Melbourne Design Week event: Designing Quantum Futures
Curious about quantum? Wonder what superposition and quantum entanglement mean for everyday life? Monash Quantum Futures Collaboration and Quantum Australia will demystify quantum and explore what it could mean for our daily lives on Wed 20 May as part of Melbourne Design Week.
Join us for a workshop at the Victorian Pride Centre.
Curious about quantum? Wonder what superposition and quantum entanglement mean for everyday life? Monash Quantum Futures Collaboration and Quantum Australia will demystify quantum and explore what it could mean for our daily lives.
Experts from fields ranging from health to technology will consider what a quantum-powered future could look like. Beginning with presentations on quantum innovation presented in plain language, the session will then use co-design tools to explore the potential impacts of quantum on everyday life over the next ten–twenty years – from work, education, banking and communication to healthcare and transport.
This session invites audiences to explore how quantum might shape our shared future.
Speakers
Leah Heiss - Monash Quantum Futures Collaboration
Daniel Hunter and Adrian Gertler - Quantum Australia
Errol Hunt, ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC)
Nicolas Menicucci, RMIT Quantum Physics
Hunter Johnson, Melbourne University, CSIRO x QUBIC Next
Carley Scott, Founder, Space CoLAB - Quantum Communications
Date: Wednesday 20 May, 2-4:30pm
Venue: Victorian Pride Centre, St Kilda
Hosts
Monash Quantum Futures Collaboration
Associate Professor Leah Heiss, Professor Sarah Pink, Dr Debora Lanzeni, Bianca Vallentine
The Monash Quantum Futures Collaboration engages citizens, industry, academia, and government to support Australia’s quantum readiness. It explores how life, work, and institutions may evolve as quantum innovations emerge, and involves Australians in shaping the nation’s quantum future.This strategic initiative is led by the Emerging Technologies Research Lab in the Faculties of Art, Design & Architecture (MADA) and Information Technology (FIT) at Monash University.
Quantum Australia
Established in 2024, Quantum Australia supports the growth of Australia’s quantum ecosystem by delivering programs aligned with the National Quantum Strategy. The organisation works closely with universities as key delivery partners and engages end-user industries and the broader quantum sector to identify priority use cases and support industry adoption.Through raising awareness of quantum capability, supporting commercialisation pathways, encouraging responsible innovation and building quantum readiness across industry, Quantum Australia aims to create opportunities that generate economic value, benefit communities and position Australia as a global leader in quantum.
