The 55th Quantum Information Technology Symposium (QIT55)

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Scope of the Symposium: This symposium is on quantum information science, which is a new interdisciplinary area of information science and quantum mechanics.
Presentations can be given in English as well as in Japanese.

This symposium is co-held with the Quantum Software Study Group of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ). A joint session with IPSJ Quantum Software Study Group will be held on November 5 (Thu.).

Information

Date: November 4th (Wed.) - November 6th (Fri.), 2026
Format: In-person only. No online streaming.
Venue: Ritsumeikan University, Osaka Ibaraki Campus, Future Plaza
Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Expected number of participants: ~200
Registration fee (until October 21 (Wed.), 2026): General: 6,000 JPY, Student: 2,000 JPY
- Registration fee (from October 22 (Thu.), 2026): General: 7,000 JPY, Student: 3,000 JPY
- Banquet fee: 4,000 JPY
- All prices are tax-inclusive.
- Invoices will not be issued.
Invited Talks: TBD
Topics: (Submissions may be refereed according to the number of applications.)
- quantum computation
  - quantum algorithm
  - quantum computation models
  - quantum complexity theory
  - quantum programming language
  - geometric quantum computing
- quantum computing devices
  - optical quantum computing
  - solid state quantum computing
  - NMR quantum computing
  - cold atom/ion quantum computing
- quantum information
  - quantum cryptography
  - quantum communication
  - quantum estimation
  - quantum measurement
  - uncertainty
  - quantum tomography
  - completely positive maps
- quantum error correction
  - decoherence
  - quantum noise
  - quantum coding theory
  - fault-tolerant quantum computing
- quantum entanglement
  - entanglement theory
  - entanglement manipulation
  - quantum teleportation
  - non-locality
  - contextuality
- quantum optics
  - single photon generation
  - entanglement production
  - photon state control
  - photon detection
- condensed matter physics
- relativistic quantum information theory
- foundations of quantum mechanics
Student Presentation Award: Open for application to students. See here for details.
Deadlines:
- October 1 (Thu.), 2026 for Oral presentation
- October 11 (Sun.), 2026 for Poster presentation
- October 11 (Sun.), 2026 for PDF manuscript submission
- October 21 (Wed.), 2026 for Early web registration
- October 21 (Wed.), 2026 for Banquet registration
For further information, please contact the Organizing Committee (E-mail: qit55@ngc.is.ritsumei.ac.jp)
- Shigeru Yamashita (Ritsumeikan University)
- Hiroki Tokunaga (Hokkaido University)
- Akira Kitagawa (Yokohama National University)
- Zanhe Qi (Ritsumeikan University)
- Sponsored by Quantum Information Technology Committee (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
  Chairman: Toyohiro Tsurumaru (Mitsubishi Electric)
- Cosponsored by Quantum Electronics Research Group, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- Co-held with Quantum Software Study Group, Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

Program:

To be announced after the program is published.

Registration

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- All personal information provided for QIT, including all duplicates, will be deleted after QIT.
- Contact address for an inquiry about personal information collection:
  Organizers of Quantum Information Technology Committee
  E-mail: qit.kanji(-AT-)gmail.com [Please replace (-AT-) with @]
The following are the URLs for registration.

For Authors

PDF Manuscript Submission
Information for oral presentation
- Details will be announced after the program is published.
Information for poster presentation
- Details will be announced after the program is published.

For Participants

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