Quantum Future Workforce
On Tuesday, 11 November 2025, Quantum Futures Collaboration collaborated with Quantum Australia to host the Quantum Future Workforce workshop, bringing together software engineers, materials scientists, theorists, start-up entrepreneurs, and policymakers to imagine quantum-enabled work futures.
The workshop used co-design and futuring approaches to understand how key quantum sectors might evolve by 2035 and 2050, helping to identify research priorities for 2025. Working collaboratively and supported by design tools (e.g., quantum scenarios, personas and futuring canvases), participants mapped the skills, capabilities and requirements for a Quantum Future Workforce in relation to scenarios including quantum sensing for healthcare, quantum infrastructure for cities, quantum materials for low-energy devices, quantum-resistant cybersecurity and quantum communications.
Quantum Future Workforce report
The Quantum Future Workforce report outlines how a quantum-ready workforce is being imagined and assembled across research, industry, education and policy. The report illustrates the interconnected conditions, actors and processes required to build a quantum-ready workforce and society in Australia.
