External Events: Conference & Exhibition

Germany just launched one of Europe’s biggest Quantum Computing Software projects! Building on top of the Innovation Concept QC Next this follow-up project aims at defining and implementing the software reference architecture described in the Innovation Concept. Join us for a full day on quantum computing software development on April 28th in Berlin! 

The event will feature talks from software developers, software pitches, and demos as well as a poster session. An agenda will follow soon.

The most important content at a glance:

• Quantum Computing
• Software Stack
• Quantum Ecosystem
• Exchange Forum

We invite everyone to participate either with a software pitch or a poster to be presented at the workshop.

The event is aimed at

Representatives of the European quantum ecosystem, quantum software developers.

Register here: FullStaQD Community Workshop – Fraunhofer IAO

MII 8 on May 7, 2026, will place a strong focus on demonstrations and applications. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., three sessions will provide in-depth insights into our fields of innovation—shipping, ports, maritime autonomous systems, and port technologies—with keynote speeches and demonstrations in our laboratories. You will have the opportunity to engage in intensive technical discussions with our employees and with each other.

Under the title “Maritime Systems in Transition – Intelligent, Networked, Resilient,” we will present new developments for greater safety and resilience of maritime (critical) infrastructures in lectures and demonstrations, take a look at the navigation of the future, and highlight opportunities for the use of autonomous and mobile robotics in ports and terminals. Our speakers are experts and users from the maritime industry as well as researchers from Fraunhofer CML.

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The simulation of quantum physical systems promises to be among the first fields to demonstrate a superiority of quantum computing over classical methods. Achieving this milestone with potential disruptive impact on several industry branches requires a joint effort to develop both: efficient, practical quantum algorithms and fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computers.

This symposium brings together leading researchers and experts from academia and industry to explore recent advances and challenges in the development of fault-tolerant quantum systems and quantum algorithms for material science and quantum chemistry. The event is organized by Fraunhofer IAO (flaQship) as part of the activities in the Competence Center Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg (KQCBW) together with the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), and the Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences (HHN).

Call for Contributions:

We invite contributions, both for talks and posters, showcasing your recent work and findings in fault-tolerant quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, as well as applied quantum computing for material science and/or quantum chemistry. Areas of interest include:

• Quantum computing for quantum chemistry
• Quantum computing for material science
• Quantum error correction and fault-tolerance
• Quantum algorithms for scientific computing

Submission 

Submissions are possible until March 31, 2026. For this we ask for:

• a title
• a short abstract with max. 250 words
• a short bio with max. 100 words

Please submit your contribution here: https://eveeno.com/371677657

Together with the institutes of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Kaiserslautern and Bremen, Fraunhofer Center for Logistics and Services is organizing a summer school on quantum machine learning. It will take place from Sunday, August 16, 17:00 to Friday, August 21, 2026, 14:00 in Bad Honnef and is sponsored by the German Physical Society (DPG). The language of instruction is English.

Quantum computing has evolved from a niche topic to a relevant research subject with many applications. Even though quantum computing is still a promise for the future, there are already industrial use cases that can benefit from this novel paradigm.

At the same time, artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing research and industry at an unprecedented pace. The interface between these two areas, quantum machine learning (QML), is a rapidly growing topic, but its concepts are still only partially understood and rarely taught in a coherent, practice-oriented framework.

Some of the most promising ideas in QML are based on methods and insights that are little known outside of specialized research groups. Despite their potential, these approaches are rarely presented at summer schools or general conferences on machine learning, resulting in a significant knowledge gap for young researchers entering the field.

The summer school on quantum machine learning aims to close this gap by offering young scientists — especially master’s students nearing graduation, doctoral students, and postdocs at the beginning of their careers — a structured introduction to quantum machine learning. The program covers both fundamental concepts, advanced topics and tensor networks in AI, thereby promoting interdisciplinary connections. Participants will acquire a solid theoretical foundation as well as practical experience, including the opportunity to conduct experiments on IQM hardware during the school.

Learn more and register: Quantum Machine Learning — DPG