28th July 2025From 4.30pmPhysics Auditorium, The Australian National University, CanberraGreat speakers have been confirmed: ➡️ Dr Rim El Kadi, PhD - Business and digital strategy consulting expert and visiting fellow at ANU. She is also our wonderful and highly motivated ACT hub leader ➡️ Mr Fernando Guerra Alves - Manager of Partnerships Development at Quantum Australia. Fernando is also our passionated Quantum science community leader➡️ Dr Carlos Kuhn - Research Chair in Open Source Technology at the University of Canberra➡️ Dr Cyril Laplane - Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Quantum Control Laboratory➡️ Mr Stephen Forshaw - Chief representative for Airbus ANZ & Pacific➡️ Dr Aaron Tranter - Research fellow in the Department of Quantum Science and Technology at ANU & CEO of AQACIAFind the full program and register here: https://www.afran.org.au/event-info/quantum-talk
Quantum computing is making a growing impact across industries, and the financial sector is among those leading the way. A new report from the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) (formerly Elevandi) — Quantum Computing: Unlocking New Possibilities in Financial Services — highlights how banks, regulators and tech firms are already exploring [r1] quantum technologies to solve complex problems in investment strategy, cybersecurity, and risk management.
Quantum technology is a once-in-a-century scientific leap, comparable to the advent of the Internet.
Quantum computing is poised to upend digital security as we know it. Many of today’s widely used encryption standards, like RSA and ECC, will become vulnerable, placing everything from online banking and cloud storage to secure messaging and infrastructure systems at risk.
TeraGlo is redefining how we identify and understand materials, using portable quantum sensors that deliver real-time insights from construction sites to the lunar surface. Their revolutionary platform, Quantum AI Material Sensing (QAIMS), delivers portable, real-time material identification with unmatched speed and precision. Whether it’s improving safety in construction, accelerating critical mineral exploration, or detecting hazardous substances in the field, TeraGlo’s sensors are built to transform decision-making across mining, defence, health, construction, and even space.
Australia’s productivity is in a slump. The latest figures from the Productivity Commission are not just numbers on a page, but a warning sign. As a nation, we seem to be working harder but not smarter, signalling an unsustainable trend if the trend continues.
The Q-CTRL contracts, valued at $38 million, will augment the company’s field-validated quantum sensing technologies for demanding real-world use cases in high-performance military vehicles.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance, has made the first big steps in the advance of quantum computers for scientific discovery with the installation of a Quantum Brilliance computer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. Lab staff will use ORNL’s first on-site, commercial quantum computer cluster to explore ways to integrate this emerging technology into classical high-performance computing infrastructures and tap its potential for massive computational power gains.