SteelQEC 2027 is a three-day workshop on practical quantum error correction, held at The Edge, Endcliffe, University of Sheffield, on 8–10 March 2027. Its theme is Advancing Methods for Practical Quantum Error Correction and Quantum Error Mitigation: approaches that connect directly to implementation constraints and near-term design decisions, along with benchmarking, resource estimation and related practical questions.
The PrefixQEC series
SteelQEC is the second workshop in the PrefixQEC series, where each edition is named after its host city. The series began with TartanQEC in Edinburgh in June 2026; SteelQEC takes it to Sheffield, the Steel City. The previous events page has more on the series.
Speakers
- Keynote: Earl Campbell (Google Quantum AI)
- Victor Albert (NIST & University of Maryland)
- Ching-Yi Lai (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
- Saurabh Shringarpure (Seoul National University)
- Maria Violaris (Oxford Quantum Circuits)
More speakers will be announced on the SteelQEC speakers page.
Submit an abstract
Abstract submissions for contributed talks and posters are open on the SteelQEC submission page.
- Talk abstracts: Friday 22 January 2027
- Poster abstracts: Monday 15 February 2027
- Registration: Monday 15 February 2027 (registration opens closer to the event)
Organisers
SteelQEC is organised by Yingkai Ouyang (University of Sheffield) and Joschka Roffe (University of Edinburgh), with Jasminder Sidhu (University of Sheffield and Freie Universität Berlin) as local organiser.
Full details, including the timetable as it develops, are on the SteelQEC 2027 website.