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On November 2, 2025, qBraid hosted the inaugural Quantum Developer Day (QDD25) at Convene in Willis Tower, Chicago, co-located with the Chicago Quantum Summit. Over 100 enterprise leaders, researchers, and technical decision-makers joined in person, and more than 700 people tuned in via livestream from around the world.
The premise was simple but overdue: bring together the people actually building quantum software and give them a dedicated space to showcase real work, swap ideas, and get their hands on what is coming next. No hype, just code.
We were blown away by the response. See you in 2026.
qBraid exists to empower quantum software developers. Everything we build, from the platform to the open-source SDK to qBook, is designed to give developers faster, easier access to real quantum hardware and the tools they need to build on it. QDD25 was a natural extension of that mission.
The quantum software development community is niche, growing fast, and deeply passionate. But it has historically been scattered across conferences, academic papers, and online forums without a dedicated space to come together. We wanted to change that. We wanted qBraid users, quantum researchers, and enterprise developers to be in the same room, comparing notes, seeing what each other is building, and pushing the field forward together.
QDD25 was built for the builders. Not a general quantum computing summit, not a hardware showcase, but a focused afternoon for the people writing the code that will make quantum computing useful in the real world.
The afternoon kicked off with opening remarks from the Chicago Quantum Exchange and a keynote from qBraid CEO Kanav Setia covering the state of quantum software tools and a live demo of the qBraid platform.
The centerpiece of the afternoon was a set of six rapid-fire technical presentations from some of the most active builders in the quantum software ecosystem:
Each talk was designed to be dense, technical, and direct. Exactly what a developer audience wants.
QDD25 also featured two standout research presentations.
Laura Gagliardi (Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago) and Joanna Wang (University of Chicago), alongside Mario Motta (Principal Research Staff Member, IBM), presented on quantum computing applications in chemistry and materials science for energy, one of the most promising near-term application areas for quantum advantage.
Charles Yuan (Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UW-Madison) followed with a deep dive into programming systems for quantum applications, exploring how the software stack needs to evolve to support the next generation of quantum programs.
One of the highlights of the afternoon was a partnership announcement with Q-CTRL: an instructor-led, half-day course designed to enable enterprise teams to solve commercially useful business problems on real quantum devices, with no specialist coding experience required. This course represents exactly the kind of on-ramp that enterprise adoption needs.
The event closed with a panel discussion featuring leaders from across industry and research, covering how the quantum software stack is evolving and what developers, enterprises, and hardware companies need from each other to accelerate progress.
QDD25 would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors across all tiers.
Production Sponsors: Xanadu, IBM, IonQ, Rigetti, Quantum Rings
Staging Sponsors: Quantum Machines, Q-CTRL, Unitary Foundation
Dev Sponsors: Chicago Quantum Exchange, International Year of Quantum (IYQ), Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP)
The quantum software community showed up in a big way for the inaugural Quantum Developer Day. We are already looking forward to bringing it back in 2026, bigger, with more hardware access, more enterprise case studies, and more opportunities for the developer community to build together.
If you missed it, the full livestream recording is available on the qBraid YouTube channel.
Want to get involved in QDD26 as a speaker, sponsor, or attendee? Reach out to brian.pearson@qbraid.com.
Interested in building on quantum hardware today? The qBraid platform gives developers access to 34+ quantum devices across every major hardware modality, no setup required.
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