Daily Quantum Update for Wednesday, June 17, 2026
The quantum field, measured—so you can act on more than a guess.
Last Updated on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “All creative people want to do the unexpected.” – Hedy Lamarr
Today’s mentions: Advanced Micro Devices; Amazon Web Services; Argonne National Laboratory; Atom Computing; Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Bluefors Oy; Broadcom; Chalmers University of Technology; Classiq Technologies; DARPA; Diraq; Emergence Quantum; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Google; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; IBM; IDC; Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; Infleqtion; IQM Quantum Computers Oy; Keyfactor; Lockheed Martin; Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science; Nord Quantique; Northwestern University; Nu Quantum; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oxford Quantum Circuits; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Pasqal; PsiQuantum; Qblox; Quantinuum; Quantum Economic Development Consortium; Quantum Flagship; Quantum Machines; QuEra Computing; Rigetti Computing; Riverlane; Rolls-Royce Holdings; SaxonQ GmbH; SEEQC; Stanford University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Oxford; Welinq; Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Today’s book: Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll (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.
In the Spotlight
🔗 The Quantum Computing Priority Stack
Commentary: Bob Sutor is featured.
Source: Thinking On Paper
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 Atom Computing and Nu Quantum partner to unlock utility-scale quantum computing
Organizations Mentioned: Atom Computing and Nu Quantum
Source: Nu Quantum
Other Categories: 👥 Partnerships, ⚛️ Quantum Computing, 🕸️ Quantum Networking
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Investment, Funding, and Financial News
🔗 OQC CEO Gerald Mullally interviews on NYSE Live
Organization Mentioned: Oxford Quantum Circuits
Source: OQC [Oxford Quantum Circuits]
Other Category: 🎙️ Interviews
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Why We Invested in Atom Computing
Author: Anastasia Marchenkova
Organization Mentioned: Atom Computing
Source: Quantum Frontier
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
Organization Mentioned: Atom Computing
Source: Atom Computing
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Neutral Atom Qubits
🔗 Emergence Quantum partners with Serendipity Capital
Organization Mentioned: Emergence Quantum
Source: Emergence Quantum
Other Category: ⏲️ Quantum Sensing and Timing
Geographies: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🌎 Oceania
Click to learn more and purchase: Dancing with Qubits, Second Edition - Packt
Regional Initiatives and Activities
🔗 Quantum computing is growing—in Chicago!—and PsiQuantum keeps racking up wins
Author: Adam Bluestein
Organizations Mentioned: Advanced Micro Devices; Amazon Web Services; Argonne National Laboratory; Atom Computing; Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Bluefors Oy; DARPA; Diraq; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Google; IBM; Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; Infleqtion; IQM Quantum Computers Oy; Lockheed Martin; Northwestern University; Pasqal; PsiQuantum; Quantinuum; Quantum Machines; Stanford University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Source: Fast Company - technology
Other Categories: 🛦 Defense and Military, ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Silicon Spin Qubits, 🔲 Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing, 🛂 Sovereign Initiatives
Geographies: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Middle East, 🌍 Nordics, 🌎 North America, 🌎 Oceania, 🐻 California, 🏙️ Illinois, 🏢 Ontario
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
🔗 UK launches National Quantum Standards Network to strengthen future tech leadership
Author: Harriet Belderbos
Source: Open Access Government
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Europe’s Quantum Sovereignty Problem: The Right Diagnosis, the Wrong Prescription
Author: Marin Ivezic
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
🔗 New European Quantum Academy to strengthen quantum education in Europe
Organizations Mentioned: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science and Quantum Flagship
Source: News - Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science]
Other Category: 📖 Education, Training, Skills Development, and Workforce
Geographies: 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Japan wants to send 30,000 young scientists abroad for AI, quantum research
Source: Nikkei Asia
Other Categories: 🥼 Research, 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🌏 Asia
Education, Training, Skills Development, and Workforce
🔗 “You have to plan in 4D. The talent mix changes as you move from research to roadmap to revenue.”
