The 2024–25 Annual Report from Industry Innovation and Science Australia outlines key achievements and strategic priorities shaping Australia’s national innovation system.

The World Conference on Quantum Computing and Applications (WCQCA-2026) will bring together global experts, researchers and emerging talent to explore advances across quantum computing, quantum information science and real-world applications. The conference will foster international collaboration and knowledge exchange on cutting-edge quantum technologies shaping the future.

Quantum World Congress 2026 will be held 22–24 September 2026 at the University of Maryland in College Park, a global hub for quantum innovation. The event brings together leaders from academia, industry and government to connect research with real-world impact.

UNSW is driving Australia’s quantum leap. Pioneering technologies in sensing, computing and secure communications that are already shaping the nation’s scientific and industrial future.

CSIRO’s Quantum Shift report provides a snapshot of Australia’s quantum readiness across awareness, adoption, cyber resilience and responsible innovation.

At Quantum World Congress 2025, Quantum Australia CEO Petra Andrén highlighted Australia’s shift from world-leading research to large-scale commercialisation, driven by a national strategy, billions in investment, accelerating startup growth, and a strong focus on industry engagement and global collaboration.

Queensland is proving how quantum innovation can enhance sport, elevate athlete wellbeing, and deliver world-class event operations worthy of a global audience in 2032.

Riverlane’s comprehensive analysis highlights the rapid advances in quantum error correction, the surge in global investment, and expert reflections from leaders around the world — including Australia’s Professor Stephen Bartlett — as the sector accelerates towards fault-tolerant systems.

Emergence Quantum is solving the engineering bottlenecks standing between today’s quantum prototypes and tomorrow’s scalable, commercially deployable systems.

Quantum Brilliance’s foundry, based in Melbourne Australia, will supply quantum-grade synthetic diamonds to customers worldwide, enabling compact, lightweight, room-temperature quantum computing and sensing.

Two leading Australian quantum companies, Diraq and Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), have been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance to Stage B of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).

Four South Australian-developed world-leading quantum clocks have been successfully trialed in the United States, as part of Australia’s investment in AUKUS Pillar II, as another South Australian company signs a new strategic contract with a major UK defence contractor.