The year 2025 has been proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ, 2025), recognizing the transformative potential of quantum research in shaping sustainable, innovative, and inclusive societies. Within this global framework, Selçuk University will host the Conference on the Quantum Universe on 14-16 December 2025, in cooperation with the UNESCO Turkish National Commission. The conference aims to foster scientific awareness, promote public engagement, and explore the multidimensional impact of quantum science on education, technology, culture, and sustainability.

The event is designed as a multidisciplinary platform that brings together undergraduate and graduate students, high-school teachers and students, researchers, and artists from across Türkiye. With approximately 250 participants, the conference encourages active involvement through seminars, posters, exhibitions, and artistic performances. Its dual structure, “Horizons Opened by Science” and “Horizons Opened by Art,” emphasizes the complementary relationship between scientific inquiry and creative expression.

The scientific program includes keynote lectures by distinguished scholars in quantum physics, cosmology, computing, photonics, quantum algorithms, accelerator technologies, and quantum biology. These sessions highlight the expanding role of quantum technologies in information processing, communication, energy systems, and advanced materials. Complementing scientific talks, scientific posters, and awareness posters allow participants to explore the intersection of quantum science with global priorities such as clean energy, climate action, digital transformation, and responsible innovation.

These contributions directly support several Sustainable Development Goals, including:
Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
The artistic program broadens the vision of the conference by integrating quantum concepts with music, theatre, digital art, and interactive exhibitions. The musical performance, digital and abstract painting performances, the Quantum Stage theatre production, and the Robots from Technological Waste Exhibition encourage participants to engage in experiential learning while promoting sustainable and ethical perspectives. These activities reinforce UNESCO’s principles of science–culture interaction, creativity, and inclusive participation.
Throughout the conference, university and high-school students will have opportunities to engage directly with leading scientists, present their own work, and participate in collaborative activities. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference on the Quantum Universe Abstract Book, ensuring open access to the knowledge produced. The conference outputs will also be shared through Selçuk University and UNESCO-related platforms to maximize visibility and long-term impact.

By uniting science, education, and the arts under the umbrella of IYQ 2025, the Conference on the Quantum Universe aims to inspire curiosity, strengthen scientific literacy, support sustainable development goals, and cultivate a new generation of thinkers who approach global challenges with creativity, responsibility, and interdisciplinary insight.

This event is organized by the Saudi Standards Metrology & Quality Organization, National Calibration and Measurements Center (SASO-NMCC), to highlight the role of quantum technologies in metrology, under the theme “Quantum Technologies in Precision Measurements.”
It brings together distinguished professors and researchers to discuss cutting-edge applications of quantum science in precision measurement.

Keynote Speakers

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramiz Hamid
Consultant at SASO-NMCC and Former Deputy Director of TÜBİTAK UME
• Prof. Dr. Mohammad Karim
Professor at the Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials (CEREM) and the College of Engineering, King Saud University
• Dr. Cagri Senel
Research Assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr University Bochum
Scientific Presentations
• Atomic Clock and National Time Scale Generation
Khalid Aldawood
• Characterizing Noise in Quantum Oscillators: Time-Domain Analysis from Allan Variance to Monte Carlo
Assaf Alassaf
• The Principles of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Amjad Alhindi
• Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene
Amna Rayan K. V.

A ceremony to release a special postal cover on the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025, featuring six prominent Indian Quantum Scientists, prepared on the initiative of IAPT, was held in the presence of the Postmaster General of Rajasthan Circle, Col. Shushil Kumar, on 5th December 2025. Six Indian Quantum Scientists featured on the cover with their profile in the accompanying brochure are CV Raman, SN Bose, MN Saha, S Chandrashekhar, HJ Bhabha, ECG Sudarshan.

Prof. Sushil Kumar Gupta, Head of the Physics Department at Rajasthan University, Jaipur, was the chief guest. Prof. Krishan Swaroop Sharma, President, IAPT Regional Council Rajasthan, Dr. Yogesh Bhatnagar, Vice President, IAPT Regional Council Rajasthan, IAPT, Dr. Ram Phal Sharma, Executive Member, Regional Council, and the members of the Philately Club of Rajasthan were also present on the occasion. The special cancellation stamp marked the ceremonial release, which depicted (i) de Broglie’s Model of the atom, an improvement over Bohr’s Model, (ii) Schrodinger’s time-dependent equation.

Prof. Sushil Kumar Gupta, Head of the Physics Department at Rajasthan University, Jaipur, was the chief guest.

“Exploring Quantum Science through the Arts” (Phys199 CHP) is a project-based course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While the course is based on the longer-standing course Where the Arts meet Physics, this offering for the Fall 2025 is a special one for the university’s Campus Honors Program and the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). Students have steeped in quantum concepts and the arts, and created new work at the interface. Their work comes together as an immersive exhibition in this public culminating event, the Museum of Quantum Realities.

“Entanglements” is an exhibition showcasing a decade of interdisciplinary physics collaboration projects by Dr Chris Henschke, culminating in an immersive installation that merges art, design, and quantum science to explore our fundamental interconnections with the universe. Using a photon-entanglement device designed and developed by Henschke, alongside Prof Jared Cole, Dr Toby Gifford, and Andrew Hustwaite, the work brings actual quantum phenomena into sensory form, enabling the audience to create their own entanglements.

