--- eventsindex_id: "EI-07121" slug: france-quantum-2026 title: "France Quantum 2026" title_alt: ["France Quantum Conference 2026", "France Quantum", "France Quantum Conference 2026, 5th Edition"] canonical_url: "https://eventsindex.org/events/france-quantum-2026.html" next_edition_year: 2026 date_start: 2026-06-16 date_end: 2026-06-16 venue: "Station F" city: "Paris" country: "France" organiser: "France Quantum (Artefact Open Innovation)" organiser_url: "https://www.francequantum.fr/" b2b: true vector: sector: [quantum-tech] audience: [researcher, startup, corporate, investor, government] format: [conference] purpose: [content, networking] geography_scope: [France] season: summer meta_description: "France Quantum 2026: fifth edition, held 16 June at Station F Paris, 1,500 attendees and 60+ speakers on quantum hardware and PQC." editorial_take: "One day a year, French quantum puts its state funders, its hardware companies and its first industrial customers in the same building, which makes the corridor more informative than the agenda." generated_by: "claude-max-cowork" last_verified: "2026-08-18" variables_filled: 19/58 language: "en" schema_version: "v6.0" --- # France Quantum 2026 > *The fifth edition of France's national quantum summit, held on 16 June 2026 at Station F in Paris: one day, two stages and a demo zone gathering more than 1,500 attendees and over 60 speakers from research labs, hardware startups, corporate end-users, investors and government.* --- ## Quick Facts | DATES | VENUE | ORGANISER | ATTENDANCE | |---|---|---|---| | **16 June 2026** | **Station F** | **France Quantum** | **1,500+ attendees (organiser-declared)** | | 1 day, annual, 5th edition | Paris, France | Artefact Open Innovation | 60+ speakers, 2 stages | ## Definition France Quantum is a one-day quantum computing and quantum technology summit held annually at Station F in Paris since 2020. It brings together French and European research laboratories, quantum hardware startups, corporate end-users, investors and public officials in a single-day format built around two stages and a demonstration zone. The fifth edition took place on 16 June 2026 and drew more than 1,500 attendees and over 60 speakers, with sessions covering quantum hardware architectures, post-quantum cryptography and industrial adoption. It is organised by France Quantum, an initiative run by Artefact Open Innovation. The date of the sixth edition has not been disclosed at the time of writing. ## What France Quantum is: a national summit in a startup-campus setting France Quantum is the annual convening point for the French quantum effort rather than a general-purpose European quantum conference. Its centre of gravity is the relationship between three groups: the state programmes that fund quantum hardware development, the French companies building that hardware, and the large industrial and financial firms being asked to become their first customers. The venue reinforces that positioning. Station F is a startup campus rather than a convention centre, which caps the event at a size where a single day and two stages remain workable and keeps the format closer to a conference with demonstrations than to a trade show with exhibition halls. Five editions since 2020 have tracked the maturing of that conversation, from early research showcases toward sessions about procurement, migration timelines and integration with existing high-performance computing infrastructure. The organiser does not publish a year-by-year attendance series, so growth across editions is not independently verifiable here. ## The 2026 edition: PROQCIMA, a listing plan and a minister on stage Two threads dominated the fifth edition. The first was PROQCIMA, the French state-backed programme to develop domestic fault-tolerant quantum computing hardware, which frames how public money reaches the country's hardware companies and was a recurring reference point across sessions. The second was the financing question, given prominence by Pasqal's announced plan to list on Nasdaq, one of the clearest signals yet that French quantum hardware companies are looking beyond national and European funding sources for their next capital raise. Anne Le Henanff, French Minister Delegate for AI and Digital, and Octave Klaba, founder and chief executive of OVHcloud, both appeared on the programme, which is a fair summary of the event's dual character: public policy on one side, commercial infrastructure on the other. ## Who was on stage: the 2026 speaker mix | Category | Organisations represented | |---|---| | Government and policy | Anne Le Henanff, French Minister Delegate for AI and Digital | | Quantum hardware companies | Alice & Bob, Pasqal, Quandela, Quobly, C12 | | Research institutions | CEA, INRIA | | Compute and infrastructure | OVHcloud (Octave Klaba, founder and CEO) | | Corporate end-users | Credit Agricole CIB, Airbus, SNCF | The list is notable for how few foreign hardware vendors appear on it. France Quantum is, by composition, a national programme review with an industrial audience attached, not a vendor-neutral international marketplace. ## What the programme covered | Theme | Scope | |---|---| | Quantum hardware architectures | Competing qubit modalities and the engineering path to fault tolerance | | Post-quantum cryptography | Migration of existing systems to quantum-resistant algorithms | | Quantum-HPC integration | Coupling quantum processors to classical supercomputing resources | | Industrial quantum applications | Use cases in finance, aerospace, transport and energy | | Quantum networking | Links, repeaters and distributed quantum infrastructure | | National quantum funding | PROQCIMA and the public financing of French hardware development | ## Where France Quantum sits on the European quantum calendar France Quantum occupies the mid-June slot as the national anchor event for France, distinct in scope from the pan-European fixtures later in the year. It is not the only quantum event in Paris: Quantum Networks Summit 2026 is also held in the city but is narrower, focused on networking and telecom infrastructure rather than the full industry agenda, and QBC Summit 2026 sits in the Paris region with a membership-driven format. Against those, France Quantum is the broadest of the three in subject matter and the most exposed to French public policy, which is its main differentiator and also its main limitation for anyone whose interest is not