Join the Wisconsin Quantum Computing Club at UW–Madison for Qiskit Fall Fest 2026, supported by IBM. Our fall program brings together introductory lectures, hands-on workshops, a speaker event, and a quantum computing hackathon.
New to quantum computing? The September and October meetings will introduce the mathematics, quantum mechanics, and computing ideas that lead into the Fall Fest workshops.
Qiskit Fall Fest at a glance
- Fall Fest kickoff: October 22
- Hackathon opens: November 14
- Project submissions close: November 21; exact deadline time to be announced
Event times, rooms, registration details, and hackathon instructions will be added as they are confirmed. Follow the WQCC Discord for announcements.
Fall 2026 schedule
This is our planned schedule and is subject to change. All dates below are in 2026. All rooms are TBD; times are to be announced unless listed.
Getting started
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 17 | WQCC Fall Kickoff · 7 p.m. Central Meet the club, hear about the semester and Fall Fest, and learn about executive board applications opening that day. |
| September 24 | Intro to Math for Quantum Computing |
| October 1 | Intro to Quantum Computing Paradigms |
| October 8 | Intro to Quantum Mechanics |
| October 15 | Career Advising Lecture |
Fall Fest workshops and hackathon
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| October 22 | Qiskit Fall Fest Kickoff |
| October 29 | Qiskit Workshop |
| November 5 | Quantum Computing Theory Workshop |
| November 12 | Quantum Optimization Workshop |
| November 14 | Hackathon Kickoff |
| November 19 | Qiskit Speaker Event · speaker to be announced |
| November 21 | Hackathon submissions close · exact deadline time to be announced |
| December 1 | Fall Fest Closing and Awards Ceremony Project presentations, awards, and acknowledgements. |
After Fall Fest
December 3 · Quantum Hour (tentative). This additional end-of-semester event may be held; details will be announced if confirmed.
Taking part
Workshop preparation, hackathon prompts, team guidelines, submission instructions, and registration information will be posted here when available. Please check the current announcements before attending an event.
Join the WQCC Discord · About the club
Past Fall Fests
Explore the 2025 Fall Fest page and featured past projects for a look at previous events. The dates and sign-up links on that page belong to the previous edition.