European Researcher’s Night Slovakia

European Researcher’s Night is the biggest science festival in Slovakia, and it brings news from the world of research and innovation in an inspiring and unique way.

The festival is traditionally held on the last Friday of September in Bratislava, Košice, Banská Bystrica, Žilina, Poprad, and other accompanying locations. The day-long program (9 am to 11 pm) offers a series of scientific presentations, discussions, experiments, workshops, technological attractions and so much more!

What 2025 holds

The scientific community is increasingly confronting the limitations of traditional predictive models and linear approaches in analyzing complex systems. Chaos, once understood as a synonym for disorder, is now seen as an inherent property of dynamic processes, where sensitivity to initial conditions and nonlinearity determine their evolution. Instead of perceiving uncertainty as an obstacle, we can interpret it as a catalyst for scientific discoveries and technological innovations.

Last year’s theme of complexity highlighted the interdisciplinary connections in research. This year, as part of the Night of Science, we will explore chaos as a fundamental mechanism of adaptation, evolution, and transformation in various systems. The event will open discussions on how scientific disciplines approach uncertainty and nonlinearity and what paradigmatic shifts these phenomena imply.

Quantum Physics and Chaos: Uncertainty as an Epistemological and Technological Imperative

At the quantum level, uncertainty is a fundamental property of systems. Quantum fluctuations, state superposition, and wave function collapse challenge classical notions of predictability and deterministic understanding of reality. Quantum physics thus provides a natural link between chaotic phenomena and the emergence of new orders, where uncertainty becomes a source of technological innovations.

The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025 offers a unique opportunity to explore the relationship between chaotic processes and quantum mechanics. Quantum algorithms utilize chaotic behavior to solve nonlinear problems, while quantum communication protocols introduce new standards of security and efficiency in information transmission.

Chaos in Nature and Society: Mechanisms of Stability and Transformation

In natural systems, chaos does not merely represent entropy but also stabilization and emergent organization. From climate processes and ecosystem interactions to neural networks and evolutionary mechanisms – nonlinear dynamics lead to the formation of self-organizing structures and adaptive strategies.

Similar principles apply to social and technological systems. Financial markets, digital networks, and information ecosystems exhibit chaotic behavioral patterns, where even minimal perturbations significantly influence global outcomes. This presents challenges for modeling, regulating, and managing complex systems.

Night of Science 2025 will offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the connection between chaos, quantum technologies, natural phenomena, and social dynamics. We will explore how uncertainty shapes innovation processes and what epistemological and technological implications we can extrapolate for a better future. Chaos is not just a challenge – it represents a potential key to new scientific paradigm shifts.

Quantum under the Big Sky: Introducing QCORE

The Montana Photonics & Quantum Alliance presents Quantum under the Big Sky: Introducing QCORE, a webinar featuring Montana State University’s QCORE. QCORE is a new research and technology development center designed to create the foundations for innovation and advocate for growing the quantum economy in Montana and the surrounding region. Currently, funded efforts are creating an applied quantum testbed that will underpin quantum networking, sensing, and computing capabilities and form the foundation for standards development.

Testbed capabilities build on existing programmatic strength in photonics research at Spectrum Lab and the quantum materials’ foundry MonArk to create synergistic capabilities and demonstrate successful pilot-scale quantum technology innovations and networked systems integration.

Join the Webinar to learn more about QCORE Programmatic Thrust Areas, Including:

  • Demonstrations of novel quantum technologies including quantum computing, sensors, and quantum networking;
  • quantum materials research;
  • cryogenics;
  • quantum literacy and society engagement;
  • workforce development, training;
  • promoting the growth of the quantum innovation ecosystem and global supply chain.

Quantum Computing Industry Training

Quantum computing promises great potential for companies in almost all sectors thanks to its speed and precision advantages. The combination with machine learning methods also opens up new possibilities. How do quantum computers work, what principles are their programming based on, and why does the so-called “quantum advantage” promise a disruptive change in the IT industry? In a 3-day course, the quantum team of the Fraunhofer IAO trains the experts of tomorrow.

​​​The free training program provides comprehensive knowledge in the field of quantum computing, from basics to application. The course aims at a general understanding of quantum technology and builds up the necessary key skills for industrial application. Four modules will teach you how to assess the key technology of quantum computing, how to deal with it and how to apply it in a targeted manner: Basics, Hardware, Algorithms, and Application.

​We invite participants to join us in learning about the phenomena of the quantum world, the differences between today’s system architectures, and the basics of programming them. From the principles of quantum mechanics, we take the exciting path to their industrial application and work on a wide variety of use cases, for example, in the fields of quantum chemistry, finance, optimization, or quantum machine learning.

AI and Biology: Accelerating Discovery and Therapies

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have transformed the way we approach biomedical research—from analyzing complex data, understanding development and disease, to developing new drugs and enhancing clinical outcomes. The ISSCR invites you to a unique program that aims to align data scientists and biologists to collaboratively address the challenges in AI-enabled biology and its translation to clinical applications. Join us in Seattle as we delve into the latest advancements in de novo protein and cell design, foundational models, single-cell multi-omics and multimodal imaging, manufacturing and clinical advances, diversity of data, perturbation predictions, and the emerging role of quantum computing in accelerating complex biological simulations. Connect with leading AI experts to be inspired by what the future has to offer.

