--- eventsindex_id: "EI-07125" slug: quantum-industry-day-switzerland-2026 title: "QIDiS 2026" title_alt: ["Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2026", "QIDiS", "Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland"] canonical_url: "https://eventsindex.org/events/quantum-industry-day-switzerland-2026.html" next_edition_year: 2026 date_start: 2026-10-13 date_end: 2026-10-13 venue: "StageOne Event and Convention Hall Zurich" city: "Zurich" country: "Switzerland" organiser: "Consortium of CSEM, Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Switzerland, Euresearch, IBM Research, ID Quantique, Innosuisse, NCCR SPIN, the Quantum Center at ETH Zurich and Zurich Instruments, with EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Swissmem and the Swiss Quantum Initiative" organiser_url: "https://www.qidis26.com/" b2b: true vector: sector: [quantum-tech] audience: [researcher, industry, corporate, government] format: [conference] purpose: [content, networking] geography_scope: [Switzerland] season: autumn meta_description: "QIDiS 2026, Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland: 13 October at StageOne Zurich, ~140 attendees, 7th edition, inside Swiss Quantum Week." editorial_take: "Nine organisations that could each run their own quantum conference instead run one together, which is what makes a single October day in Zurich a fair proxy for the whole Swiss quantum sector." generated_by: "claude-max-cowork" last_verified: "2026-08-18" variables_filled: 19/58 language: "en" schema_version: "v6.0" --- # Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland 2026 > *Switzerland's annual one-day meeting point between quantum research and quantum industry, on Tuesday 13 October 2026 at StageOne in Zurich: keynotes, panels and structured networking across quantum computing, sensing, instrumentation and communication, co-organised by nine Swiss research bodies and companies and held inside Swiss Quantum Week.* --- ## Quick Facts | DATES | VENUE | ORGANISER | ATTENDANCE | |---|---|---|---| | **13 October 2026** | **StageOne Event and Convention Hall** | **Nine-organisation consortium** | **~140 attendees (estimate)** | | 1 day, annual, 7th edition | Zurich, Switzerland | Research bodies, agencies, companies | Researchers, industry, agencies | ## Definition Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland, usually shortened to QIDiS, is a one-day annual conference that brings together Swiss academic and industrial research and development actors working in quantum technology. It covers quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum instrumentation and quantum communication through keynote talks, panel discussions and structured networking, with the stated aim of speeding up the commercialisation of quantum products by putting researchers and industry in the same room. The 2026 edition is the seventh, held on Tuesday 13 October at the StageOne Event and Convention Hall in Zurich, and is expected to draw around 140 attendees. It is co-organised by a consortium of nine Swiss institutions and companies, supported by three further partners, and forms part of Swiss Quantum Week (12 to 16 October 2026). ## What QIDiS actually is: a national meeting point, not a trade fair QIDiS is small by design. At roughly 140 attendees over a single day, it is closer to an invitation-sized national gathering than to a commercial quantum conference with exhibition halls and vendor booths. The format is built around plenary content plus organised networking rather than around a sales floor, and the audience is drawn largely from a country where the entire quantum sector is small enough that most senior figures already know each other. The value proposition is coverage rather than scale: on one day, in one hall, a company can meet the federal innovation agency, two university research centres, a national research programme, a corporate research lab and two commercial quantum vendors. That also sets the boundary of what QIDiS is not. It is not a research conference in the sense of peer-reviewed proceedings, and it is not a procurement event. Its centre of gravity is the handover point between publicly funded quantum research and companies trying to build products on top of it. ## Who runs QIDiS: the co-organising consortium The organiser list is unusually long for an event of this size, and it is the single most informative thing about the day. Nine organisations are named as co-organisers, with three further partners supporting. | Organisation | Type | Based in | Role | |---|---|---|---| | CSEM | Applied research and technology organisation | Neuchâtel | Co-organiser | | Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Switzerland | Business and innovation support network | National network | Co-organiser | | Euresearch | Advisory network for European research funding | Bern | Co-organiser | | IBM Research | Corporate research laboratory | Rüschlikon, near Zurich | Co-organiser | | ID Quantique | Quantum-safe security and quantum key distribution company | Geneva | Co-organiser | | Innosuisse | Swiss federal innovation agency | Bern | Co-organiser | | NCCR SPIN | National Centre of Competence in Research, spin-based quantum computing | Basel | Co-organiser | | Quantum Center at ETH Zurich | University research centre | Zurich | Co-organiser | | Zurich Instruments | Quantum control and measurement instrumentation company | Zurich | Co-organiser | | EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering | University research centre | Lausanne | Supporting partner | | Swissmem | Swiss mechanical, electrical and metal industry association | Zurich | Supporting partner | | Swiss Quantum Initiative | National quantum research funding programme | National programme | Supporting partner | Read as a group, the list spans the full path a Swiss quantum result has to travel: two university centres and a national research programme at the origin, an applied research organisation and a corporate lab in the middle, two product companies at the commercial end, a federal funding agency alongside, and two advisory networks whose job is to connect Swiss participants to European funding and business partners. The presence of Swissmem, an industry association whose membership is overwhelmingly non-quantum engineering firms, points at the audience the organisers want to reach beyond the specialists. ## The programme themes and who in the room works on them The organisers list six themes for the 2026 edition. The mapping below is our own reading of which co-organisers work in each area, not an organiser-published speaker allocation, but it explains why the consortium is composed the way it is. | Theme | Organisations present that work in this area | |---|---| | Quantum computing | IBM Research, NCCR SPIN, Quantum Center at ETH Zurich | | Quantum sensing | CSEM, EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering | | Quantum instrumentation | Zurich Instruments, CSEM | | Quantum communication | ID Quantique | | Quantum-safe security | ID Quantique | | Quantum careers | Swissmem, Euresearch, EEN Switzerland | Speakers for the 2026 edition had not been published in a final agenda at last verification. Past editions have drawn from the co-organising institutions themselves alongside external Swiss and international companies. ## Where QIDiS sits inside Swiss Quantum Week The 2026 edition is not a standalone date. It is one fixture inside Swiss Quantum Week, which runs from Monday 12 to Friday 16 October 2026 and links several Swiss quantum gatherings into one travel week. | Date | Fixture | City | |---|---|---| | 12 to 16 October 2026 | Swiss Quantum Week (umbrella programme) | Multiple Swiss cities | | 13 October 2026 | Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) | Zurich | | 14 to 15 October 2026 | GESDA Summit, quantum stream | Geneva | Other fixtures inside the week were not disclosed by the organiser at research time. For anyone travelling from outside Switzerland, the practical consequence is that QIDiS in Zurich on the Tuesday and the GESDA Summit quantum stream in Geneva on the Wednesday and Thursday are bookable as one trip, with roughly three hours by train between the two cities. ## Where QIDiS sits on the European quantum calendar QIDiS is a national event with an international guest list rather than a pan-European one, which distinguishes it from most of the autumn quantum circuit. Its closest functional sibling is Quantum Infra Summit EU in Leuven, which also exists to connect researchers with industry and investors, but which frames itself around European infrastructure rather than around a single country's research base. Munich Quantum Software Forum covers the same broad DACH region and the same October to November stretch, but is narrower in subject, concentrating on the software layer rather than spanning hardware, sensing, instrumentation and communication. Against the EU Quantum Flagship's own annual conference, QIDiS is roughly an eighth of the size and one quarter of the length, and swaps policy governance for direct commercial matchmaking. ## Who attends QIDiS The audience is business to business and skews toward people who work on quantum technology rather than people evaluating whether to buy it. Typical profiles are academic group leaders and postdoctoral researchers from ETH Zurich, EPFL, the University of Basel and CSEM; product and engineering staff from Swiss quantum companies; technology scouts and R&D managers from larger Swiss industrial firms; and programme officers from Innosuisse, Euresearch and the Swiss Quantum Initiative. At the scale of around 140 people, the practical effect is that most attendees can meet most other attendees over the course of the day. ## FAQ · Identity and audience ### Who organises Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland? No single organisation does. It is run by a consortium of nine co-organisers: CSEM, Enterprise Europe Network Switzerland, Euresearch, IBM Research, ID Quantique, Innosuisse, NCCR SPIN, the Quantum Center at ETH Zurich and Zurich Instruments, with the EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Swissmem and the Swiss Quantum Initiative as supporting partners. ### Do I need to be Swiss or Switzerland-based to attend? No. The event is anchored in the Swiss research and industry base and most of the programme reflects that, but attendance is not restricted by nationality or company location. International participants typically combine it with the rest of Swiss Quantum Week. ### Is QIDiS a research conference or a business event? Neither exclusively. It