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NPL IOP Joint Symposium on Quantum Technologies 2025

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the Institute of Physics (IOP) are hosting the NPL IOP Joint Symposium on Quantum Technologies at NPL’s facilities in Teddington, London adjacent to the beautiful Bushy Park.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the Institute of Physics (IOP) are hosting the NPL IOP Joint Symposium on Quantum Technologies at NPL’s facilities in Teddington, London adjacent to the beautiful Bushy Park on Tuesday 14 October and Wednesday 15 October 2025.

This two-day symposium will bring together international researchers, scientists and engineers from the emerging quantum industries. Confirmed speakers include:

  • John Devaney (NPL)
  • Thomas Dickinson (Innovate Connect)
  • Phil Dolan (nuQuantum)
  • Robert Hadfield (University of Glasgow)
  • Ryan Hanley (Infleqtion)
  • Akhil Kallepalli (Strathclyde University)
  • Callum Littlejohns (CORNERSTONE)
  • Graham Machin (NPL)
  • Andrew Meek Senko
  • Richard Murray (Orca Computing)
  • Miles Padgett (University of Glasgow)
  • Taofiq Paraiso (Toshiba)
  • Graham Peters (Arqit)
  • Mirko Pittaluga (Wave Photonics)
  • Richard Pitwon (Resolute Photonics)
  • Catherine White (BT)
  • Brian Vlastakis (OQC)

Building on the success of our 2022 event, this year’s symposium will again feature a diverse collection of speakers from across the quantum industry and academia. It will provide a broad introduction to and present the latest advances across all pillars of quantum technologies including:

  • Quantum Communication and Computation
  • Quantum Integrated Circuits and Interconnect
  • Quantum Imaging and Packaging
  • Quantum Metrology and Standards

This symposium is organised by NPL and the Institute of Physics as part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) EQUINOX project. It also represents a collaboration between different international standards bodies including International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the British Standards Institution (BSI), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Call for papers

We invite submissions of a original research papers by 15 September 2025 on your latest research which will be peer-reviewed and published in the open access symposium proceedings by IOP Publishing. 

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Registration and fees

To support the development of quantum expertise in both industry and academia, NPL and its partners and sponsors are subsidising participation to encourage in-person attendance.

Registration fee: £100
Exhibition fee: £500 (includes attendance for two representatives)
Conference dinner (Tuesday 14 October): £50
FREE open access publication on IOP Publishing website for accepted papers

14 - 15 October

9.00 - 17.00


Symposium

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

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Agenda

Day 1 - 14 October 2025

09.00 - 09.55 - Registration and coffee reception

09.55 - 10.00 - Welcome - Richard Pitwon (Resolute Photonics)

10.00 - 10.10 - Introduction - Dr Cyrus Larijani, Head of Quantum (NPL)

10.10 - 11.00 - Plenary Session - Peter Knight (Imperial College)

11.00 - 11.40 - Keynote: Harnessing the power of photonics to address the key challenges ahead for quantum- applicability and real world data centre integration - Richard Murray (Orca Computing)

11.40 - 12.00 - Deep-Cryogenic Electrical and Thermal Characterisation of CMOS Devices - Grayson Noah (Quantum Motion)

12.00 - 12.20 - Error detection with multi-mode superconducting qubits - Brian Vlastakis (OQC)

12.20 - 13.20 - Lunch & opportunity to look at posters & exhibitions

13.20 - 13.50 - Keynote: PIC your Quantum Platform - Callum Littlejohns (CORNERSTONE)

13.50 - 14.10 - Advances in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors - Robert Hadfield (University of Glasgow)

14.10 - 14.30 - Metallic Interconnects for Co-Packaged Photonic Integrated Circuits - Andrew Meek (Senko)

14.30 - 14.50 - Coherent Quantum Communication over 250 km Deployed Telecom Network ~ Mirko Pittaluga (Wave Photonics)

14.50 - 15.10 - Photon-based primary thermometry approaches - Graham Machin (NPL)

15.10 - 15.40 - Afternoon coffee break (& opportunity to look at posters & exhibitions)

15.40 - 16.10 ~ What we know vs why it matters - can principles (as opposed to rules) be practically applied for assuring and regulating emerging quantum technologies? - Catherine White (BT)

16.10 - 16.30 - Advances in Photonic Integration for Quantum Key Distribution - Taofiq Paraiso (Toshiba)

16.30 - 16.50 - Encryption Intelligence – Planning the Migration to Post Quantum Cryptography - Graham Peters (Arqit)

16.50 - 17.10 - The NPL quantum networks testbed - Rong Xue (NPL)


Day 2 - 15 October 2025

08.30 - 09.00 - Registration, coffee & pastry reception

09.00 - 09.40 - Keynote: Explainable scalable efficient quantum AI - Bob Coecke Quantinuum

09.40 - 10.00 - A UK Entangled Photon Source to Deliver the Quantum Internet - Alex Koehler-Sidki (Lumino)

10.00 - 10.20 - Nu-Quantum's  vision for distributed quantum computing - Phil Dolan (Nu Quantum)

10.20 - 11.00 - Break

11.00 - 11.40 - Keynote: Title to be announced - Ryan Hanley (Infleqtion)

11.40 - 12.00 - Developing a NPL testbed for Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits - Simon Hall (NPL)

12.00 - 12.20 - Integrated Optical Control for Scalable Atomic Quantum Systems - Amit Agrawal (University of Cambridge)

12.20 - 12.40 - Entanglement-Inspired Single-Photon Range Finding - Alex Clark (University of Bristol)

12.40 - 13.00 - To be announced

13.00 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.00 - 14.40 - Keynote: Title to be announced - Miles Padgett (University of Glasgow)

14.40 - 15.00 - We have a hammer, do you have a nail? A new lab’s perspective on clinical translation of quantum optics and imaging - Akhil Kallepalli (Strathclyde University)

15.00 - 15.20 - Title to be announced - Thomas Dickinson (Innovate Connect)

15.20 - 16.00 - Break

16.00 - 16.30 - Keynote: The importance of getting involved with quantum standardisation - John Devaney (NPL)

16.30-17.00 - International standardisation of quantum optical interconnect - Richard Pitwon (Resolute Photonics)