QIA's Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon 2025
Are you ready to hack into the future? Join the QIA Hackathon 2025!
We are calling all interested quantum enthusiasts to join our pan-European quantum internet hackathon occurring simultaneously across multiple nodes on 28 November 2025!
Choose from three QIA-operated nodes in Delft (Netherlands), Dresden (Germany) and Paris (France), and Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS)’s node in Poznań (Poland), or contact us if you wish to host an additional node.
How the QIA Hackathon 2025 works
Our hackathon builds on the success of our Pan-European Hackathons in 2019,2022 and 2024, and is organised by the QIA Use Case Team.Participants will assemble into local teams to tackle challenges, but will be brought together virtually during the hackathon to share projects, discuss progress and give feedback.Expert guidance and facilitators will be on hand throughout the hackathon.
Hackathon features
Non-commercial: the organisers are not-for-profit organisations with no monetary prizes
Open Source: all resulting software and tools are released under non-commercial licenses
Collaborative: we foster cooperation and teamwork over competition
Hackathon goals
Learning about quantum networking, and quantum information technologies
Creating discussions about quantum network applications
Forging connections between participants
Bringing together expertise in different domains
Building simulations using the QIA simulation platform (SquidASM)
Hackathon challenges
The hackathon will consist of a set of challenges for the different teams to tackle. These will focus on building quantum network applications, starting from a simulation of quantum communication and information processing protocols, and framing this simulations in an application scenario.
The simulation framework for the event will be the SquidASM quantum network simulator, which is also being used within the QIA project to simulate applications and inform hardware design. Two weeks prior to the hackathon a webinar will be held to give an introduction to this simulation tool.
The challenges for the hackathon will range from fleshing out existing implementations of quantum key distribution, to implementing secure delegated quantum computation, and to simulate secure quantum-digital payments. More details about these will be provided closer to the event.
Practical Information
Important dates
06 October 2025: Applications open
21 November 2025: Hackathon registration closes (can be earlier if the node reaches maximum number of participants
28 November 2025: Quantum Internet Hackathon at all nodes
Venues and travel
The event is free, with provided food and drinks. Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation. We will provide precise location for each node closer to the event date.
Below are QIA partners who are involved in the overall organisation of the QIA Hackathon 2025, with SURF, TU Dresden and Veriqloud also hosting nodes in Amsterdam, Dresden and Paris, respectively. PCSS is our external partner who will organise the node in Poznań.
Check out last year's QIA hackathon
Over 60 participants from all over Europe joined the Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon 2024 happening simultaneously in Delft (Netherlands), Dresden (Germany) and Paris (France), and Poznań (Poland).