French. ## Who attends The audience splits roughly into four groups: researchers and engineers from public laboratories and from the hardware companies themselves; startup founders and staff from the French quantum sector; corporate technology and risk teams from large French firms evaluating quantum timelines, particularly in banking, aerospace and transport; and investors plus public officials tracking where national funding is going. Students are explicitly catered for through a dedicated ticket rate, which keeps the recruitment dimension of the event alive. ## FAQ · Identity and audience ### Is France Quantum a research conference or an industry event? Neither exclusively. It is a one-day industry summit with strong research and public-sector participation. Sessions are pitched at an informed general audience rather than at specialists presenting results, and the presence of corporate end-users such as Credit Agricole CIB, Airbus and SNCF alongside CEA and INRIA is characteristic of the format. ### Do I need to speak French to attend? The event is held in Paris with a predominantly French audience and French institutional participation. The organiser has not disclosed a formal language policy for the 2026 programme, so anyone attending without French should verify session languages with the organiser before booking. ### How does it compare to the pan-European quantum conferences? It is smaller, shorter and national in focus. Where the European fixtures assemble funded consortia and standards discussions from across member states, France Quantum concentrates on the French hardware companies, the French state programmes financing them and the French industrial firms expected to adopt the technology. ## The venue: Station F Station F is a startup campus on the Parvis Alan Turing in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, housed in a converted rail freight depot. It is served by Métro line 14 and RER line C at Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, a short walk away, and sits within reach of Gare d'Austerlitz and Gare de Lyon. The site hosts conferences in its event spaces rather than in exhibition halls, which shapes the two-stage plus demo zone configuration France Quantum uses. ## The organiser: France Quantum (Artefact Open Innovation) France Quantum is run by Artefact Open Innovation. The organiser has produced the event annually at Station F since 2020, making 2026 the fifth edition. Detailed corporate and sponsorship structures behind the event are not disclosed by the organiser. --- ## Editorial take *One day a year, French quantum puts its state funders, its hardware companies and its first industrial customers in the same building, which makes the corridor more informative than the agenda.* ## How to register and what it costs Registration for the 2026 edition ran through the official website on a three-tier structure, with an early bird deadline of 11 March 2026. The full-day standard ticket was priced at EUR 180 including VAT, a VIP ticket at EUR 850 added a private lunch, fast-track entry and reserved seating, and a student rate was available at EUR 35. Pricing for the sixth edition has not been disclosed. | Ticket | Price (VAT included) | What it includes | |---|---|---| | Standard, full day | EUR 180 | Full-day access to both stages and the demo zone | | VIP, full day | EUR 850 | Full-day access plus private lunch, fast-track entry, reserved seating | | Student | EUR 35 | Full-day access at the reduced student rate | | Early bird deadline | 11 March 2026 | Applied to the 2026 edition | ## FAQ · Access and practicalities ### How much did a ticket cost in 2026? EUR 180 including VAT for a standard full-day ticket, EUR 850 for the VIP tier and EUR 35 for students. The early bird window closed on 11 March 2026. ### What does the VIP ticket actually add? Three disclosed benefits: a private lunch, fast-track entry and reserved seating. The organiser has not disclosed any additional content or session access attached to the tier. ### When is the next edition? The sixth edition has not been dated at the time of writing. The event has been held annually at Station F since 2020, with the 2026 edition falling in mid-June, so a comparable slot is the reasonable working assumption until the organiser confirms. ## First time at France Quantum? How to prepare - **Book early and check which tier you actually need.** The gap between the EUR 180 standard and EUR 850 VIP ticket buys logistics, a private lunch, fast-track entry and reserved seating, not extra sessions. Students should register on the EUR 35 rate rather than the standard one. - **Read up on PROQCIMA before you arrive.** The national hardware programme is the reference point most speakers assume you already understand, and sessions rarely stop to explain it. - **Know the French hardware names on the bill.** Alice & Bob, Pasqal, Quandela, Quobly and C12 recur across the programme and the demo zone; knowing which qubit modality each pursues makes most technical sessions considerably easier to follow. - **Plan for one day only.** With two stages running and more than 60 speakers compressed into a single day, you cannot see everything. Pick your track before arriving rather than deciding on the spot. - **Use the demo zone, not just the stages.** The hardware companies staff their demonstrations directly, which is usually the fastest route to a technical conversation with someone who builds the machines. - **Verify session language if you do not speak French.** The audience and institutional participation are predominantly French and the organiser has not published a language policy, so confirm before booking travel. ## Resources | Resource | URL | |---|---| | Official website | https://www.francequantum.fr/ | | Registration | via https://www.francequantum.fr/ (no separate URL disclosed) | | Programme | not disclosed as a standalone URL | | LinkedIn | not disclosed | --- **Last verified:** 2026-08-18 **Next review:** 2026-09-17 **Notes:** The 2026 edition has already taken place (16 June 2026); attendance (1,500+), speaker count (60+) and format details are organiser-declared. Pricing and the 11 March 2026 early bird deadline apply to the 2026 edition only; 2027 dates and pricing are not disclosed. Speaker list reflects announced participants. Programme themes are summarised from the organiser's published agenda topics. **Variables:** 19/58 **Concept definition:** not applicable