Qubits 2026: D-Wave Shows Quantum Impact and Future Plans
D-Wave Announces Qubits 2026 Quantum Computing User Conference
Quantum computing equipment, software, and services leader D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) will hold its annual Qubits user conference in Boca Raton, Florida, on January 27 and 28, 2026. The first commercial quantum computing company is D-Wave.
The event highlights client success stories and D-Wave's award-winning quantum technology's capacity to solve problems beyond classical computing. Participants will hear from scientists, industry leaders, D-Wave executives, and customers.
At Qubits 2026, the company will unveil its latest product roadmap and advances in hybrid-quantum solvers, quantum AI, annealing, and gate-model quantum computing. The symposium will highlight the company's energy-efficient annealing quantum computers and hybrid-quantum solvers' demonstrable impact. D-Wave is the sole gate-model and annealing quantum computer developer.
D-Wave CEO Dr. Alan Baratz says the company 'continues to set the pace in quantum computing, delivering tangible effect for customers today while pushing technologies that will define the future'. He said Qubits 2026 will bring together the company's inventors and problem-solvers to highlight how “quantum’s promise is starting to transform the world”.
Program highlights and topics
One of the year's biggest quantum computing conferences, Qubits 2026, will bring together experts from around the world to discuss the fast-growing field. Case studies, live demos, and in-depth seminars will be supplemented by technical and business tracks.
Important topics will be covered:
D-Wave's strategy to outperform conventional systems and provide long-term and short-term customer value with scalable annealing, gate-model, and hybrid-quantum computing technologies. The company's superconducting quantum technology is famous. Hybrid-quantum technology's potential as an energy-efficient AI workflow accelerator.
Customer use cases showing how D-Wave technology solves computationally difficult problems in various industries. Supply chain, manufacturing, aerospace, life sciences, and AI are examples.
Applications in government and defence, emphasising quantum's role in radar detection, resource deployment, and logistics optimisation.
In modern HPC facilities, on-site quantum computing is becoming more important. D-Wave's Leap quantum cloud service or on-site quantum computers are the world's largest. Practical advise on launching quantum projects, including starting today with the D-Wave Launch program and its professional services staff. Customers use the company's quantum systems to tackle research, AI, and optimisation problems with over 200 million issues filed. Ocean SDK users can use the Ocean collection of open-source tools to construct quantum systems quickly. D-Wave Launch helps businesses implement quantum computing.
Important Speakers
Notable companies expected to present include Davidson Technologies, Lighthouse DIG, North Wales Police, Anduril, AT&T, and Unissant. Experts from Florida Atlantic University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Jülich Supercomputing Centre will also present.
Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter, a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and US government defence expert, will give the conference's keynote address. Baxter will discuss national security, technology, and music innovation.
Non-attendees can watch the first day's sessions online for free at D-Wave.













