Poster Exhibition Celebrating International Year of Quantum Science and Technology:
IAPT has curated a visual tour of quantum theory from 1900-1924 through a set of 24 posters, which will start on 30th October through a series of regional programs entitled: Engaging Young Minds: A Quantum Celebration. The focus is on the evolution of quantum theory via phenomena, concepts, and quantum scientists. Students from schools, colleges, and universities will be invited to participate in this tour. The engagement with posters will be followed by an invited talk on one of the themes shown in the posters, a quiz, and a documentary on opportunities for physics students in the quantum workforce.

The Indian Association of Physics Teachers Regional Council 023, Himachal Pradesh, organized a Mega Quantum Quiz, which began on 14th March 2025 (Albert Einstein’s birthday) and ran for 22 episodes, covering all milestones in the evolution of quantum mechanics from 1900 to 2025. It concluded on 9th August 2025, and sustaining this for 22 weeks showed the interest of a very varied group of participants. It was run through a weekly Google form on carefully designed questions, which were validated in advance by the team. However, to make participants’ experience engaging and lasting, 20 booklets—one for each episode—were designed as a teacher resource for implementing this quiz on the fly. The booklet was embellished with relevant pictures for each question. The booklet ended with an answer key and a few quotes by quantum scientists relevant to that quiz. Besides that, a lot of analytics were generated, giving us a pulse on awareness of quantum mechanics within the physics community of students and teachers, and beyond. During the quiz, mid- and end-feedback were conducted to gather participants’ perceptions of the quiz.

On popular demand, we are planning a re-run of the quiz from 2nd November 2025. Keep an eye on the link

SAF presents its first Physical Sciences Conference: “100 Years Quantum”, celebrating the 100 years of quantum science since the appearance of the most influential papers of Heisenberg, Dirac, and de Broglie in 1925. The two-day conference will feature some of the most brilliant Arab scientists in various quantum science disciplines from around the globe. The conference is meant to raise the awareness of the Arabic society regarding quantum sciences and technology.

In January 2025, we launched the IAPT National Competition on Essay Writing in Physics NCEWP 2025. The theme of this competition was chosen as: A Journey of 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics. The competition is held in two phases. In the first phase, regional councils conduct regional essay competitions separately for students and teachers. The winning essays of the regional council competitions are forwarded to the national coordinator for final evaluation of essays and ranking. At the national level for this competition, 53 student entries and 21 teacher entries, i.e., a total of 73 entries, were received. Three judges/ examiners evaluated the essays. Prof. S. K. Joshi was the overall coordinator of NCEWP 2025. Prize-winning essays will be published as a collection of essays in e-book form. Winners were given prizes in the 39th Annual Convention of IAPT held in Goa from 5th October to 7th October 2025.

QTürkiye Quantum Days ’25 is a two-day onsite event where QTürkiye aims to increase the visibility of academics and companies conducting research on quantum technologies nationwide by promoting them. It also highlights QTürkiye’s ongoing and planned activities throughout the year.

This is the first ASEAN Quantum Summit, officially endorsed and supported by all ten ASEAN state members. This event is organized to increase awareness of quantum technology, kickstart the quantum ecosystem within the region, and to promote collaboration between the researchers.

The tropical city of Natal, a historic gem with over 425 years of heritage and home to some of Brazil’s oldest structures, offers a stunning natural backdrop where the Atlantic Ocean meets the dunes of the Atlantic Forest. It is also home to one of Brazil’s leading physics research institutions, the International Institute of Physics (IIP). Dedicated to advancing physics on a global scale, the IIP serves as a bridge between local researchers and the international scientific community. The synergy between Natal’s unique setting and the IIP’s dynamic academic environment provides an ideal venue for the first Quantum at the Dunes summer school and workshop. This event will bring together experts in quantum computing and quantum information, with a strong focus on practical challenges at the intersection of both fields.

Quantum computing and quantum information have both become recurrent topics in physics, permeating not only many of its subfields but also branches of chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and even biology. On the one hand, quantum information provides us with unique lenses through which classical and quantum information, among other (quantum) resources, can be observed as key elements to decipher the properties and dynamics of systems. On the other hand, quantum computing brings forward the theoretical machinery of quantum information, aiming at constructing quantum-information-processing devices capable of exploiting interference, entanglement, and other quantum resources to enable fast computation, surpassing the capabilities of (classical) supercomputers. In fact, it is believed that certain problems, including the simulation of the dynamics of many-body and quantum-field-theoretic systems, would only be efficiently possible with the aid of scalable quantum information processors. Nonetheless, many challenges remain on both the theoretical and experimental fronts in both fields, and the vastness of the research landscape has led to suboptimal interconnectivity within and between the quantum computing and quantum information communities, creating unnecessary hindrances to their mutual development. As such, the “Quantum at the Dunes” workshop and summer school should focus on recent developments in quantum information processing platforms, quantum communication, quantum protocols, and quantum resources and their applicability to practical problems.

“Sulle Spalle dei Giganti – L’Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna incontra gli studenti di fisica e astronomia” is a series of three meetings dedicated to students on the topic of Quantum. The meetings will be held in Bologna at the Academy’s headquarters in Via Zamboni 31 at 5 p.m. It will also be possible to follow the meetings online.

10 October:
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS, Vincenzo Fano (University of Urbino-Bologna), Marco Di Mauro (INFN Rome1)
QUANTUM CLOCK – FROM THE ATOMIC CLOCK TO THE NUCLEAR CLOCK, Davide Calonico (INRIM Turin)

7 November:
INTERACTION BETWEEN LIGHT AND MATTER FOR QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES, Costanza Toninelli (CNR Florence)
QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY, Giovanni Chesi (University of Pavia)

21 November:
QUANTUM COMPUTERS, Simone Montangero (University of Padua)
ENTANGLEMENT IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, Federica Fabbri (University of Bologna)

Entangle25 is a youth-led quantum science and sustainable energy expo in Athens that connects students, researchers, and innovators through talks, workshops, and interactive exhibitions. It explores how quantum technologies and clean energy solutions can shape a sustainable, data-driven future.

The InSciTech Meet on Renewable Energy and Environmental Science (IMENERGY2026) is a global conference dedicated to the latest breakthroughs, innovations, and applications in sustainable energy and environmental technologies. Scheduled for March 04–06, 2026, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this event will bring together leading scientists, researchers, industry professionals, and policy makers from around the world.