Upcoming NAISE Events

September 11, 2025 | NAISE Event

NAISE All Hands Technical Meeting 2025

at Northwestern

Scope: This event aims to convene all NAISE Fellows and other interested Northwestern Faculty for programmatic updates and technical discussions. Registration is required to attend this event.

Location:  Northwestern - Evanston (Technological Institute LR3 & NAISE HQ)

Tentative Agenda (all times CST) - 

9:00AM - 12:00PM Welcome, Overview, Programmatic Updates, Technical Presentations

12:00PM - 01:00PM Lunch

01:00PM - 3:00PM Parallel Breakout Sessions

3:00PM - 4:00PM Closing Session

Organizers: Neelesh Patankar (Northwestern), Amanda Petford-Long (Argonne National Lab), Begum Gulsoy (Northwestern) , Emilie Giacobbe (Northwestern)

October 30, 2025 | NAISE & INQUIRE Event

Quantum System Software Stack (QS3) Workshop II:

Compilation in the NISQ, FTQC, and hybrid quantum-classical era 

Organizers: Kate Smith, Nikos Hardavellas, Neelesh Patankar, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Begum Gulsoy (Northwestern)

Details coming soon.

Information about the previous workshop can be found in NAISE Past Events Webpage.

November 4-6, 2025 | CHiMaD Event

CHiMaD Phase Field Methods Workshop XIX

Organizers: Duncan Burns & Begum Gulsoy (Northwestern), Alex Chadwick (Naval Research Laboratory)

Details TBA.

You can access information on the community and previous workshops at the PFHub: The Phase Field Community Hub website.

November 5, 2025 | ANL Event in partnership with NAISE & INQUIRE

Quantum Prairie Economic Forum

Location / Time: Hyde Park Labs, 5207 S Harper Avenue, Chicago IL 60615 / 9:00AM - 12:00PM

Scope: The Quantum Prairie Economic Symposium is an opportunity for Chicago-area small businesses, nonprofit organizations and municipalities to connect with experts in quantum information science and to learn how they can join the vibrant Chicago-area quantum community. 

The half-day symposium will feature a keynote address, a panel on the economic and research impacts of quantum information science, and a panel on the importance of growing a quantum workforce.

As a member of a small business or nonprofit or as a representative of a Chicagoland town or county, you will have the chance to network with the quantum information science community, become familiar with the quantum activity happening in your backyard, and learn what all the quantum buzz is about.

Registration (and additional information): Coming soon.

Organizers:  Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern (NAISE & INQUIRE), Chicago Quantum Exchange, University of Chicago (Polsky Center & Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison