Seeking Quantum Advantage: Workshop and Conference
The SEEQA2025 event will be held at Merton and
Corpus Christi Colleges, Oxford, August 25 – 29, 2025.
Following the highly successful 2024 event, this will be a one week residential conference in two of Oxford’s historic colleges that are located very conveniently next to each other. Experts will gather to debate the challenges and opportunities in the worldwide effort to achieve general Quantum Advantage.
Please find here the webpage of our very successful event from last year, SEEQA2024.
Key Themes and Topics (tentative)
- Recent improvements in quantum algorithms
- New application areas for quantum computers
- Advances in classical simulation and emulation
- Recent hardware improvements
- Improvements in practical quantum error correction and recent demonstrations
- Emerging ideas for fault tolerance
- Interplay between AI and quantum computing
Talks and Perspectives
As increasingly large investments are made into commercial quantum computing efforts, how should we view the prospects for the field: Can over-hype be avoided to keep goals attainable?
Committees
Programme Committee
- Ryan Babbush
- Dominic Berry
- Harry Buhrman
- Michael Beverland
- Earl Campbell
- Sophia Economou
- Artur Ekert
- Keisuke Fujii
- Aram Harrow
- Zoe Holmes
- Elham Kashefi
- Elica Kyoseva
- Ashley Montanaro
- John Morton
Steering Committee
- Dan Browne
- Zhenyu Cai
- Noah Linden
- Armands Strikis
Confirmed Speakers, Panelists and Tutorial Sessions
Speakers
- Johannes Bausch
- Jens Eisert
- Alysson Gold
- Johnnie Gray
- Matt McEwen
- Bettina Heim
- Naomi Nickerson
- Chris Pattison
- Shruti Puri (tbc)
- Nicholas Rubin
- Raul Santos
- Thomas Schuster
- Kunal Sharma
- Nathan Wiebe
- Hayata Yamasaki
Oxford Union Debate Panelists
- Dorit Aharonov (tbc)
- Terry Rudolph
- Will Zeng
Tutorial Sessions
- Prakash Muarali: Cost Models and Architectures for Early Fault-Tolerant Algorithms
- Nicholas Rubin: Quantum Chemistry on Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
- Norbert Schuch: Tensor Network Simulation
- Victor V. Albert (tbc): Quantum Error Correction
Registration
Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors we were able to set very reasonable registration fees.
- (SOLD OUT) Early bird student tickets: £250
- (SOLD OUT) Early bird staff tickets: £350
- (SOLD OUT) Regular rate student tickets: £350
- (SOLD OUT) General admissions tickets: £450
All tickets sold out for SEEQA2025, please do not email the organisers. You can sign up to our waiting list HERE.
A student is a person who is studying for a degree but has not yet received a doctorate. Please note that ticket prices include lunch at Merton College’s historic dining room for all days of the conference (however, please opt out in the registration form in case you know you don’t need lunch on certain days). Ticket prices also include the following.
- Free to opt in to gala dinner on Friday, 29th Aug in Merton College’s dining hall
- Free to opt in to participate in the tutorial day on Monday, 25th Aug
- Free to opt in for breakfast at Merton College’s dining hall for all days of the conference
Participants should go to the Oxford University webstore via the following link to purchase a ticket.
[Link to purchase SEEQA ticket] Password: SEEQA2005
Accommodation
We have arranged with Corpus Christi College (located immediately next to the conference venue) that they will offer rooms for booking by conference attendees. While participants are free to book accommodation as suits them best, we strongly recommend to ALL PARTICIPANTS who are not local to Oxford to book their accommodation at Corpus Christi. This is each participant’s responsibility, and the booking (and payment) is made directly with Corpus Christi college. Please note that they offer “Room only, no meals” service due to ongoing refurbishment works but, breakfast will be served in Merton College (<1min walk) and it’s free to opt in for all days of the conference. AFTER you secured your SEEQA ticket, please book a room using the following link:
[Link to book accommodation] Password: SEEQA25
Note on schedule
When making travel arrangements, please note that we have a tutorial day on Monday 25th Aug while the conference programme only starts on Monday evening with a drinks reception. Our banquet dinner will take place on Friday evening (29th August), so we expect MOST participants to arrive on Monday and leave on Saturday, while those who wish to participate in the tutorial day (e.g., students and postdocs) may already arrive on Sunday.
Financial Support
We have a limited capacity to provide financial help with conference costs for a small number of attendees. Participants who require financial help in order to be able to attend, should fill in the following online form – participants will be asked for a justification, and only those with strong and specific reasons for needing support are likely to receive it.
Listen, Present and Discuss
Lectures and presentations from world-leading experts. 150 participants, 10 invited long talks and 14 shorter talks. The first day of the conference (25th Aug) will be dedicated to 4 Tutorial Sessions. Two poster sessions where participants can present their work (interest in presenting a poster can be indicated at registration).
Tackle challenges together
Merton College offers plenty of space in its scenic gardens and traditional seminar rooms for chats and meetings at all scales.
The latest theory and experiments
The event emphasises practical theory, while covering the most exciting experimental progress in various systems.
Evening debate
The event will feature an evening debate that tackles key controversy with speakers for and against. The venue will be the famous Oxford Union Debating Chamber
Residential in Merton College
Attendees will stay at Merton and Corpus Christi Colleges, two of Oxford’s most beautiful colleges, with breakfast and dinner in Merton’s beautiful Hall.
Explore the Dreaming Spires
Beautiful walks, punting on the river, and countless historic colleges, museums and libraries.
