November 18, 2015
The UK has made a major investment (~£270 million) in quantum-technology hubs. This article reports how these hubs showcased emerging technologies to industry, government and academia at the first Quantum Technology Showcase.
On 18 Nov 2015, academics from University of Bristol and other universities joined industry teams for the first Quantum Technology Showcase at the Royal Society in London. The event displayed technologies developed under the UK’s four quantum-technology hubs funded under the EPSRC and the wider UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (UKNQTP).
The article emphasises:
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A transition from pure research to demonstrators and industry engagement.
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The hubs’ role bridging university research, industry application and policy.
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The breadth of “quantum technologies” considered: sensing/metrology, communication, computing.
Implications: -
For the global quantum-tech landscape, this underscores the UK’s strategic commitment and may signal opportunities for collaboration, funding and industrial uptake.
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For entrepreneurs (you, Iuri!), it suggests the ecosystem is opening — not just building qubits, but building programmes, industry paths, deployment.
Conclusion:
This is less a single technical breakthrough and more a strategic ecosystem milestone: quantum technologies are becoming part of national innovation infrastructure.