Europe opens a consultation on its quantum roadmaps
Six draft roadmaps, from chip industrialisation to standardisation, are open for comment until 16 August 2026.
The European quantum community has opened a public consultation on six draft roadmaps covering the field, from quantum chip industrialisation to standardisation. Contributions are open until 16 August 2026.
Why it matters
These roadmaps shape what Europe funds and standardises in the coming years. The consultation is a concrete way for labs, companies and end users to influence priorities rather than discover them later.
Key takeaways
- Six roadmaps are open for comment: quantum chip industrialisation, quantum communications, computing and simulation, sensing and metrology, supply chain and enabling technologies, and standardisation.
- The drafts run to about 192 pages and involved more than 50 contributors.
- The consultation closes on 16 August 2026.
- Labs, SMEs, large companies, end users and adjacent sectors such as AI and HPC, telecoms, defence and energy are invited to contribute.
A public consultation on Europe's quantum roadmaps is open until 16 August 2026. Six draft documents, totalling around 192 pages and written with more than 50 contributors, cover quantum chip industrialisation, quantum communications, computing and simulation, sensing and metrology, the supply chain and enabling technologies, and standardisation. They are published on the Quantum Flagship's SRIA pages.
Announcing the consultation on LinkedIn, Daniel Vert, who takes part in the standardisation working group, stresses the need for rigorous benchmarks, shared metrics and reproducible protocols. Without them, comparing technologies and judging when a system is ready for industrial use stays guesswork.
The invitation is deliberately broad: laboratories, SMEs, large companies and end users, including adjacent sectors such as AI and high-performance computing, telecoms, defence and energy.
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