AI & Machine Learning
Quantum Cannes Festival
The World Quantum Cannes Festival is an event focused on quantum technologies, addressing the transition from research to industrialization and market scale. It is designed for global leaders, investors, pioneers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders to share experiences, foster collaborations, and discuss policy and industry challenges in the quantum sector.
The essentials
Event details
- Dates
- 17 November 2026 to 18 November 2026
- Organiser
- Valuexchange
- Tickets
- EUR 148
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
Agenda themes
Topics covered
- IT & Technology
On stage
Speakers
- Muhammad Al-Saiyari, Chairman - Head of Quantum Computing, Saudi Quantum Computing Association - Aramco
- Alan Baratz, Chief Executive Officer, D-Wave Quantum
- Alexandra Beckstein, QAI Ventures HQ
- Jacob Biamonte, ETS, University of Quebec
- Michael Biercuk, CEO and Founder, Q-CTRL
- Joseph S. Broz, Vice President, US Government Quantum Business Development, IBM
- Tommaso Calarco, Professor, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
- Daniele Capanni, Senior Service Director Operationnal Excellence, Baker Hughes
- Yonatan Cohen, CTO and Co-Founder, QM
- Massimiliano Dispenza, Leonardo
- Joe Fitzsimons, CEO, Horizon Quantum
- David Gunnarsson, Chief Business Development Officer, Bluefors
- Sunil Gupta, QuNu Labs
- Philipp Harbach, Global Head of Group Digital Innovation, Merck Gruppe
- Loïc Henriet, CTO and Managing Director, Pasqal
- Masashi Hirose, Co-founder and CEO, Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Inc
- Brad Kim, Founding and Vice Chairman, Korea Quantum Industry Association
- Seth Llyod, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- Shane Mansfield, Chief Research Officer, Quandela
- Celia Merzbacher, QED-C Executive Director, SRI International
On the floor
Sponsors and partners
- DEPARTEMENT DES ALPES-MARTIMES
- CLASSIQ TECHNOLOGIES
- SEALSQ Corp
- S&P GLOBAL FRANCE SAS
- HORIZON QUANTUM
- IBM (GEORGE P. JOHNSON)
- QUANDELA
- AMERICAN BINARY
- QUOBLY
- Thales Alenia Space
- APPLIED QUANTUM
- COHERENT CORP
- G2Q COMPUTING
- HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS EUROPE GmbH
- HKA Marcom
- ISENTRONIQ
Logistics
Where to stay
Places to stay near the venue.
Hôtel des Allées ★★★
6 Rue Émile Negrin, Cannes, 06400
Hôtel Le Splendid ★★★★
Canopy by Hilton Cannes ★★★★
2 Boulevard Jean Hibert, Cannes, 06400
Chalet de L'Isére
Hôtel Renoir
7 Rue Edith Cavell
7Art
Boutique Hôtel Couleurs du Sud
Albert Ier ★★
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