Humanizing Quantum: Arts, Culture and Africa's Quantum Story [Online] (2026-10-02)

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Where: Online (worldwide, hosted from Africa)

When: Friday 2 October 2026, 12:00–14:00 UTC

URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/humanizing-quantum-arts-culture-and-africas-quantum-story-tickets-1996733892824

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Quantum will change how we live, work, build and govern. This roundtable asks who gets to shape that future — and its story. Free and open to all.

Arts & Culture — Scott Oshiro (Stanford CCRMA) performs and speaks on quantum improvisation and lineage; Aurra Kawanzaruwa on Ubuntu and technology.

Sustainability — David McCollum (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) on the materials and resources behind quantum hardware, with Adrian Schmidt (KIT-ITAS).

Africa's Quantum Story — journalist Mkhululi Chimoio and Sarah Young (Center for Quantum Networks) on who tells the story, and whose data and trust are at stake.

Keynote — Ahmed Younes (Alamein International University), whose team won the continental Quantum City Prize for bringing quantum science into public space.

Open floor at the end for ideas, challenges and collaborators. This is a working room for people shaping what quantum means beyond the lab.

Hosted by the Africa Quantum Consortium as part of its roundtable series.

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