Past Events
2nd IZTECH Quantum Days
The 2nd IZTECH Quantum Days was hosted by the İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) on April 17–18, 2025, in collaboration with QTurkey and the IZTECH Quantum Community, as part of the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ 2025). Bringing together academics, researchers, and both undergraduate and graduate students from the international arena, the event aimed to disseminate and deepen the ‘quantum vision’ across Türkiye.
The symposium featured an intensive two-day program including presentations by invited national and international speakers, poster sessions, and showcases of specialized projects. The roster of speakers and supporting sponsors included prestigious organizations such as QLocked, NanoMagnetic Instruments Ltd., the German Physical Society (DPG), the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung, QuanTour, and The Science Talk.
A key highlight was the celebration of the Turkish leg of the Europe-wide QuanTour project. The event facilitated knowledge sharing regarding technical devices and resources while introducing experimental infrastructure in quantum optics and photonics. This initiative allowed for direct integration into international-level research within the field of quantum technologies in Türkiye.
The 2nd IZTECH Quantum Days served as a comprehensive platform showcasing both the theoretical and applied facets of quantum science, providing inspiration and a foundation for future quantum research and projects. This event represents a significant step toward expanding quantum awareness and capacity throughout the country. The list of speakers featured in the event is as follows:
Ozan Arı – Hacettepe University
Mete Atatüre – University of Cambridge
Serkan Ateş – İzmir Institute of Technology
Deniz Aybaş – Bilkent University
Frederik Brooke Barnes – Heriot-Watt University
Saba Bozpolat – Marmara University
Aslı Çakan – Technical University of Munich
Mustafa Gündoğan – Humboldt University of Berlin
Bedriye Seyhan Gündüz – TÜBİTAK BİLGEM
Nico Hauser – University of Stuttgart
Yusuf Karlı – University of Cambridge
Ahmet Oral – NanoMagnetics Instruments Ltd.
Aisha Gökçe Özbay – TÜBİTAK National Metrology Institute
Mio Poortvliet – Leiden University
Armando Rastelli – Johannes Kepler University Linz
Doris E. Reiter – Technical University of Dortmund
Vikas Remesh – University of Innsbruck
Luca Sapienza – University of Cambridge
İbrahim Sarpkaya – Bilkent University, UNAM
Zeki Seskir – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Sevilay Sevinçli – İzmir Institute of Technology
Carlos Anton Solanas – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Figen Yılmaz – Delft University of Technology
Organizators:
- Serkan Ateş – Sabancı University
- Yusuf Karlı – University of Cambridge
- Emirhan Güler – İzmir Institute of Technology
1st IZTECH Quantum Days
The inaugural IZTECH Quantum Days took place on March 7–8, 2023, at the İzmir Institute of Technology Integrated Research Center (TAM) Conference Hall. Organized under the sponsorship of Teknopark İzmir and QLocked, the event brought together esteemed speakers from various universities and research centers across Türkiye, offering a comprehensive two-day program focused on diverse subfields of quantum science and technology.
Throughout the symposium, a wide range of content was presented, covering both foundational quantum mechanics and contemporary applications. The list of distinguished speakers and their presentation titles is as follows:
• Oktay Pashaev – Mathematical Origin and Physical Nature of Quantum States
• Özgür Müstecaplıoğlu – Collision Model for Environment Engineering for Quantum Technologies
• Ahmed Salmanogli – Design of an Operational Quantum Radar
• Mustafa Gündoğan – Space + Photon + Atom: Quantum Physics Experiments in Space
• Özlem Salehi Köken – ProgQAOA: A Variant of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm for Resource-Efficient Quantum Optimization
• Enes Ataç – Quantum Entanglement and Two-Photon Diffraction
• Acar Savacı – Fundamentals of Numerical and Quantum Computing and Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics (cQED)
• Serdar Özçelik – Alloyed Quantum Dots for Advanced Technological Applications
• Ozan Arı – Integrated Photonic Quantum Technologies
• Zafer Gedik – The Double-Slit Experiment Revisited
• İbrahim Sarpkaya – Optical Spectroscopy of 2D Materials and Their Heterostructures in the Frame of Quantum Photonics
• Aziz Kolkıran – Quantum Imaging Using Correlated and Uncorrelated Photon Sources
Organizators:
- Utku Yiğit – University of Innsbruck
- Emirhan Güler – İzmir Institute of Technology