International Conference on Quantum Computing

The International Conference on Quantum Computing 2025 (ICoQC2025) will present the state of the art in quantum computing research from different perspectives: significant progress and novelties on the hardware, strategies and architectures for protecting quantum information, quantum algorithms themselves, and related enabling technologies. It is a follow-up on ICoQC 2018 with a similar program, composed of invited talks, contributed talks and poster sessions.

The conference will be held from May 12 to 16, 2025 in Paris.

VIII Workshop-Escola de Computação e Informação Quântica & VIII Workshop de Computação Quântica – UFSC

Para celebrar o Ano Internacional da Ciência e Tecnologia Quântica, o VIII Workshop-Escolaa de Computação e Informação Quântica – WECIQ e o VIII Workshop de Computação Quântica – WCQ da UFSC, serão realizados conjuntamente na cidade de Florianópolis-SC entre 08 e 12 de dezembro de 2025. Trata-se de eventos tradicionais na área de computação e informação quântica no Brasil. Neste edição, denominado apenas por VIII , também incluirá os demais temas que compõem as tecnologias quânticas e ciências quânticas, a saber, metrologia e comunicação quântica.

O VIII visa convergir pesquisadores, professores, alunos de graduação e pós-graduação, profissionais e público não especializado com interesse seja na vanguarda da computação e informação quântica ou ter um primeiro contato, proporcionando um terreno fértil para a troca de ideias, colaborações e inovações tecnológicas. Ainda que seja um evento de caráter nacional, conta com destacada participação internacional, comprometendo-se a dar importantes contribuições e achar novos caminhos para a evolução das pesquisas e aplicações práticas em áreas críticas das tecnologias quânticas, como comunicação quântica e metrologia quântica, além do desenvolvimento de novos algoritmos quânticos e aplicações da computação quântica para setores industriais e financeiro.

O VIII visa, estrategicamente, fortalecer a rede de conhecimento e inovação quântica no Brasil, promovendo a formação de recursos humanos para a área através dos seus minicursos, bem como fomentar o desenvolvimento de uma sólida base educacional e de pesquisa em tecnologias quânticas, com uma visão de posicionar o país como um protagonista emergente nesse campo globalmente competitivo e vital.

Quantum Jubilee

At Quantum Jubilee, a family-friendly public event, enjoy an immersive experience with engaging performances, science demonstrations, and flash talks that highlight the wonders of quantum physics.

The event features three exciting on-stage segments

Quantum Harmonies showcases Tinguely Entangled, a multimedia performance exploring the concept of entanglement through the fusion of art and science.

Quantum Journeys invites you on an adventure with Quantum Voyages, an exciting tale across multiple quantum realms, followed by an exploration of quantum marvels aboard the International Space Station.

Quantum Celebrations will take you on a captivating journey from subatomic particles to the cosmos, featuring multimedia performances, interactive demonstrations, and a mesmerizing finale by the LA-based circus, Le PeTiT CiRqUe. The venue also houses quantum exhibits, including art and science installations and an escape room for hands-on immersion.

Quantum Jubilee is the kick-off event for a week-long special IYQ festival, QuantumFest, taking place at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, March 16-21, 2025.

Registration is needed. Reserve your ticket for free here

Quantum Computing Scalability Conference 2025

Scaling quantum computers is central to the NQCC’s mission. Identifying bottlenecks and addressing the most pressing challenges are critical steps toward building efficient roadmaps and supporting the growth of the UK quantum computing ecosystem. The NQCC’s Quantum Computing Scalability Conference is dedicated to tackling the key scalability issues across quantum platforms, from engineering challenges to advances in quantum physics. This conference brings together experts from diverse quantum computing fields, fostering cross-disciplinary insights and enabling honest assessments of scalability.

As the premier research-focused event hosted by the NQCC, the conference features in-depth technical talks, panel discussions, and, for the first time this year, a poster session!

Omnicane Award 2025

This is an annual inter-college competition open to all secondary colleges in the Republic of Mauritius. This competition, sponsored by Omnicane Foundation through its Corporate Social Responsibility engagement, was established in 1971 and enables students each year to submit their project on a theme of national and international interest. Thus, each year, some 300 students (in teams of 5 students each) submit their projects based on research work, interviews, and discussions.

We have each year a competent independent jury panel chosen in relation to the theme who evaluate some 60 projects received before preselecting shortlisted teams who are invited to make an oral presentation based on which the winner and the two runners-up are awarded. To celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, this year’s theme is about finding innovative solutions for Mauritius’s most pressing challenges as a SIDS: Limited Arable land, vulnerability to climate change, and food security.

We are thus calling on the visionary minds of our youth to explore how quantum science and technology, through data analysis, crop improvement, and sustainable resource management, can help enhance agricultural productivity while promoting sustainability and resilience in our island nation. The project was launched on 10th February 2025, and the submission deadline is the first week of May 2025, while the winners and runner-ups will be announced in August 2025. It is noted that this project competition is endorsed by the Ministry of Education & Human Resources in Mauritius.

The International School on Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Quantum Sensing (MIRQ)

MIRQ offers a focused opportunity to explore advancements in mid-infrared quantum sensing.
Over the course of a week, participants will engage in lectures, hands-on workshops, and discussions led by experts in the field. MIRQ provides an environment where knowledge exchange and collaboration are at the forefront, making it an ideal setting for both established researchers and those new to the field.