Use our online registration system for registration & abstract submission. 

PLEASE REGISTER HERE 

Conference Fees: 

Early-Bird (until 16.08): 340€

Standard (starting 17.08): 390€ 

During the booking process, you can select childcare services free of charge. Admission to the HNF Computer Museum is free throughout the conference week (Tue-Fri). The booking for conference catering and the conference dinner is always included and non-optional.
 

Abstracts

Oral presentations are reserved for invited speakers. Abstracts for poster contributions can be submitted until 31 July.

For your Abstract Submission, please use the following templates.

Meet the scientific community, become a sponsor and benefit from attractive sponsorship packages. You can find our sponsorship packages here.

24.09 - 26.09. TheoQS Autumn School

The TheoQS autumn school  aims to give an overview of current research topics in the theoretical description of quantum systems, with an emphasis on their applications in quantum information or quantum optics. It is aimed at PhD students, master students and young postdocs. More Information here.

27.09 - 28.09. Student Photonics Spotlight 2026

Paderborn Optics and Photonics Society (POPS), an Optica student chapter, is hosting a 2-day student conference 27 to 28 September. The goal of the conference is to bring students from Paderborn and beyond to facilitate scientific exchange, improve students’ transferable skills, connect students to industry, and strengthen the international network of young quantum researchers. Find more information here. 

Scientific Committee

Organising Institution

The Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) combines expertise and competencies in photonics and quantum research at Paderborn University – an important location for pioneering photonic quantum research. Thanks to proven experts in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering, the required expertise to conduct fundamental research and put it into application are available.

Travel in Paderborn

The conference will be held in the Congress centre of the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF). The address is Fürstenallee 7, 33102 Paderborn.

By Public Transport
The bus line 9 connects the central station (bus stop "Hauptbahnhof") and the venue (Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, bus stop "MuseumsForum"). It departs regularly and takes less than 10 minutes. Please note that Google Maps doesn't show correct information for public transport connections in Paderborn. We recommend to use information provided by the PaderSprinter or Deutsche Bahn.

By Car
The venue can also be easily reached by car. Conference participants can use the car park of the neighbouring Heinz Nixdorf Institute (Fürstenallee 11, 33102 Paderborn) free of charge.

Travel to Paderborn

By Plane
Close airports with frequently operating train services to Paderborn are Duesseldorf Airport (DUS) and Hannover Airport (HAJ). From Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt Airport (FRA), you can reach Paderborn within less than 4 hours by train.

By Train
The central station Paderborn Hauptbahnhof is located in the city centre of Paderborn. From Düsseldorf or Hannover, Paderborn can be reached within about 2 hours. Please visit Deutsche Bahn for connections and tickets.

Accommodation

Apart from our booking system (Converia), we don’t work with external providers such as travel agencies etc. All e-mails related to our conference that do not come from our official QPS-accounts (qps@mail.uni-paderborn.de & events@phoqs.uni-paderborn.de) or Converia can be considered a scam.

events@phoqs.uni-paderborn.de