CFU recognition for UNIPA students
The participation in Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 can contribute to the recognition of CFU credits for students of the University of Palermo.
Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 @ Palermo
Quantum events built by the community
Welcome to Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 @ Palermo, the city's community-led edition of Qiskit Fall Fest.
Supported by IBM Quantum and the Qiskit community, the event brings together students, researchers, professionals and anyone curious about quantum computing.
Back in Palermo. Following the 2023 edition, the Qiskit Fall Fest returns in 2026 in the city!
Whether you are taking your first steps in quantum computing or already work in the field, you will find a place to learn, exchange ideas, and build connections.
Qiskit Fall Fest is a global lineup of community-led quantum computing events, including
- Hands-on workshops
- Coding challenges and hackathons
- Research talks and panels
- Social and networking events
IBM Quantum partners with selected student leaders and volunteers each year to help plan and execute these events worldwide.
Supported by
Partners
The 2026 theme
A decade of quantum on the cloud
In 2016, IBM put the first quantum computer on the cloud, making real quantum hardware openly accessible. Ten years later, Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 celebrates a decade of IBM Quantum on the cloud: the evolution of its hardware, the discoveries it enabled and the communities that grew around it.
The birds in this year's visual identity refer to IBM Quantum processor families and roadmap architectures, whose names include Falcon, Hummingbird, Eagle, Osprey, Condor, Heron, and Flamingo.
Qiskit is a popular and performant software stack for quantum computing and algorithms research. You will be able to build, optimize and execute quantum workloads at scale.
Explore the first decade
Learn by building
Start with a quantum circuit
Qiskit Fall Fest is not only about listening: the programme includes practical sessions to explore quantum computing with the Qiskit SDK.
Try this Bell-state example code!
Explore the programmefrom qiskit import QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.primitives import StatevectorSampler
qc = QuantumCircuit(2)
qc.h(0)
qc.cx(0, 1)
qc.measure_all()
sampler = StatevectorSampler()
job = sampler.run([qc])
counts = job.result()[0].data.meas.get_counts()
print(counts)Output
{'00': 506, '11': 518}Event programme
Agenda
| Monday Introductions | Tuesday Community meetup | Wednesday Hands-on sessions | Thursday Community meetup | Friday Advanced topics | Tuesday QFF Team @ IBM Quantum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – Accreditation | – Accreditation | – Accreditation | |||
| – Opening ceremony Organizers | – Roberto Lo Nardo | – |TBA⟩ | |||
| – Gioacchino Massimo Palma | |||||
| – Qiskit Fall Fest Closing Ceremony (global event - ONLINE ONLY) | |||||
| – Break | – Break | – Break | |||
| – Mauro Paternostro | – | – |TBA⟩ | |||
| – Participant check-out | – Participant check-out | – Participant check-out | |||
| – |TBA⟩ (venue: TBA) | – |TBA⟩ (venue: TBA) |
Programme times: Central European Time (CET, UTC+1).
Where it happens
Venue
Università degli Studi di Palermo Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica "Emilio Segrè" Via Archirafi, 36 · Palermo, Italy Classroom A Open in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Joining remotely?
Remote access details will be shared with registered participants.
Join us in person to meet the community and make the most of the event.
Latest updates
News
The team
Speakers
Gioacchino Massimo Palma
Full Professor in theoretical condensed matter and quantum optics theory @ University of Palermo • President of SISTEQ
Mauro Paternostro
Full Professor of Quantum Information Science @ University of Palermo • Professor of Quantum Optics @ Queen’s University Belfast (QUB)
Roberto Lo Nardo
Quantum Client Delivery Lead • Quantum Ambassador, Industry and Technical Services (I&TS) @ IBM Quantum
Event poster
Poster
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The team
Organizers
Alberto Miserendino
Lead organizer
Roberto Battaglia
Co-organizer
Francesca Pagano
Co-organizer
The team
Volunteers
Simona Pia Cervello
B.Sc. student in Physical Sciences @ University of Palermo
Contribution
Student communications liaison
Around the world
Qiskit Fall Fest sites
Explore the map to discover Qiskit Fall Fest gatherings happening across the globe.
For official, up-to-date Qiskit Fall Fest information, visit IBM Quantum