Byron Bay Quantum Workshop
Dates: 23-27 November 2026
Location: Byron Bay Community Centre
Contact: byron.bay.quantum@gmail.com
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Workshop Philosophy
Workshop Philosophy
Byron Bay Quantum (BBQ) is a focused workshop that brings together leading researchers and early career experts to discuss progress and problems in a specific area. The workshop is typically informal to encourage collaboration between participants.
The three primary goals of BBQ:
bring together experts working on different hardware
promote interaction between those experts
advance early career researchers
2026 Focus: Bosonic error-correcting codes & novel qubits
2026 Focus: Bosonic error-correcting codes & novel qubits
Roughly the topic of the conference is New qubits, bosonic or spin codes, and other unconventional codes and hardware. BBQ is a leading forum for world experts on novel qubits and bosonic error-correcting codes.
Organizing committee
Organizing committee
Josh Combes — University of Melbourne
Xanthe Croot — University of Sydney
Tom Smith — Yale University
Scientific advisory committee
Scientific advisory committee
Ben Baragiola — Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Josh Combes — The University of Melbourne
Yvonne Gao — National University of Singapore
Arne L. Grimsmo — AWS Quantum Computing
Shruti Puri — Yale University
Wave-particle duality
Wave-particle duality
Should you sit on the beach and or go for a swim?
Become a surfon
Become a surfon
A fundamental excitation of the |wave> field is a surfon.
Photonic channels
Photonic channels
Learn about matter-matter coupling mediated via a photonic channel.
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