Author: Amir Rasool
Source: Beyond the Bit: Quantum Pathways
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, 🛣️ Roadmaps
Defense and Military
🔗 Quantum Sensing and National Security: An Assessment of Space and Defense Applications
Organization Mentioned: Quantum Economic Development Consortium
Source: QED-C
Other Categories: 🛗 Consortia and Industry Associations, ⏲️ Quantum Sensing and Timing
People News
Author: Alina Morkin
Organization Mentioned: Nord Quantique
Source: Nord Quantique™
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, ⚜️ Québec
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
Organization Mentioned: IDC
Source: IDC
Other Category: 🔍 Analysts
🔗 Organizations can no longer afford to manage these four major shifts in isolation.
Author: Brian N. Siegelwax
Organization Mentioned: Keyfactor
Source: The Quantum Dragon (feat. IQT News)
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
Authors: Emanuel Figueroa and Frank Dickson
Organizations Mentioned: Broadcom and IDC
Source: rsshardware [IDC]
Other Categories: 🔍 Analysts, ⏲️ Quantum Sensing and Timing
Quantum Sensing and Timing
🔗 Archaeology - Geophysics & Quantum Tech
Author: Brian Lenahan
Source: Quantum’s Business
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
Quantum Networking
🔗 Welinq and OVHCloud Partner on Networked Quantum Computing Architectures
Organization Mentioned: Welinq
Source: Welinq
Other Categories: 👥 Partnerships, ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇫🇷 France, 🌍 Europe
Quantum Computing Applications
Organizations Mentioned: Classiq Technologies and Rolls-Royce Holdings
Source: GlobeNewswire News Room
Other Categories: 🧮 Quantum Computing Applications: Mathematical & Computational Methods, 💻 Quantum Computing Computer Science, Coding, and Software Development
Geographies: 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Middle East
🔗 PNNL Prepares for Quantum Advantage
Organization Mentioned: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Source: Newswise News from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🍎 Washington
Quantum-HPC Integration
🔗 HPE advances quantum computing at scale with expanded industry collaborations
Organizations Mentioned: Hewlett Packard Enterprise; IQM Quantum Computers Oy; Qblox; Quantinuum; Quantum Machines; QuEra Computing; Rigetti Computing; Riverlane
Source: HPE Newsroom [Hewlett Packard Enterprise]
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Middle East, 🌍 Nordics
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 Boost Qubit Quality: Aiming for 99.999% Gate Fidelities
Organization Mentioned: Infleqtion
Source: Thinking On Paper
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Author: Matt Swayne
Organizations Mentioned: Barcelona Supercomputing Center and SEEQC
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
Geographies: 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌍 Europe, 🌎 North America
🔗 Bechtle is SaxonQ’s first certified partner
Organization Mentioned: SaxonQ GmbH
Source: SaxonQ [SaxonQ GmbH]
Other Categories: 👥 Partnerships, 💎 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: NV Diamond
Geographies: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🌍 Europe
🔗 How much electricity does a quantum computer need?
Author: Jenessa Duncombe
Source: Physics Today
Other Category: 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
🔗 Spoke to Anna Fogtman about her role on the Artemis Il mission and her message to women in STEM
Source: Natashia Kaur Raina
Additional News and Announcements
🔗 IQM Deploys Its First U.S. Quantum Computer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Organizations Mentioned: IQM Quantum Computers Oy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Source: IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics, 🌎 North America, 🎸 Tennessee
🔗 Pasqal sélectionnée dans la 7ème promotion du French Tech Next40
Organization Mentioned: Pasqal
Source: Pasqal
Geographies: 🇫🇷 France, 🌍 Europe
Research
🔗 This AI Learned the Laws of Physics and Could Accelerate Quantum Computing Breakthroughs
Organization Mentioned: Chalmers University of Technology
Source: SciTechDaily
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
🔗 Physicists Create a New Kind of Schrödinger’s Cat State From Exotic Quantum Building Blocks
Organization Mentioned: University of Oxford
Source: SciTechDaily
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Mathematics and Quantum Science
🔗 A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp
Author: Jacklin Kwan
Source: New Scientist - Home
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Conference and Events Starting in the Next Four Weeks
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Q-Ready Workshop: Building Quantum Skills with PennyLane | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Security Awareness for Executives – Free Webcast | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Quantum Security Awareness (Manufacturing Edition): Trust Now, Forge Later on the Shop Floor – Signed Updates, Machine Identity, and Supplier Reality | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Sensing for Executives: The Advantages of Quantum LiDAR & PNT Devices | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Qubits Europe 2026: Quantum Realized | London, England, UK – 📅 Save the date
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
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
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