Q2B26 Copenhagen

Q2B Copenhagen is presented in partnership with a Danish Consortium comprising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novo Holdings, and 55 North. It's the first time the conference series, organized by QC Ware, has been held in the Nordic region, and organizers expect it to be one of the largest quantum business events ever held in continental Europe.

The Room

600+ attendees and 80+ speakers are expected across the two days. Confirmed speakers include Matt Johnson (CEO, QC Ware), Lene Oddershede (CSO, Novo Nordisk Foundation), Peter Krogstrup (CEO, NQCP & Quantum Foundry Copenhagen), Lauri Sainiemi and Dr. Nathan Baker (Microsoft Quantum), Ellen Devereux (Fujitsu), Anders Broo (AstraZeneca), and Hiro Mori (Q-STAR), alongside diplomatic voices including the US, UK, and Korean ambassadors to Denmark. Industry sessions bring in AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, and NTT Data Group, alongside quantum hardware and software players including IQM, Atom Computing, NVIDIA, Multiverse Computing, HPE, and Chicago Quantum Exchange.

The Agenda

The two-day program runs across six quantum technology themes:

• QC & HPC
• Error Correction
• Quantum AI
• Communications & Security
• Sensing & Timing
• Computing

Day one opens with keynotes and the BioInnovation Institute-led startup pitch competition, followed by tracks on Computing HW & SW, Error Correction & Quantum AI, and Life Science. Day two shifts to Case Studies, Quantum & HPC, and a Government, Analyst & VC track, including a venture capital panel hosted by Needham & Company.

What to Expect

• Two days, full quantum ecosystem: hardware vendors, software developers, VCs, researchers, and government agencies in one place
• A startup pitch competition by BioInnovation Institute, judged by Novo Holdings, 55 North, QuNorth, and Playground
• A VC panel with 55 North, Quantonation, Firgun Ventures, and Qbeat Ventures
• An opening panel of ambassadors on international quantum cooperation, moderated by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 600+ attendees, 80+ speakers, six technology tracks

Why It's Different

Most of the quantum conversation still runs through Western Europe and the US. This is the first time Q2B, the industry's standard-bearer event, has run in the Nordics, and it lands at a moment when CEE countries, Romania, Poland, and Czechia among them, are bringing real quantum hardware online for the first time. For a region still working to connect its infrastructure build-out to global capital and commercial partnerships, Copenhagen is a rare chance to be in the room where that conversation happens.