The 2026 Salam Distinguished Lecture Series, organised by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), will feature theoretical physicists Prof. Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria) and Prof. Ignacio Cirac (Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany).

The Salam Distinguished Lecture Series is an annual presentation of talks by renowned, active scientists. The aim is to showcase important research developments as well as provide a visionary forward view. The lecture series is generously supported by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).