is positioned as the point where the two meet, with a programme of keynotes and panels rather than peer-reviewed paper sessions, and with structured networking as an explicit part of the day rather than an afterthought. Its stated purpose is accelerating commercialisation of quantum products. ### How long has QIDiS been running? The 2026 edition is the seventh, making it one of the longer-running national quantum industry fixtures in Europe. Previous editions are documented on their own annual sites, including qidis25.com for 2025. ## The venue: StageOne Event and Convention Hall StageOne is an event and convention hall in Zurich Oerlikon, in the north of the city, used for conferences, corporate events and concerts. Its capacity is well above the roughly 140 attendees QIDiS expects, which in practice means the day is held in a configured section rather than the full hall. Oerlikon is on the Zurich S-Bahn network with direct connections from Zurich main station and from Zurich Airport, both within about fifteen minutes by train. Exact room allocation and on-site logistics were not disclosed by the organiser at research time. --- ## Editorial take *Nine organisations that could each run their own quantum conference instead run one together, which is what makes a single October day in Zurich a fair proxy for the whole Swiss quantum sector.* ## How to register and what it costs Registration runs through the official site at qidis26.com. Delegate pricing for the 2026 edition was not disclosed at research time, and no published tier structure, early-bird deadline or academic rate was available at last verification. Given the roughly 140-attendee scale and the one-day format, capacity is the binding constraint rather than price, so registering as soon as the form opens is the practical advice. Anyone attending on a European funding or partnership brief should note that Euresearch and Enterprise Europe Network Switzerland are co-organisers and are usually reachable on site for that specific conversation. ## FAQ · Access and practicalities ### How much does it cost to attend? Not disclosed by the organiser at research time. Pricing, if any, is published on qidis26.com; check the official site directly before planning a budget. ### How do I get to the venue from Zurich Airport? StageOne is in Zurich Oerlikon, reachable by direct S-Bahn from Zurich Airport in roughly ten minutes, and from Zurich main station in a similar time. No shuttle service has been announced. ### Can I combine QIDiS with other events that week? Yes, and the calendar is built for it. QIDiS falls on the Tuesday of Swiss Quantum Week (12 to 16 October 2026), and the GESDA Summit's quantum stream runs in Geneva on 14 and 15 October, roughly three hours away by train. ### Is the programme published in advance? A final agenda for 2026 was not available at last verification. Past editions have published speaker lists and session timings on the annual event site ahead of the date. ## First time at QIDiS? How to prepare - **Register as early as the form allows.** At around 140 attendees for a single day, this event is capacity-limited rather than price-limited, and late registration is the main risk rather than a higher fee. - **Study the co-organiser list before you arrive.** Nine institutions co-run the day and staff from all of them are in the room; knowing which one owns funding, which one owns instrumentation and which one owns European partnerships will save you an hour of asking. - **Book the whole week, not just the Tuesday.** Swiss Quantum Week runs 12 to 16 October and the GESDA Summit quantum stream follows in Geneva on 14 and 15 October, so a single trip can cover both if you plan the train legs in advance. - **Come with a specific ask, not a general introduction.** The format is keynotes plus panels plus structured networking, which rewards attendees who know exactly which two or three people they want to meet and why. - **Treat the networking blocks as the main programme.** The stated purpose of the day is connecting research to industry, so the scheduled networking is where that happens rather than being filler between talks. - **Book Zurich accommodation near Oerlikon or the main station.** Oerlikon is north of the centre and well served by S-Bahn, so either location works, but October is a busy conference month in Zurich. ## Resources | Resource | URL | |---|---| | Official website | https://www.qidis26.com/ | | Registration | https://www.qidis26.com/ | | Programme | not disclosed at research time | | Previous edition (2025) | https://www.qidis25.com/ | | LinkedIn | not disclosed | --- **Last verified:** 2026-08-18 **Next review:** 2026-09-17 **Notes:** Event data verified 2026-08-18 from qidis26.com. Attendance figure (~140) is an estimate, not an organiser-audited count. Delegate pricing, final agenda, speaker list and social accounts were not disclosed at research time. The theme-to-organisation mapping table is our own reading of the co-organiser list, not an organiser-published speaker allocation. Edition count (7th) is inferred from prior-year sites including qidis25.com and references to qidis24. Swiss Quantum Week fixtures other than QIDiS and the GESDA Summit quantum stream were not disclosed. **Variables:** 19/58 **Concept definition:** not applicable