Join us for Quantum Days 2024 in Calgary, AB and online, on February 21-23, 2024!
Canada’s role in the worldwide ecosystem for quantum science and technology, underpinned by the announcement of the National Quantum Strategy in 2023, has never been stronger. In this fertile ecosystem, we see new ideas create foundational knowledge, new companies establish themselves to provide services, technologies, and opportunities for Canadians, and new paradigms set up to guide the responsible and effective growth of this emerging field.
Amid this growth, Quantum Days 2024 will bring together Canada’s quantum community and participants from around the world, to learn, to discuss, and to nurture new ideas. For the first time, Quantum Days will host an in-person meeting in beautiful Calgary, AB. With a single-track format, the meeting will ensure that all participants can interact with knowledge creators and users across academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations. As opportunities for collaborative efforts open up across domains and across geographies, Quantum Days is poised to strengthen our growing quantum ecosystem.
In addition to Quantum Days’ in-person activities, which include keynote speakers, panel discussions, a poster session, an industry showcase, invited speaker talks, and dedicated networking opportunities, there will be opportunities for participants to engage online with the community from wherever they are. Woven throughout the meeting, themes of foundational science, commercialization, training, entrepreneurship, and policy will provide a comprehensive overview.
Quantum Days is honoured to host its first in-person meeting in the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), and in the home to the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3. Quantum Days committed to equity in all facets of our conference, celebrates the open and lively exchange of ideas, and value differences in our thoughts, experiences, and perspectives. These are central to the pursuit of our most pressing questions and require an environment that recognizes the inherent worth of every person and group, that fosters dignity, understanding, and mutual respect, and that embraces diversity. We will strive to deliver an event that helps address systemic inequities and we call on all delegates to abide by the Quantum Days Delegate Commitment to Respect & Inclusion.
Let us look forward to growing Canada’s quantum ecosystem together at Quantum Days 2024!
ATTENDEE DEMOGRAPHIC
Academia 35% | Students 28% | Industry 15% | Government 13% | Other 7% | Start-ups 2%
From an exhibitor standpoint, Quantum Days was a perfect meeting for networking with the diverse community participating in the success of the Canadian quantum ecosystem. We had the opportunity to learn what the ecosystem is up to at the same time as sharing our success stories and vision of the quantum field.
Ghislain Lefebvre
Manager and Chief Partnership Officer
Institut quantique de l’Université de Sherbrooke
NSERC’s participation in Quantum Days 2024 was facilitated by the impeccable organization of the event and the effective support received from Deep Tech Canada. The event was a unique opportunity for NSERC to connect with many participants regarding its latest funding opportunity to advance the industrial readiness of quantum sensing technologies. Congratulations to the organizers for a successful event!
Samir Boughaba
Deputy Director – Research Partnerships
NSERC
I want to thank Quantum Days and Deep Tech Canada for organizing the amazing 2024 Quantum Days conference here at the University of Calgary. I got to present my poster as a graduate student, engage in insightful conversations with great scientists, and learn more about the ongoing quantum research in Canada.
Sohrab Samadi
Student
University of Calgary
It [Quantum Days 2024] was a truly wonderful experience that allowed me to see the close-knit community forming the Canadian ecosystem work together. Through multiple talks and networking sessions, I gained a deeper appreciation for the various subfields of quantum, while building meaningful connections that will bring UBC Quantum Club further in our goal of making quantum more accessible to the undergraduate community. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for quantum!
Sherwin Tiu
Student
University of British Columbia
I’ve enjoyed this conference so much. So grateful to the organizers for putting on a conference unlike any other!
Hossein Sadeghi Esfahani
Senior Principal
PASQAL Canada Inc.
As an exhibitor/speaker/attendee/sponsor, overall our experience was fantastic.
From an exhibitor perspective, it was good to be in the midst of a very diverse exhibition hall (industry, academia, and institutes fairly even in numbers). This made for exciting interactions, networking, and overall engagement with various groups and entities. The setting of the event at the university, was a brilliant idea, as it naturally drew out young talented minds looking to network and speak about their respective research and plans for the future. In speaking with a lot of fellow exhibitors (particularly, industry), they were certainly excited about prospective talent and hiring opportunities that the geographical setting of the event brought. We were certainly able to connect at deeper levels with many who dropped by our booth – including meeting some current and prospective participants to our NQS challenge, as well as those interested in our upcoming challenges. Along with project funding opportunities, there was also a great sense of eagerness by the industry to learn about workforce development opportunities – something we know is an important topic in recent times.
From a speaker perspective, Roshan gave his presentation on day 2 of the event. Overall, the sequencing and planning of speakers/panels/keynotes was really well done, and it gave a good formal structure and fluidity to the days’ proceedings at the same time. I can’t speak for Roshan, but the templates provided as well as the coordination of transmitting files back and forth for presenting seemed to be very well organized. Almost every speaking session appeared to have zero flaws in logistics (which is quite rare in such a large event and so many speakers!). I enjoyed listening to as many of the speaker sessions as I could – as well as some of the riveting conversations and opinions that the panels brought out.
From an attendee perspective, while it may seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, I think the event on the Whova app was very well designed and one could see the large volume of engagement and connectedness several of the attendees felt through it.
In summary, we really enjoyed our time over the course of the 3 days at the event and were very humbled to see the amazing work happening in the quantum world at all levels. Personally, I am looking forward to the next one!
Aakash Rao
Manager, Project Development
NGen
Thank you for organizing this event. You did a really good job😊
Good mix of topics. Very good speakers
Excellent sessions and great networking throughout the day.
Thanks for the great platform 😊
Equally informative, nice balance between panel/showcase/research
Thank you for being so amazing!
Great exhibitors!
Impressed by the quality of the posters
Amazing talent!
It would be wonderful to continue the tradition of this conference
Great conference! Thanks to everyone who helped organize it.
It was great to have an in-person event.
