Q-Camp 2026 – Quantum Summer School
31 Aug - 10 Sep 2026, Gdańsk

Schedule

The schedule is subject to changes.

The topic of Q-Camp 2026 is Quantum technologies are reshaping the foundations of secure communication.

First Week (August 31st – September 4th)

Monday, August 31st

8:00 – 9:00 | Registration

9:00 – 9:30 | Opening ceremony | D005

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture + 10 minute test | Antonio Mandarino | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Antonio Mandarino | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Lecture | Karthik Hosapete Seshadri | D005

12:30 – 13:30 | Lecture | Karthik Hosapete Seshadri | D005

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

15:00 – 16:00 | Lecture | Antonio Mandarino | D005

16:00 – 17:00 | Tutorial | 2.16

17:00 | Integration at UG | Hall near the entrance

 

Tuesday, September 1st

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture | Konrad Schlichtholz | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Konrad Schlichtholz | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Lecture | Romain Alléaume | D005

12:30 – 13:30 | Lecture | Romain Alléaume | D005

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

14:30 – 15:30 | Lecture | Wadim Wormsbecher | D005

15:30 – 16:30 | Lecture | Wadim Wormsbecher | D005

17:30 | Kainos Night Out | Tryton Business House, Jana z Kolna Street 11

 

Wednesday, September 2nd

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture | Markus Grassl | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Markus Grassl | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Lecture | Akshata Shenoy | D005

12:30 – 13:30 | Lecture | Akshata Shenoy | D005

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

14:30 – 15:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

15:30 – 16:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

 

Thursday, September 3rd

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture | Marcin Pawłowski | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Marcin Pawłowski | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

12:30 – 13:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

14:30 – 15:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

15:30 – 16:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

18:30 | Tour de Gdańsk (Old Town) | gathering at the Faculty around 17:50

 

Friday, September 4th

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture online | Yeong-Cherng Liang | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Karthik Hosapete Seshadri | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Lecture | Grzegorz Rajchel-Mieldzioć | D005

12:30 – 13:30 | Lecture | Grzegorz Rajchel-Mieldzioć | D005

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

15:00 – 16:00 | Lecture online: A Quantum Leap: The NIST PQC Standards | Dustin Moody | D005

16:15 – 17:15 | Lecture: Quantum information and algorithms for quantum chemistry | Grzegorz Rajchel-Mieldzioć | D005

 

Second Week (September 7th – 10th)

Monday, September 7th

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture | Gustavo Lima | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Gustavo Lima | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Lecture | Akshata Shenoy | D005

12:30 – 13:30 | Lecture | Akshata Shenoy | D005

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

15:00 – 16:00 | Lecture online | Ashutosh Singh | D005

16:00 – 17:00 | Lecture online | Ashutosh Singh | D005

17:00 – 18:00 | Tutorial | Aravinth Balaji Ravichandran | 2.16

 

Tuesday, September 8th

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture | Moein Naseri | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Lecture | Moein Naseri | D005

11:30 – 13:30 | Speed Talks by Participants | D005

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

14:30 – 16:30 | Lecture: Quantum Techniques for Provable Post-Quantum Security | Christian Majenz | D005

18:30 | Excursion to Gdynia | gathering at the Faculty around 17:30

 

Wednesday, September 9th

9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture | Antonio Mandarino | D005

10:30 – 11:30 | Tutorial | Antonio Mandarino | D005

11:30 – 12:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

12:30 – 13:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

13:30 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK | Faculty of Law & Administration

14:30 – 15:30 | Tutorial | 2.16

15:30 – 16:30 | Tutorial + 10 minute test | 2.16

 

Thursday, September 10th

9:00 – 9:30 | Closing Ceremony and Awarding of the Attendance Certificates

9:30 | Group photo at the “I <3 UG” sign

18:00 – 22:00 | Q-Con Startup Meetup: Quantum & Space | REGISTER for FREE on the website (discount codes sent through e-mails)

 

Weekend events, September 11th-13th

Friday, September 11th

9:00 – 17:00 | Q-Con Quantum Conference 2026: Quantum, Applied. Value, Delivered. | REGISTER for FREE (discount codes sent through e-mails)

 

Friday-Sunday, September 11th-13th

Friday, 17:00 – Sunday, 17:00 | Baltic Dual-use Hackathon | REGISTER for FREE (discount codes sent through e-mails)

Programme

Quantum technologies are reshaping the foundations of secure communication.
While quantum computers pose a significant threat to existing classical cryptographic systems and critical infrastructures, they also pave the way for fundamentally new approaches to security.
As a result, two complementary security paradigms have emerged: quantum cryptography, which derives information-theoretic security from the laws of quantum physics, and post-quantum cryptography, which develops classical algorithms designed to remain secure and resistant against quantum adversaries.
 
Topics of Lecture 
  1. Introduction to quantum information. From classical bits to qubits: superposition, measurement, and the quantum advantage in communication
  2. Quantum correlations and entanglement as a resource for secure communication protocols
  4. Quantum computation threats to cybersecurity
  5. Implementations of quantum communication: Challenges and Current Status

The cost of participation in the school is 100.00 EUR. The cost includes participation in the summer school, materials, participation in the official social programme, scheduled meals and a coffee breaks.

The cost of stay, insurance and travel is covered by the Participant on their own. The organisers have no means to provide any financial support for the Participants.

The organizers will allow participants to rent a single room in the student house of the University of Gdansk for the duration of the school at a reduced price.