IQST Day 2026 — Program
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
09:00 – 09:30: Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 09:45: Event Kick-Off : Stefanie Barz, Fedor Jelezko (IQST Directors) and Ina Schaefer (Vice Provost Research, KIT)
Session 1 — Chair: Stefanie Barz
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 — Chair: David Hunger
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 — Chair: Tilman Pfau
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: Group Picture and Coffee Break
Session 4 — Chair: Fedor Jelezko
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)
Registrations are now closed. If you would still like to attend the IQST Day 2026, please get in touch with us directly at the following email address: office@iqst.org
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