Events
NQN hosts and supports a wide range of activities, from weekly seminars to major regional gatherings.
Featured recap
On April 14, Northwest Quantum Nexus hosted its inaugural Northwest Quantum Day in Seattle, drawing government, industry, and academic leaders from across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to mark World Quantum Day. Washington Lt. Governor Denny Heck opened the summit, and NVIDIA's Dr. Krysta Svore closed it with a keynote on the future of quantum-AI integration. The day's biggest headline came from Governor Bob Ferguson, who announced $500,000 in state funding to support the expansion of IonQ's quantum computing manufacturing facility in Bothell — an investment expected to help create up to 2,000 regional jobs. Panels throughout the day tackled workforce development, post-quantum cybersecurity, and the investment landscape for quantum technology, underscoring the region's push to position itself as a leading hub in the emerging quantum economy. The event, co-hosted by K&L Gates, was the largest gathering in NQN's history.
Photo taken by Arry Yu
June 10, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Seattle, WA (Deep Tech Week Seattle, June 8–12)
Morning session on bridging classical and quantum computing, followed by a hands-on quantum workshop (1:30–4:30 PM) led by engineers from AWS and IonQ, where participants will run jobs on a real trapped-ion quantum computer.
June 21 – August 29, 2026
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
NSF-funded 10-week undergraduate research program in quantum information science and engineering. Participants conduct research ranging from quantum algorithms to hardware, with visits to Microsoft Quantum in Redmond and IonQ's Bothell fabrication facility.
July 6, 2026
Seattle, WA (venue TBA)
Local watch party hosted by the Seattle Quantum Computing Meetup for IBM's annual Qiskit Global Summer School, covering quantum algorithms, error mitigation, and hands-on programming. Registration expected to close by early June.