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U of I Quantum Circuit Conference (UIQC)

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May 19 - 22, 2026
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


The U of I Quantum Circuit Conference will focus on fundamental questions and emerging trends in the field of superconducting quantum circuits. Topics of special interest are: 

  • Limits of coherence
  • Protected and driven circuits
  • Applications – new paradigms for scaling, control, and readout

Application and Registration


Application and Registration are officially closed. We may be able to consider later registration on an individual basis. Please contact the organizers at  uiucquantumcircuits@illinois.edu.

 

 

Cost and Financial support

 

The conference fee is $300 for senior participants (including faculty, senior scientists, and postdocs), and $200 for students (graduate and undergraduate). If spaces are available, a late registration after March 31 will be possible. The registration fee will increase by $100 after March 31. 

Participants are responsible for travel and lodging.

We do offer financial aid for students in the form of provided and paid-for hotel rooms for the duration of the conference. During registration, you can indicate whether you want to be considered for one. Rooms will be assigned on a first-come first-serve basis; we will let you know by end of March at the latest if you have been assigned a room.
 
 
 

Travel and Lodging


Information on travel, lodging, and hospitality can be found either through "travel" in the navigation bar at the top of this page or through the button below. 

Logistics and Hospitality

Scientific Program


We will have approximately 10 invited talks and 20-25 contributed talks that will be solicited through applications. There will also be nightly poster sessions to which we invite all participants to contribute. 


Confirmed Invited Speakers


Alexandre Blais
Université de Sherbrooke

Alicia Kollár
University of Maryland

Frederik Nathan
University of Copenhagen

Aleksander Kubica
Yale University

Alp Sipahigil
University of California, Berkeley


Johannes Fink
Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Alex Opremcak
Google Quantum AI

John Teufel
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Brian Vlastakis 
Oxford Quantum Circuits

Rob Schoelkopf
Yale University
Quantum Circuits Inc.

Condensed Program

Full Program

 

Tuesday, May 19

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception and Poster Session

 

Wednesday, May 20

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Session 1
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Session 2
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception and Poster Session

 

Thursday, May 21

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Session 3
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Session 4
3:45 - 7:00 p.m.
Session 5
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Dinner and Reception

 

Friday, May 22

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Session 6
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Session 7
4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Networking Event

 
Conference Organizing Committee

Wolfgang Pfaff

Wolfgang Pfaff, Chair

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Aashish A Clerk

The University of Chicago

Jens Koch

Northwestern University

 

Angela Kou

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ruichao (Alex) Ma 

Purdue University

Britton Plourde

University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Qolab

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