associations
Geographies: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🌍 Middle East
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 Podcast: Quantum Computing, from Qubits to real-world applications
Source: QuantumNet
Organization Mentioned: QuantumNet
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geographies: 🇮🇹 Italy, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Diraq Founder and CEO Andrew Dzurak Awarded 2026 Walter Boas Medal
Author: Francesca Elliott
Source: News - Diraq
Organization Mentioned: Diraq
Other Category: 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Spin Qubits
Geographies: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🌎 Oceania
🔗 Flattening Quantum Circuits: “Planus!”
Author: Brian N. Siegelwax
Source: The Quantum Dragon (feat. IQT News)
Organization Mentioned: Quantum Art
Other Categories: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Trapped Ion Qubits
Geographies: 🇮🇱 Israel, 🌍 Middle East
🔗 Are you made of real-world quarks or virtual-world qubits?
Author: Catherine Heymans
Source: New Scientist (subscription may be required)
Other Category: 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
🔗 IBM Quantum Nighthawk r2—more circuits, faster
Source: IBM Research
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
Conferences and Events
🔗 In an Age of Deep Tech, The City Summit Bets on Human Connections
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
🔗 IQM Summer Quantum School 2026 - Day 3
Source: IQM Quantum Computers [IQM Quantum Computers Oy]
Organization Mentioned: IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
🔗 IQM Summer Quantum School 2026 - Day 2
Source: IQM Quantum Computers [IQM Quantum Computers Oy]
Organization Mentioned: IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
🔗 IQM Summer Quantum School 2026 - Day 1
Source: IQM Quantum Computers [IQM Quantum Computers Oy]
Organization Mentioned: IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
🔗 Episode 148: Gustavo Cancelo on Bridging Classical and Quantum Computing
Source: Entangled Things
Organizations Mentioned: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏙️ Illinois, 🎓 Massachusetts
Additional News and Announcements
🔗 Quantum Reservoir Computing: Machine Learning Without Training the Quantum System
Source: Qilimanjaro [Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech]
Organization Mentioned: Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech
Geographies: 🇪🇸 Spain, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Quantum Computing Use Widens as Price and Access Shape Demand, Quantum Rings Study Finds
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organization Mentioned: Quantum Rings
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 LUMI is supporting new Czech research at the intersection of HPC, AI and quantum computing
Author: Jonna Helenius
Source: LUMI
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🌍 Europe
Research
🔗 Single-operation Rydberg phase gates via dynamic population suppression
Author: Vladimir S. Malinovsky
Source: npj Quantum Information
🔗 Causal asymmetry of classical and quantum autonomous agents
Author: Hyukjoon Kwon
Source: npj Quantum Information
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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.
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Post-Quantum Security Summit 2026 | Singapore – 📅 Save the date
Monday, September 7, 2026
Atomic Quantum Matter 2026 | Klosterneuburg, Austria – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Finnish Quantum Days 2026 | Jyväskylä, Finland – 📅 Save the date
Q2B Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Denmark – 📅 Save the date
QoolQit: Hardware-Agnostic Quantum Programming for Neutral-Atom Platforms | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Expo Korea 2026 | Seoul, South Korea – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Roundabout 2026 | Nottingham, United Kingdom – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Quantum Security Awareness (Electricity Edition): Quantum-Safe Grid Operations – OT Trust Anchors, Safety, and Decades-Long Lifecycles | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, September 13, 2026
AI for Circuit Synthesis, Optimization, and Discovery (AI4QC) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 📅 Save the date
AQMCSE 2026 | Delft, Netherlands – 📅 Save the date
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Monday, September 14, 2026
UIK Summer School: Fundamental Science with Quantum Computers and Simulators | San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain – 📅 Save the date
VCQ & quantA Summer School 2026 - Reaching Quantum Advantage: Foundations to Application | Vienna, Austria – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Quantum Leap Career Nexus 2026 | College Park, Maryland, USA – 📅 Save the date
Friday, September 18, 2026
Quantum Security Awareness (Banking Edition): Trust Anchors at Bank Scale – PKI, Signing, and Long-Lived Evidence | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Saturday, September 19, 2026
8th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation (IWQC 2026) | Toronto, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Monday, September 21, 2026
8th International Workshop on Quantum Resource Estimation (QRE2026) | Toronto, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências e Tecnologias Quânticas (CBCTQ 2026) | Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Computing for Industry: From Fundamentals to Simulation | Berlin, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Quantum Summit | Berlin, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Quantum World Congress | College Park, Maryland, USA – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
ML4QT Symposium: Machine Learning to Advance Quantum Technologies | Waterloo, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Quantum at Scale: Supply Chains & Advanced Industry Adoption | Kenosha, WI, USA – 📅 Save the date
Monday, September 28, 2026
Artificial Intelligence at the Quantum Frontier | Santa Barbara, CA, USA – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 | Dubai, UAE – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Photonics Spotlight 2026 | Paderborn, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Sifted Summit 2026 | London, UK – 📅 Save the date
The Convergence of AI and Quantum Technologies | Espoo, Finland – 📅 Save the date
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