Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 Convenes Its Third Edition in Dubai, Anchoring the Region’s Quantum Readiness Agenda and Advancing Global Deployment Pathways
The Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 convenes its third edition in Dubai from 7 to 9 April 2026 at the Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference and Exhibition Centre, hosted by the UAE Cybersecurity Council for the second consecutive year and organised by Vernewell Group. Delivered under the theme “Quantum and Emerging Frontiers: Advancing Global Innovation and Technological Leadership,” the Summit brings together government authorities, critical infrastructure operators, global technology leaders, academia, investors, and innovators to advance institutional readiness and deployment pathways across quantum computing, communications, and sensing, alongside the enabling frontiers shaping trusted integration.
The Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 convenes in Dubai as the region’s flagship institutional platform for quantum readiness and one of the most globally connected convenings focused on how quantum technologies transition into real world systems.
As the quantum industry advances, attention increasingly centres on readiness: the governance, assurance, engineering, and integration pathways that enable quantum technologies to enter real systems. Institutions and critical operators are defining requirements and adoption sequencing. Technology providers are translating capability into deployable architectures. Cybersecurity leaders are accelerating quantum safe transition priorities. Investors are assessing maturity signals and scalable pathways. Academia continues to drive research excellence and talent formation, while public engagement and cultural programming strengthen the ecosystem’s ability to sustain long-term capability. The Summit brings these stakeholders into one applied environment designed to support practical progress and informed decision making.
A three day programme designed for decision quality and practical follow up
The programme is structured to move from strategic alignment to applied engagement, then into working formats, knowledge exchange, and capability building. Across these layers, the Summit is designed to support tangible outcomes, including the definition of priority initiatives, the identification of implementation pathways, and the establishment of practical follow up anchors such as milestones, coordination mechanisms, and measurable indicators aligned with institutional readiness.
7 and 8 April 2026
The first two days deliver the Main Summit Conference and an integrated exhibition environment as one coordinated programme designed for readiness and deployment pathways. Keynotes and structured dialogues convene decision makers and technical leadership on governance, assurance, integration, and sector adoption sequencing. In parallel, the exhibition environment operates as the Summit’s applied capability layer, enabling organisations to present technologies, programmes, and implementation pathways in a high flow setting built for stakeholder engagement.
The exhibition experience is supported by the EXPO Stage, which runs throughout both days as an applied track for demonstrations, solution briefings, and implementation oriented walkthroughs, turning capabilities into practical discussions. It also includes Demo Pod Pavilion, a curated micro showcase format designed for short, repeatable presentations and live demos that increase visibility for applied solutions and emerging teams within the broader exhibition flow. The environment is complemented by structured engagement architecture for high quality meetings and follow up, including the B2B Meetup Zone and dedicated meeting lounges, enabling targeted introductions and partnership conversations across institutions, operators, providers, and investors.
9 April 2026
The third day is anchored by the Quantum Futures Forum, delivered through structured roundtables and working formats focused on governance alignment, coordination pathways, and long-term capability planning. The same day hosts the Academic Aisle for research presentations and knowledge exchange, alongside Quantum Spring School, a structured capability building programme delivered through two tracks designed for discovery foundations and technical foundations.
Applied research leadership, trusted infrastructure, and academic excellence
A central pillar of the 2026 programme is the participation of Technology Innovation Institute (TII) as Quantum Catalyst Sponsor and Prime Exhibitor. Technology Innovation Institute operates within the UAE’s advanced technology research ecosystem under the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), connecting frontier research and engineering with technology transition and commercialisation through entities including ASPIRE and VentureOne. Its contribution strengthens the applied orientation of the programme by connecting research translation, engineering pathways, and institutional readiness requirements. Within this ecosystem, QuantumGate, the UAE-based cybersecurity company focused on post-quantum security, participates as a Quantum Catalyst Sponsor, contributing to the Summit’s quantum-safe security and trust agenda through post-quantum transition capabilities designed to support institutional planning, cryptographic visibility, and long-term resilience as organizations prepare for future cryptographic disruption.
The Summit is designed to bring together the institutions that shape adoption and trust, catalysing coordination across government, regulators and standard setting bodies, critical infrastructure operators, sovereign technology entities, global providers, academia, investors, and end users within one applied environment. This cross sector architecture enables practical alignment on deployment pathways, integration realities, assurance expectations, and long-term readiness priorities. Within this partnership landscape, e& UAE participates as Strategic Partner, contributing the perspective of national scale connectivity and enterprise digital infrastructure, and strengthening the Summit’s focus on how frontier capability integrates into operational systems.
Academic and research excellence is integrated through the Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (CQTS) as Academic Partner, reinforcing the research exchange and talent dimension of the Summit through structured engagement and knowledge contribution.
Global participation and leadership shaping the 2026 edition
The programme and exhibition environment convene a globally recognised cohort of organisations active across quantum computing, communications, security, and enabling software, including IBM, Quantinuum, QuantumBasel, IonQ, ID Quantique, PsiQuantum, and Classiq, alongside additional partners and contributors currently being onboarded into the programme and exhibition environment.
Across the programme, senior leadership and technical expertise reflect the Summit’s focus on deployment pathways and trusted infrastructure, including H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the UAE Government, Dr. Najwa Aaraj, CEO of Technology Innovation Institute and QuantumGate, Prof. Dr. Leandro Aolita, Chief Researcher at Technology Innovation Institute, Marwan Bin Shakar, Chief Technology Officer at e& UAE, Dr. Khalid Al Naqbi, Vice President for Product and Engineering at Space42, and Stefan Lespezeanu, General Manager for Quantum Communications at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies.
The Summit also reflects growing participation from adopters and potential end users across government and the private sector, including organisations responsible for regulated systems, critical operations, and high assurance infrastructure. This engagement strengthens the Summit’s deployment orientation by bringing real institutional requirements and sector constraints into the same environment as providers, researchers, investors, and implementation partners.
Part of Global Quantum Week
The Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 anchors Global Quantum Week from 6 to 13 April 2026, connecting the Summit days with additional capability, learning, and community activations across the UAE and selected online formats.
