IQST Day 2026 — Registration open
We are happy to announce IQST Day 2026, taking place on 23 February 2026 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). We look forward to inspiring talks, scientific exchange, and lively poster sessions.
You’ll find the preliminary schedule below — this page will be updated regularly.
Schedule — 23 February 2026Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Gaede-Lecture Hall, Engesserstr. 7, 76131 Karlsruhe
09:30 – 09:45: Welcome
Session 1
09:45 – 10:30: Invited talk (40+5): Costanza Toninelli (INO-CNR, LENS, Italy) — Quantum Interfaces with Single Molecules
10:30 – 11:15: Invited talk (40+5): Julian Schmitt (Heidelberg University, Germany) — Quantum Matter Made of Light: Unlocking Fundamentals and Technology
11:15 – 11:45: Coffee Break
Session 2
11:45 – 12:30: Invited talk (40+5): Ian Walmsley (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) — Lighting the Quantum Future
12:30 – 13:00: IQST talk (25+5): Carsten Rockstuhl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) — Designed and Inversely Designed Quantum Nanophotonic Systems
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break and posters
Session 3
14:00 – 14:45: Invited talk (40+5): Klaus Blaum (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Germany) — Trapped and Measured: Quantum Metrology in a Penning Trap
14:45 – 15:30: Invited talk (40+5): Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop (University of Queensland, Australia) — Catch, Move and Twist Using Optically Controlled Quantum Sensors
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
Session 4
16:00 – 16:30: IQST talk (25+5): Alexander Kühne (Ulm University, Germany) — How to Achieve High Luminescence in Organic (Di)-Radicals for Molecular Quantum Applications
16:30 – 17:00: IQST talk (25+5): Patrick Emonts (Ulm University, Germany) — Enhanced Adiabatic State Preparation for Tensor Networks
17:00 – 17:30: IQST talk (25+5): Julian Berberich (University of Stuttgart, Germany) — Robustness of Quantum Algorithms
17:30 – 19:30: Poster session and Networking (Refreshments)
Please click the link below to register for IQST Day 2026:
Some impressions from previous IQST Days:
