--- eventsindex_id: "EI-07120" slug: iqt-nordics-2026 title: "IQT Nordics 2026" title_alt: ["Inside Quantum Technology Nordics 2026", "IQT Nordics"] canonical_url: "https://eventsindex.org/events/iqt-nordics-2026.html" next_edition_year: 2026 date_start: 2026-06-22 date_end: 2026-06-24 venue: "OsloMet, Oslo Metropolitan University" city: "Oslo" country: "Norway" organiser: "Inside Quantum Technology (3DR Holdings), co-organised with OsloMet and Simula Research Laboratory" organiser_url: "https://iqtevent.com/nordics/" b2b: true vector: sector: [quantum-tech] audience: [researcher, industry, government, investor] format: [conference] purpose: [content, education, networking] geography_scope: [Nordic] season: summer meta_description: "IQT Nordics 2026 took place 22-24 June at OsloMet, Oslo: fourth annual Nordic quantum conference, 70+ speakers, 12 sessions, ~175 delegates." editorial_take: "A deliberately small regional conference whose real function is to put four national quantum programmes in the same room once a year, which is why the host city keeps moving and why the rotation is the point rather than a logistics detail." generated_by: "claude-max-cowork" last_verified: "2026-08-18" variables_filled: 19/58 language: "en" schema_version: "v6.0" --- # IQT Nordics 2026 > *The fourth annual Inside Quantum Technology Nordics conference, held 22-24 June 2026 at OsloMet in Oslo: three days, over 70 speakers and 12 focused sessions on quantum computing platforms, sensing, secure communications, commercialisation and workforce development, for roughly 175 senior researchers, CTOs, programme heads and government officials from across the Nordic countries.* --- ## Quick Facts | DATES | VENUE | ORGANISER | ATTENDANCE | |---|---|---|---| | **22-24 June 2026** | **OsloMet, Oslo Metropolitan University** | **Inside Quantum Technology (3DR Holdings)** | **~175 delegates (organiser estimate)** | | 3 days, annual | Oslo, Norway | Co-organised with OsloMet and Simula Research Laboratory | 70+ speakers, 12 sessions | ## Definition IQT Nordics is the Nordic regional edition of the Inside Quantum Technology conference series, produced by the quantum industry publisher and events company Inside Quantum Technology, part of 3DR Holdings. It is annual, in-person, B2B, and it moves to a different Nordic host city every year. The 2026 edition, the fourth, took place 22-24 June 2026 at OsloMet, Oslo Metropolitan University, co-organised locally with OsloMet and Simula Research Laboratory. Its programme ran to over 70 speakers across 12 focused sessions plus one continuous track, covering quantum computing platforms, quantum sensing, secure quantum communications, commercialisation of quantum applications and quantum workforce development. The audience is senior rather than broad: researchers, CTOs, programme heads and government officials drawn mainly from the Nordic countries and the wider European quantum research and industry community. ## A conference that changes country every year The defining structural feature of IQT Nordics is that it has never repeated a host city in consecutive editions. In four years it has visited four cities in four different Nordic countries, before an announced return to where it started. | Edition | Year | Host city | Country | |---|---|---|---| | 1st | 2023 | Copenhagen | Denmark | | 2nd | 2024 | Helsinki | Finland | | 3rd | 2025 | Gothenburg | Sweden | | 4th | 2026 | Oslo | Norway | | 5th (confirmed) | 2027 | Copenhagen | Denmark | That rotation is not decoration. Each Nordic country runs its own national quantum programme with its own research base and its own industrial anchor tenants, and moving the conference forces the host country's institutions into the organising role and onto the stage. Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway have each had a turn; the announced 2027 return to Copenhagen closes the first full cycle and suggests the series intends to keep the rotation rather than settle in one capital, which is the more common path for a regional conference once it finds an audience. ## The 2026 edition at OsloMet Oslo's turn placed the conference inside a university rather than a commercial congress centre, with OsloMet and Simula Research Laboratory acting as local co-organisers alongside Inside Quantum Technology. The programme structure was 12 focused sessions plus a continuous track running alongside them, an arrangement that keeps a single main thread of content while allowing specialised material to run without splitting a 175-person audience into thin parallel rooms. | Element | 2026 edition | |---|---| | Format | In-person conference, no hybrid stream disclosed | | Duration | 3 days (Monday to Wednesday) | | Sessions | 12 focused sessions plus one continuous track | | Speakers | Over 70 | | Attendance | ~175 (organiser estimate) | | Host venue | OsloMet, Oslo Metropolitan University | | Local co-organisers | OsloMet, Simula Research Laboratory | | Exhibition | Networking Hall, sold as a standalone pass | ## Who was on the speaker roster The 2026 roster mixed the host country's research institutions, the two largest global computing platform vendors, a European hardware builder, the main Nordic research institutes and two Nordic industrial groups. That last category is the one worth watching: industrial end users are the constituency regional quantum conferences usually struggle to attract. | Group | Organisations on the 2026 speaker roster | |---|---| | Norwegian hosts and research | Simula Research Laboratory, OsloMet | | Global computing platform vendors | IBM, Microsoft Quantum | | European quantum hardware | IQM Quantum Computers | | Nordic universities and research institutes | Chalmers University of Technology, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden | | Nordic industrial end users | Volvo Group, Kongsberg | ## What the programme covered Six subject areas ran through the 2026 agenda: - Quantum computing platforms - Quantum sensing - Quantum communications and networking - Commercialisation and industry adoption - Quantum workforce development - Nordic quantum policy The presence of both workforce development and policy alongside the hardware and applications content is characteristic of the Nordic series. At roughly 175 delegates, the conference is small enough that the people setting national quantum funding priorities and the people hiring against them are in the same room, which is harder to arrange at a several-thousand-delegate event. ## Where IQT Nordics sits on the quantum calendar IQT Nordics is a regional event, and it does not try to be anything else. Its pan-European counterpart is EQTC, the EU Quantum Flagship's annual conference, which is roughly six times larger, runs in late autumn and is organised around Flagship consortia and European Commission policy rather than around one national research base at a time. The Nordic region also hosts Q2B Copenhagen, which lands in the same June window in 2026, giving the region two quantum conferences in a single early-summer season: Q2B skews toward enterprise adoption and commercial dealmaking, while IQT Nordics keeps a heavier research and national-programme weighting. Attendees with budget for only one Nordic event in June generally choose on that axis. Within the Inside Quantum Technology series itself, the Nordics edition sits alongside other regional IQT conferences run by the same organiser in other markets. They share a production template and a speaker pool but are programmed for their own regions. ## FAQ · Identity and audience ### Who actually attends IQT Nordics? Senior researchers, CTOs, programme heads and government officials, mainly from the Nordic countries and the wider European quantum research and industry community. At roughly 175 delegates it is a small, seniority-weighted room rather than a mass-attendance trade event. ### Is IQT Nordics a research conference or an industry conference? Both, deliberately. The programme covers quantum computing platforms and sensing alongside commercialisation, workforce development and Nordic quantum policy, and the 2026 speaker roster ran from university and research institute staff through to platform vendors and industrial end users such as Volvo Group and Kongsberg. ### How does it differ from EQTC? EQTC is the EU Quantum Flagship's pan-European annual conference, held in Dublin in 2026 with around 1,100 delegates and organised around Flagship-funded consortia and European Commission policy. IQT Nordics is a commercially produced regional conference roughly one sixth the size, focused on one Nordic host country's research and industry base each year. ### Does the host city change every year? Yes. Copenhagen (2023), Helsinki (2024), Gothenburg (2025) and Oslo (2026) each hosted one edition, and the 2027 edition is confirmed to return to Copenhagen. ## The venue: OsloMet, Oslo Metropolitan University OsloMet is Norway's third-largest university and hosted the 2026 conference on campus in Oslo rather than in a commercial congress centre. Oslo's central districts are compact and served by an integrated metro, tram and bus network, and Oslo Airport Gardermoen connects to Oslo Central Station by express train in roughly 20 minutes. Specific building, room and accessibility details for the conference were not disclosed by the organiser in the material verified here; attendees were directed to the official event site for on-campus logistics. ## The organiser: Inside Quantum Technology Inside Quantum Technology is the quantum industry news and events business of 3DR Holdings, a US company that runs conference series in several deep technology sectors. IQT operates a set of regional quantum conferences and an accompanying news and market research operation, which is why its programmes lean toward commercialisation questions and industry adoption alongside the science. For the 2026 Nordic edition, local programme and hosting responsibility was shared with OsloMet and Simula Research Laboratory, the Norwegian research organisation that works on computing, communication systems and software engineering. --- ## Editorial take *A deliberately small regional conference whose real function is to put four national quantum programmes in the same room once a year, which is why the host city keeps moving and why the rotation is the point rather than a logistics detail.