Connecting quantum technologies and artificial intelligence across the Iberian Peninsula
9 and 10 November in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

Join researchers, technology experts and business representatives to exchange knowledge, explore emerging developments and discover practical applications in quantum technologies and artificial intelligence.

VENUE

Fundación Empresa-Universidad Gallega (FEUGA)

Rúa de Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n,
15705 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Quantum_Iber_IA International Conference will bring together researchers, technology experts and business representatives to exchange knowledge, present recent developments and explore practical use cases in quantum technologies and artificial intelligence.

Andrés Gómez Tato, CESGA
Javier Cacheiro López, CESGA
Natalia Costas Lago, CESGA
Fernando Bouzas Sierra, CESGA
Lois Orosa Nogueira, CESGA
Amalia Hafner Táboas, FEUGA
Cora Vinagre Sendino, Fujitsu

Diego Andrade Canosa, Universidad da Coruña – Spain
Luis Paulo Santos, INESTEC – Portugal
Manuel F. Ribeiro da Silva, Universidade de MINHO – Portugal
Joaquin Fernández-Rossier, INL – Portugal
David Cortés Polo, Universidad de Extremadura – Spain
Pablo Gamallo Otero, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela – Spain
Yassid Ayyad, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela – Spain
Davide Rusca, VQCC-Universidade de Vigo – Spain
Ana Fernández Vilas, AtlanTTIC-Universidade de Vigo – Spain
Juan Antonio Rico Gallego, COMPUTAEX – Spain
Paulo Quaresma, Universidade de Evora – Portugal
Luís Jesús, Universidade de Aveiro – Portugal
Ruth Alonso Martínez, SCAYLE – Spain

PROGRAMME

MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2026
8:30-9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Opening
10:00-10:45 Invited speaker

Director of the HiTZ Centre for Language Technology
Ixa Group

Eneko Aguirre Bengoa

10:45-11:15 Artifficial Intelligence I

Wren AI in Practice: A Demonstration of Text-to-SQL Chatbots Enhanced with Knowledge-Graph Augmented Retrieval

11:15-11:45 Coffee break / Poster sesion
11:45-13:45 Artifficial Intelligence II

Efficient Small Language Models for Biomedical Question Answering: LoRA Fine-Tuning of Mistral-7B

Polarity-Aware Spiking Neural Networks for Event-Based Flying-Object Classification

Arena NÓS: uma arena de preferência humana para medir a representação do galego nos LLM, replicável para outras culturas e variedades linguísticas

Provenance-First Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Spanish Legal Corpora and Judicial Drafting Support

13:45-14:45 Lunch / Poster sesion
14:45-16:15 Artifficial Intelligence III

Adaptive Tensorized Neural Operators for Efficient Scientific AI: Low-Rank Learning of High-Dimensional Parametric PDEs

Recoñecemento automático da fala en galego ante a variación de dominio e dialectal

Adaptação de LLMs abertos à correção em galego: lições linguísticas e computacionais

16:15-16:30 Coffee break / Poster sesion
16:30-18:30 Quantum+IA

Adaptive Optimization Schemes for Bayesian Learning of Quantum Systems

Neural assisted time-dependent Lindblad tomography

Benchmarking Distributed Quantum Computing Emulators on HPC Infrastructure

Aprendizaje Automático Cuántico para la detección de anomalías en cargas de trabajo HPC: Evaluación Híbrida Clásico-Cuántica

18:30-20:00 Visit to CESGA
20:30 Dinner all together
TUESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2026
9:00-9:45 Invited speaker

EU Quantum Flagship | Quantum Community Network
Head of Brussels office

Enrique Sánchez Bautista

9:45-11:15 Quantum computing

Exploring Multiprogramming in Quantum Machine Learning

QSYCL: Heterogeneous Quantum Computing with SYCL

Pauli-string grouping for VQE measurement reduction on a sparse-connectivity quantum annealer

Unraveling collective dynamics for quantum machine learning and energy storage applications

11:15-11:45 Coffee break / Poster sesion
11:45-13:45 Quantum Communications I

Certification Setup For Single Photon Detectors Used In QKD Systems

A laser-free source for decoy-state quantum key distribution

Telecom-Fibre Test of Bell and Leggett Inequalities with Asymmetric Sensitivity to Frame Drift

Stability study and Optimization of Quantum Switch Networks

13:45-14:45 Lunch / Poster sesion
14:45.15:45 Quantum Communications II

SDN-Orchestrated Key Allocation in Wide-Area QKD Networks

Entorno distribuido de pruebas para redes QKD basado en QKDNetSim

15:45-16:00 Coffe Break / Poster sesion
16:00-18:00 Other topics

Coherent spin control experiments across the field of view of a widefield microscope with custom Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) upgrade

Desarrollo de un detector de rayos cósmicos para el procesador cuántico Qmio

Quantum Machine Learning methods for Fourier-based distribution estimation with application in option pricing

Quantum Technologies in Strategic Sectors: Preliminary Results from the First National Public-Private Collaboration

18:00.18:15 Closing remarks

ACCOMMODATION

The conference organizers have secured an exclusive 12% discount for attendees staying at the Eurostars Gran Hotel Santiago, located just a 3 minutes walk from the conference venue (FEUGA building).

Discount: 12% off the best available rate on the hotel’s official website.
Promo Code: QIBERIA

How to Book:
Enter the promo code QIBERIA when booking your room directly on the hotel WEBSITE.