Two Saturdays at the University of Belgrade: a full day of Qiskit Fall Fest lectures, featuring speakers from IBM Quantum, on 21 November. One day to apply quantum with Qiskit at Serbia’s first quantum hackathon on 28 November. Built for all. Registration is open — secure your spot now.
The team behind it
The program
Sat 21 Nov
Qiskit Fall Fest Lecture day
Lectures and hands-on Qiskit sessions at the University of Belgrade, built on IBM’s official learning materials: quantum foundations in the morning, a two-hour Qiskit programming seminar at midday, and two exploratory themes where quantum technology is being applied today. Primarily in person, with a virtual option.
Sat 28 Nov
The hackathon
One day, small teams, two Serbia-relevant challenge tracks — everything built with Qiskit, one week after the lectures so you arrive ready. Places are limited to around 50 and selected by application — tick the hackathon box when you register below.
Lecture day program, Saturday 21 November
| Time | Session | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00–08:30 | Registration, coffee and technical setup | Organizing team |
| 08:30–09:15 | Welcome and Serbia’s quantum opportunity | Sanja Djurdjic Mijin, Cierra Lunde Choucair, Sasha Lazarevic |
| 09:15–10:45 | Quantum 101 | Sanja Djurdjic Mijin |
| 10:45–11:00 | Break | All |
| 11:00–13:00 | Qiskit 101: Getting started with quantum programming | Claudia Zendejas-Morales (virtual) |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch and networking | All |
| 14:00–15:00 | Quantum Security and Post Quantum Cryptography | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 15:00–16:00 | Quantum Computing and Gaming | Speaker to be confirmed |
| 16:00–16:45 | Questions, next steps and closing remarks | Organizing team |
Click a session for details. Speakers and session leads to be confirmed soon.
About the challenge
Every track starts from a real quantum use case — assessed for technical maturity, matched against its classical baseline, and chosen for its relevance to Serbia’s industry and research strengths. You’ll know exactly what you’re solving, why the problem matters, and which quantum tools apply. No deep quantum training required to enter: each challenge comes with beginner-friendly framing, recommended tools, and clear judging criteria.
The two challenge tracks
Explore the intersection of quantum computing and game design. Create games or interactive experiences that use quantum computing, draw inspiration from quantum concepts, or help players understand them through play.
Explore how quantum technologies could support secure communications and telecommunications networks. Develop projects that investigate or simulate applications such as quantum key distribution, quantum random number generation, or quantum networking, connecting these ideas to challenges in protecting and transmitting information.
Registration
Free, at the University of Belgrade — join in the room or online. Register for the lecture day on 21 November — and raise your hand for the hackathon on 28 November, where places are limited and selected by application.
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