Celebrar el centenario de la Mecánica Cuántica construyendo comunidad científica y colaboración interinstitucional en Bogotá. El simposio divulgará conocimientos de vanguardia —desde principios fundamentales hasta aplicaciones como computación, gravedad, biología y metrología cuántica— contando con la participación de ponentes de nuestras universidades e internacionales.

ULUSLARARASI KUANTUM YILI PANELİ

Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, UNESCO’nun kuantum bilim ve teknolojilerini stratejik öncelik alanlarından biri olarak konumlandırdığı Uluslararası Kuantum Yılı çerçevesinde, nitelikli bir bilimsel panele ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Günümüzde kuantum kuramı ve kuantum temelli teknolojiler; bilgi işleme, iletişim, ölçüm teknikleri ve ileri malzeme tasarımı gibi pek çok alanda yeni bir paradigma inşa etmektedir. Bu çerçevede düzenlenen panelde, kuantum kuramının kuramsal temellerinden mühendislik uygulamalarına ve nedensellik-görelilik ilişkisine uzanan geniş bir perspektif sunulması amaçlanmaktadır.
UNESCO’nun öncülük ettiği Uluslararası Kuantum Yılı girişimi, kuantum bilimlerinin yalnızca fizik alanı için değil, aynı zamanda bilişim, mühendislik, endüstri ve toplum için dönüştürücü etkisini vurgulamayı hedeflemektedir. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi’nde gerçekleştirilecek bu panel, söz konusu küresel çabanın yerel ve ulusal ölçekteki yansımalarından biri olarak, kuantum bilimleri alanında çalışan ve bu alana ilgi duyan tüm paydaşları bir araya getirmeyi hedeflemektedir.

Panelin moderatörlüğünü Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Fizik Bölümü’nden Prof. Dr. Azmi GENÇTEN yürütecektir.

Panelistler ve Sunum Başlıkları:

• Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Elif YUNT (Türk-Alman Üniversitesi) – “Yeni Nesil Kuantum Teknolojileri: Kuantum Kuramının Üstünlüğü”
• Doç. Dr. Deniz TÜRKPENÇE (İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi) – “Kuantum Hesaplamadan Kuantum Mühendisliğe”
• Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Onur PUSULUK (Kadir Has Üniversitesi) – “Üçüncü Kuantum Devrimine Doğru: Kuantum Nedensellik ve Görelilik”

The Second International Dialogue on Quantum Legal Frontiers represents a watershed moment in global quantum governance, organized by the Quantum Legal Preparedness Centre and Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates, Supreme Court of India, under the distinguished leadership of Dr. Pavan Duggal, the world’s preeminent authority and pioneering architect of Quantum Law, Artificial Intelligence Law, and Cyberlaw. Building upon the transformative foundation established by the inaugural dialogue in July 2025, this landmark convening addresses the exponentially evolving quantum technology landscape and its profound legal, regulatory, and societal ramifications. The dialogue is strategically synchronized with the UN International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (2025), serving as a catalyst for international cooperation, knowledge mobilization, and comprehensive legal preparedness in anticipation of quantum-driven paradigm shifts.

Dr. Pavan Duggal stands as the world’s foremost authority and trailblazing pioneer in quantum legal frameworks, cyberlaw, and emerging technologies law. As the Convenor and Chair of the Second International Dialogue on Quantum Legal Frontiers, Dr. Duggal brings transformative expertise and unprecedented visionary leadership to the nascent field of quantum jurisprudence. His multifaceted leadership roles, Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Founder of the Global Quantum Law and Governance Initiative, Chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law, President of Cyberlaws.Net, and Chief Mentor of the Blockchain Law Epicentre, position him uniquely as the architect of quantum legal thought and governance frameworks for the 21st century.

Rozprávanie o základoch podivného sveta kvantovej fyziky a jej rozdieloch medzi klasickou fyzikou a všeobecnou teóriou relativity. Ako si predstavujú priestor a čas kvantoví fyzici a ako naň hľadia astronómovia očami Alberta Einsteina? Je možné vytvoriť jednotný matematicko-fyzikálny opis mikrosveta častíc a zároveň aj planét či galaxií? Čo bráni zjednoteniu kvantovej fyziky s Einsteinovou teóriou relativity? To sú len niektoré z otázok, ktoré priblíži vedecký pracovník Fyzikálneho ústavu SAV v Bratislave Mgr. Andrej Gendiar, PhD.

Organizátori: Krajská hvezdáreň a planetárium Maximiliána Hella, QUTE.sk – Národné centrum pre kvantové technológie

Rozprávanie o základoch podivného sveta kvantovej fyziky a jej rozdieloch medzi klasickou fyzikou a všeobecnou teóriou relativity. Ako si predstavujú priestor a čas kvantoví fyzici a ako naň hľadia astronómovia očami Alberta Einsteina? Je možné vytvoriť jednotný matematicko-fyzikálny opis mikrosveta častíc a zároveň aj planét či galaxií? Čo bráni zjednoteniu kvantovej fyziky s Einsteinovou teóriou relativity? To sú len niektoré z otázok, ktoré priblíži vedecký pracovník Fyzikálneho ústavu SAV v Bratislave Mgr. Andrej Gendiar, PhD.

Organizátori: Krajská hvezdáreň a planetárium Maximiliána Hella, QUTE.sk – Národné centrum pre kvantové technológie