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On October 14th QUTAC hosted its latest Expert Talk., this time with Manousos Markoutsakis, Senior Business Development Manager at IQM Quantum Computers.  

During his in-depth session, participants from the QUTAC member companies heard directly from one of Europe’s leading quantum computer manufacturers about how the technology is evolving and what these developments could mean for organisations considering its adoption. The discussion also offered a valuable opportunity for an open exchange between industrial users and technology providers. This is precisely one of the many benefits of the QUTAC Expert Talk series. 

IQM develops both on-premises and cloud-based quantum computing systems. Headquartered in Finland and Germany, with a presence across Europe, Asia, and the U.S. and a team of more than 300 quantum experts, the company is working towards scalable, error-corrected quantum computing while contributing to push the boundaries of science and technology. 

QUTAC would like to thank Manousos and IQM for his session and the valuable open exchange. 

Europe struggles to accelerate the rate at which it turns promising research results into technologies actually deployed in industry. At AIDAQ 2026 in Berlin, discussions highlighted that scientific excellence and industrial strength both profit from stronger connections between research, technology, infrastructure and industrial adoption. 

As a Community Partner, QUTAC brought the perspective of industrial users to discourse around artificial intelligence, quantum computing, digital infrastructure and technological sovereignty. A central question was how Europe can accelerate the transition from innovation to scalable industrial applications. 

Discussions underscored the importance of strong ecosystems in which infrastructure, data, research, industrial users and capital collaborate closely. Quantum computing is also increasingly becoming part of a hybrid computing landscape, working alongside classical systems, high-performance computing and AI. 

For QUTAC, the event reinforced the importance of close collaboration between industry, research and other stakeholders across the European quantum ecosystem, such as in the Franco-German Dialogue among Quantum Technology Players. 

Germany and France are leading Europe’s journey toward the development of quantum technologies for industrial applications and a sovereign ecosystem. QUTAC is an important voice in this process.

On July 8th, Caroline Bürsgens and Christoph Niedermeier represented QUTAC at the Servus Scale Up! 2026 – Bavarian-French Startup Festival on Quantum & Enabling Technologies in Munich, speaking about “Building the European quantum future: how do we move forward?”.

The event welcomed over 200 participants and featured panels on Europe’s sovereignty and the path to quantum adoption, a live pitching competitionwith ten French and German startups, exhibitor stands and networking opportunities.

QUTAC would like to thank the event’s organizing team and everyone who participated and reached out to network.

On July 9, 2026, QUTAC was present as a business Partner at the renowned Stallwächterparty in Berlin — the traditional political summer reception hosted by the Vertretung des Landes Baden-Württemberg beim Bund (Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the Federal Government. Held since 1964, the reception  is regarded as one of the key communication platforms of the political summer in the German capital.

QUTAC marked its fifth anniversary with a two-day celebration dedicated to reflection, exchange and the future of industrial quantum computing.

On 10 and 11 June 2026, QUTAC brought together members, founders and partners to celebrate five years of collaboration in the quantum computing ecosystem. What began in 2021 as a consortium of leading companies with a clear industrial focus has developed into a strong platform for exchange, application-oriented collaboration, and shared thought leadership.

On May 4, QUTAC welcomed Russell Stutz, Senior Director of Product Technologies at Quantinuum, for an Expert Talk on the company’s newly unveiled Helios platform.

Russell shared exclusive insights into the 98-qubit system, including its barium-ion architecture, the ion-junction design with a rotatable storage ring enabling all-to-all connectivity, and the new Guppy programming language. With record-breaking gate fidelities and GPU-accelerated real-time control, Helios marks a tangible step towards enterprise-grade quantum computing and signals a clear direction for the future of trapped-ion hardware.

For QUTAC’s industrial end-user community, these insights offer a valuable exchange with the pioneers shaping the next phase of quantum computing. 

QUTAC would like to thank Russell Stutz and all attendees for their participation.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this news post are solely those of QUTAC and are not affiliated with Quantinuum.