Byron Bay Quantum Workshop

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 in different fields in a setting that promotes interaction 

• put this expertise to use to solve problems

• advance early career researchers

2025 Invited Speakers

• Ting Rei Tan — University of Sydney

• Andrea Morello — University of New South Wales

• Yvonne Gao — National University of Singapore

• Austin Lund — Xanadu Quantum Technologies

• Atsushi Noguchi — 東京大学 (University of Tokyo)

• Andrew Doherty — University of Sydney

• Jonathan Pelletier — Université de Sherbrooke

• Dylan Saunders — PsiQuantum Corp.

• Ulrik Andersen — Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

• Tatsuki Sonoyama — OptQC Corp. 

• Shraddha Singh — IBM Quantum

• Rob Schoelkopf — Yale University & Quantum Circuits Inc.

• Iulian Ciobotaru-Hriscu — Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

• Francesco Arzani — Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (INRIA Paris)

• Dany Lachance-Quirion — NordQuantique

• Jerry (Guo) Zheng — University of Chicago

• Mahadevan Subramanian — University of Chicago

• [TBD] — Alice & Bob

• Eli Weissler — University of Colorado Boulder

• More to be announced!