ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 5 September 2025 – IEEE Quantum Week closes today, breaking previous registration records: The conference welcomed 1,700+ registrants eager to immerse themselves in cutting-edge research and practical advances in quantum tech.. In addition, more than 80 exhibitors convened 31 August – 5 September at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., to exhibit their latest quantum applications.
“The quantum computing community has made tremendous progress in recent years,” said Candace Culhane, 2025 IEEE Quantum Week General Chair. “Annually, Quantum Week brings together the visionaries and problem solvers who are actively leading quantum advances. The collaboration and knowledge sharing that takes place at the conference continue to drive the future of the field.”
Research and development achievements
The IEEE Quantum Week technical program delivered significant new findings in all areas of quantum computing and technology. Through 261 technical papers and over 600 hours of presentations across 18 parallel tracks over six days, IEEE Quantum Week revealed the milestones that have influenced the evolution of quantum technology. From new research leading the path to the quantum Internet to results that are making quantum networking and distributed quantum computing a reality, IEEE Quantum Week served as the primary industry forum to shape the future of this multidisciplinary field. IEEE Quantum Week also featured 41 community-building workshops, 36 workforce-focused tutorials, and 13 stimulating panels, underscoring its role as a vibrant ecosystem where researchers, practitioners, educators, and industry leaders come together to advance the quantum future.
For instance, consider this year’s IEEE Quantum Technical Community (QTC) Distinguished Best Technical Paper Award: Quantum-Enhanced Parameter-Efficient Learning for Typhoon Trajectory Forecasting. The paper explores a novel quantum approach to typhoon trajectory forecasting that utilizes quantum technology to overcome both the atmospheric complexity and the resource requirements of deep learning models. This new method “represents the first application of quantum machine learning (QML) to large-scale typhoon trajectory prediction, offering a scalable and energy-efficient approach to climate modeling.” According to the authors, their findings demonstrate that the proposed process of Quantum Parameter Adaptation (QPA) “significantly reduces the number of trainable parameters while preserving performance, making high-performance forecasting more accessible and sustainable through hybrid quantum-classical learning.”
IEEE Quantum Week also featured leaders in the field, including two Nobel Laureates, for a robust program of nine keynotes, including:
Zach Yerushalmi, Elevate Quantum – “Schrödinger’s Pitch: Telling the Quantum Story in a Binary Age of Hype and Indifference,” with remarks from New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Rodney VanMeter, Keio University – “Quantum Multicomputers”
Nobel Laureates David Wineland, University of Oregon, and William Phillips, NIST – “100 Years of Quantum Science and Technology”
Jay Gambetta, IBM Quantum – “Software for the Era of Quantum Advantage
Pete Shadbolt, PsiQuantum – “Progress Towards Large-scale Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing with photons”
Prineha Narang, UCLA – “Scaling Quantum Information Systems: Digital Twins in Manufacturing of Quantum Devices”
Chetan Nayak, Microsoft – “Majorana-Based Topological Qubits: A Path to Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing”
Stephanie Simmons, Photonic & SFU – “Distributed Quantum Computing in Silicon”
Sam Stanwyck, NVIDIA – “CUDA-Q: An Open Platform for Quantum Accelerated Supercomputing”
These leaders unveiled how quantum is leading academic exploration, government/industry collaboration, and next-generation technologies and their impact on the broader goals of scientific achievement.
Business potential
To that point, in addition to the technical research presented, IEEE Quantum Week offered opportunities to advance the business side of quantum technologies. For instance, the Exhibit Hall Theater was live from Tuesday, 2 September, through Thursday, 4 September, showcasing talks on real-world technologies and the case studies of how they are already being applied. Similarly, the Exhibit Hall Preview Session served as a networking event for industry and decision makers to meet, mingle, and connect in an informal environment.
On the hiring front, this year, IEEE Quantum Week hosted a Career Fair of 11 employers to support the growth in demand for experienced quantum professionals. In addition, the IEEE Entrepreneurship Startup Clinic enabled startups to meet individually with experts to ask questions and gather insights, guidance, and action items that can help move their companies forward. Topics included sales techniques and tools; investor preparedness; pilot projects and conversion to first customers; and scaling manufacturing/operations, among others.
With McKinsey predicting the quantum computing market could climb as high as USD$9 trillion in ten years’ time, now is the time for universities, governments, and companies to scale their quantum plans to reach for the future.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham summed up this economic focus in her state via her opening remarks at the conference, stating, “The power of the investing opportunity has already a $200 million commitment from the organization that makes the decisions about where we can leverage that sovereign wealth fund. That decision was made earlier this month to dedicate that to quantum computing… We have a burgeoning ecosystem… And I hope that this is the place where this technology is going to get more support and have more success and opportunity than anywhere else in the country.”
The future is quantum
The future is quantum, and as engineering leaders in the field advance technology for the betterment of humanity, IEEE Quantum Week will be the forum to address it. As IEEE President Kathleen Kramer shared, the IEEE community will drive its evolution. “Quantum computing offers not just an incremental advancement, but a foundational transformation with its potential to reshape industries, economies, and societies. Quantum computing is evolving rapidly. Hardware could be what unlocks commercial opportunities, business agility and resilience, and intellectual property gains and venture capital. And we are here now because this is a time to invest, to shape the future as this technology matures. Leadership is needed to ensure that this innovation is grounded in scientific rigor, ethical responsibility, and global collaboration. IEEE stands as a leading force, and I’m here as the IEEE President today because integrating science, engineering, and innovation to ensure quantum technologies are developed ethically, strategically, and collaboratively is what we all want,” she concluded.
Mark your calendars now for IEEE Quantum Week 2026, taking place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 13-18, 2026. For more information on IEEE Quantum Week, visit https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/.
About IEEE Quantum Week
IEEE Quantum Week – the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) is a multidisciplinary event that brings together quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, developers, entrepreneurs, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers to discuss challenges and opportunities in quantum computing and engineering. Annually, the event draws more than 1,500 attendees and features keynotes, workshops, tutorials, technical paper sessions, and panels that showcase original research, groundbreaking innovations, and compelling insights in quantum computing and engineering.
IEEE Quantum Week 2025 is financially co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (CS), IEEE CS Quantum Technical Community (QTC); IEEE CS Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE); IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc); IEEE Council of Superconductivity (CSC); and IEEE Photonics Society as well as technically co-sponsored by IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Society (TEMS); IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (EPS); IEEE Signal Processing Society (SP); IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS); IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc); IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES); and IEEE Entrepreneurship.
IEEE Quantum Week 2025 took place 31 August – 5 September in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. For more information about Quantum Week 2025, please visit https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/2025/.
About IEEE Computer Society
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