The DQC Annual Conference aims to engage partners and the broader research community by showcasing the project’s latest research outcomes. Co-organised by the DQC project and the School of Convergence Science (SoCS), this two-day event will be held on 14–15 May 2026 at Imperial College. The conference will feature talks from industrial and academic partners, providing a collaborative forum to exchange ideas on the project's core themes.
4th DQC Annual Conference
14 - 15 May 2026
170 Queen’s Gate
Imperial College London
Confirmed Speakers & Tentative Talk Titles
- Prof. Mary Ryan, Vice Provost (Research and Enterprise), Imperial College, UK - Opening Speech
- Prof. Luca Magri, Imperial College, UK - "“Solving” Nonlinear Differential Equations with Quantum Reservoir Computing and Fokker-Plank Embedding"
- Prof. Joe Cotter, Imperial College, UK - "Quantum Sensing for Inertial Navigation"
- Prof. Cong Ling, Imperial College, UK - "Quadratic Forms: From the Gougu Theorem to Post-Quantum Cryptography"
- Prof. Bálint Koczor, University of Oxford, UK - "Theory to Enable Practical Quantum Advantage"
- Zohim Chandani, NVIDIA, UK
- Coral Westoby, Nu Quantum, UK - "Towards Fault Tolerant Computers with Entanglement Distribution Networks"
- Dr Dougal Main, University of Oxford/Oxford Ionics, UK - "Distributed Quantum Computing across a Trapped-Ion Quantum Network"
- Dr Peter Brearley, University of Manchester, UK - "Non-unitary Quantum Computing via Exponentially Convergent Linear Combinations of Unitaries"
- Dr Louis Chen, Imperial College, UK - "Quantum ML and AI"
- Dr Michael Hanks, Imperial College, UK - "Quantum Information Processing and Error Control"
- Dr Shang Yu, Imperial College, UK
- Dr Paul Burdekin, Oxford University, UK - "Quantum Memories of Distributed Quantum Computing"
- Felix Burt, Imperial College, UK - "Distributed Fault-Tolerant Logic"
- Marcel Mordarski, Imperial College, UK - "Noisy Universal Approximation Theorem: Predicting Black-Scholes Option Prices with Quantum Neural Networks"
Tentative Conference Schedule
** Any conference updates will be posted on this page **
Day 1 (14 May 2026)
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Tea/Coffee Reception |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Welcoming Remarks |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Morning Technical Session |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Panel Discussions |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Onsite Lunch |
| 14:00 - 17:30 | Afternoon Technical Session |
| 18:30 - 21:00 | Dinner |
Day 2 (15 May 2026)
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Tea/Coffee Reception |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Morning Technical Session |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Panel Discussions |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Onsite Lunch |
| 14:00 - 17:30 | Afternoon Technical Session |