2026 Quantum Computing User Forum
July 20–24, 2026
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Join us for the 2026 Quantum Computing User Forum, hosted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Quantum Computing User Forum brings together both users of the Quantum Computing User Program (QCUP) and other interested parties in order to discuss common practices in the development of applications, software, and simulations for quantum computing devices and systems.
Stay tuned for more details, including the agenda, registration information, and featured speakers. Updates will be posted as they become available.
For questions about this upcoming event, please reach out to [email protected]
Agenda and Abstracts
This event’s agenda and list of abstracts will be shared closer to the event date.
| Schedule | Presenter Name | Presenter Affiliation | Title of Talk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1: Monday, July 21st | ||||
| 8:30 AM | Workshop | IonQ | Exploring the IonQ Quantum Cloud and Systems: From Hello World to Hybrid Applications | |
| 12:00 PM | Working Lunch | Claire Marvinney and Josh Cunningham | ORNL | The Quantum Computing User Program |
| 1:00 PM | Keynote | Martin Roetteler | IonQ | Toward quantum commercial advantage with enterprise-grade quantum computers |
| 2:00 PM | In-Saeng Suh | ORNL | Distributed QAOA on the superconducting and trapped-ion quantum computers | |
| 2:30 PM | Alejandro Montanez-Barrera | Forschungszentrum Julich | Evaluating the performance of quantum process units at large width and depth | |
| 3:00 PM | BREAK | |||
| 3:30 PM | Suman Debnath, Phani Marthi | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Applications of Quantum Computing in Power Grid/Energy System - Some Examples | |
| 4:00 PM | Chao Lu | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Optimizing Quantum Linear Solvers: Benchmarking the HHL Algorithm with an Enhanced QPE Framework | |
| 4:30 PM | Seongmin Kim | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Many-qubit is All We Need for Optimization Challenges | |
| Day 2: Tuesday, July 22nd | ||||
| 8:30 AM | Workshop | Quantinuum | Quantinuum Workshop | |
| 12:00 PM | Working Lunch | Catherine Lefebvre | Open Quantum Institute (OQI) | Quantum Computing for the Benefit of Humanity |
| 1:00 PM | Keynote | Justin Bohnet | Quantinuum | Helios: A New Dimension for Quantinuum Systems |
| 2:00 PM | Xiaozhou Feng | The University of Texas at Austin | Postselection-free experimental observation of the measurement-induced phase transition in circuits with universal gates | |
| 2:30 PM | Adrian Harkness | Lehigh University | Improved Implementation of Quantum Linear Systems Algorithms on a Trapped-Ion Quantum Processor | |
| 3:00 PM | BREAK | |||
| 3:30 PM | Gregory Quiroz | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | Sparse Non-Markovian Noise Modeling of Transmon-Based Multi-Qubit Operations | |
| 4:00 PM | Herschel Chawdhry | Florida State University | Quantum simulation of color in high-energy Quantum Chromodynamics | |
| 4:30 PM | Ermal Rrapaj | NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | Collective Neutrino Oscillations in Three Flavors on Qubit and Qutrit Processors | |
| 5:00 PM | Picture | |||
| 5:15-7:00 PM | Poster Session | |||
| Day 3: Wednesday, July 23rd | ||||
| 8:30 AM | Workshop | IBM | IBM Quantum Workshop | |
| 12:00 PM | Working Lunch | Veronica Vergara | ORNL | Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility |
| 1:00 PM | Keynote | Sarah Sheldon | IBM | From Algorithms to Applications: The Path to Quantum Advantage |
| 2:00 PM | Arnab Banerjee | Purdue University | Magnetism and dynamics using quantum hardware | |
| 2:30 PM | Yuqi Zhang | Kent State University | Protein Structure Prediction in Drug Discovery on Utility-Level Quantum Processors | |
| 3:00 PM | BREAK | |||
| 3:30 PM | Esam El-Araby | The University of Kansas (KU) | Utilizing Quantum Computing for Solving Multidimensional Partial Differential Equations | |
| 4:00 PM | Hisham Amer | Virginia Tech | Utility scale implementation and benchmarking of Dynamically Corrected Gates at the coherence limit of IBM devices | |
| 4:30 PM | Ji Liu | Argonne National Laboratory | Pauli Check Extrapolation for Quantum Error Mitigation | |
| 5:00 PM | Muqing Zheng | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Bypassing Optimization: Generator-Coordinate-Inspired Methods for Quantum Chemistry | |
| Day 4: Thursday, July 24th | ||||
| 8:30 AM | Workshop | IQM | Getting started with hybrid quantum-classical algorithms | |
| 12:00 PM | Working Lunch | Andreas Sawadsky | Quantum Brilliance | Virtual QPUs: Bridging the Gap Between Simulation and Hardware Performance |
| 1:00 PM | Keynote | Kristine Rezai | IQM | Supercharging HPC with IQM: a vision for hybrid computing |
| 2:00 PM | Chenxu Liu | PNNL | STQS: A Unified System Architecture for Spatial Temporal Quantum Sensing | |
| 2:30 PM | Kalyana Chakravarthi Gottiparthi | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Quantum Linear Solvers for Computational Fluid Dynamics | |
| 3:00 PM | BREAK | |||
| 3:30 PM | Jan Balewski | NERSC/LBNL | EHands: Quantum Protocol for Polynomial Computation on Real-Valued Encoded States | |
| 4:00 PM | Amir Shehata | ORNL | Bridging Paradigms: Designing for HPC-Quantum Convergence | |
| 4:30 PM | Andreas Sawadsky | Quantum Brilliance | Unlocking Quantum Potential: From Mobile Accelerators to Scalable Parallel Clusters | |
| The QCUF concludes on Thursday, July 24th. Please consider registering for the OQSSw event to be hosted on Friday, July 25th. |
Registration
Registration for this event is not yet open. For questions please reach out to [email protected]
Poster Submission
We are not yet accepting poster submissions for QCUP 2026. Stay tuned for more details on this event.
Travel Details
- Location: Oak Ridge National Laboratory: https://www.ornl.gov/content/come-see-us
- Conference Center: 5200 Visitors Center and Conference Center: https://map.ornl.org/#!BLD_2015061703231
- Local Airport: McGhee Tyson Airport: https://flyknoxville.com/
- Hotels: While we do not have a conference hotel, many people enjoy staying in the Turkey Creek vicinity for close access to restaurants while being within driving distance of ORNL.
- Rental cars are recommended. If you need to call for a taxi or rideshare service (e.g., Uber and Lyft), we kindly ask you to verify that the driver will be a U.S. citizen or has a valid ORNL badge to prevent delays or entry failures.