* ## How to register and what it costs Registration runs through iqtevent.com/nordics on a tiered in-person schedule that rewards booking early. The organiser used four in-person tiers for 2026, early early bird, early bird, standard and late bird, but did not publish the rates for those tiers in the material verified here. One rate was published: a standalone Networking Hall Only pass at USD 599, covering the exhibit hall, food functions and the networking reception, and excluded from all discounts. Group, academic and government discounts were available on request rather than as published rates. | Pass type | 2026 rate | |---|---| | In-person, early early bird | Tiered, rate not published for 2026 | | In-person, early bird | Tiered, rate not published for 2026 | | In-person, standard | Tiered, rate not published for 2026 | | In-person, late bird | Tiered, rate not published for 2026 | | Networking Hall Only | USD 599, no discounts applicable | | Group, academic, government | Discount available on request | ## FAQ · Access and practicalities ### How much does it cost to attend? The organiser did not publish the four in-person tier rates for 2026. The one published figure is the standalone Networking Hall Only pass at USD 599, which covers the exhibit hall, food functions and the networking reception but no conference sessions and carries no discounts. Full conference pricing has to be requested through the official site. ### Are there discounts for academics or government staff? Yes, group, academic and government discounts were available on request for the 2026 edition. They did not apply to the Networking Hall Only pass. ### Is there a virtual or hybrid option? The 2026 edition was listed as in-person. No virtual or hybrid attendance option was disclosed by the organiser. ### Where will the next edition be held? Copenhagen. The 2027 edition is confirmed to return to the city that hosted the first edition in 2023, completing a full rotation through Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway. ## First time at IQT Nordics? How to prepare - **Ask for the full pricing sheet early.** The four in-person tiers are not published, so the rate you pay depends on when you request it. Group, academic and government discounts exist but only on request, and they do not apply to the Networking Hall pass. - **Decide between the full pass and the Networking Hall pass before you book.** The USD 599 hall-only pass buys the exhibit floor, food functions and the reception, but not the 12 sessions. If the sessions are why you are going, it is the wrong pass. - **Plan around the size, not the agenda.** At roughly 175 delegates this is a room where you can realistically meet most of the people who matter to you in three days. Arrive with a target list rather than a session list. - **Know the host country's programme before you land.** The rotating host format means the local research base, OsloMet and Simula for 2026, is heavily represented on stage. Reading up on the host country's national quantum programme makes the opening sessions far more useful. - **Check whether the industrial end users are on your target list.** Volvo Group and Kongsberg speaking alongside IBM, Microsoft Quantum and IQM is the distinguishing feature of this conference against a purely academic one. Those are the hardest people to reach elsewhere. - **Budget for the second Nordic event in the same month.** Q2B Copenhagen falls in the same June window and skews commercial. If you can only fund one, pick on that axis rather than on date. ## Resources | Resource | URL | |---|---| | Official website | https://iqtevent.com/nordics/ | | Registration | https://iqtevent.com/nordics/ | | Organiser (Inside Quantum Technology) | https://iqtevent.com/ | | Host institution (OsloMet) | https://www.oslomet.no/en/ | | Local co-organiser (Simula Research Laboratory) | https://www.simula.no/ | --- **Last verified:** 2026-08-18 **Next review:** 2026-11-18 **Notes:** This fiche documents an edition that had already taken place at the time of verification (22-24 June 2026). Speaker count (70+), session count (12 plus one continuous track) and attendance (~175) are organiser-declared programme figures, not audited post-event numbers. The four in-person registration tiers existed for 2026 but their rates were not published; the USD 599 Networking Hall Only pass is the only published rate. Edition history (Copenhagen 2023, Helsinki 2024, Gothenburg 2025, Oslo 2026) and the confirmed 2027 return to Copenhagen are organiser-stated. Venue building, room and accessibility detail not disclosed by the organiser. **Variables:** 19/58 **Concept definition:** not applicable