NMI-Q Workshop 2026 Tsukuba : National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)

National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) will host the NMI-Q Workshop 2026 Tsukuba, with support from Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) of the Cabinet Office of Japan, to promote discussion on measurement, evaluation, and pre-standardization for quantum technologies.
The workshop will bring together experts from industry, universities, research institutes, and National Metrology Institutes.

Workshop venue

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Tsukuba Center
1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8560, Japan

Contact

NMI-Q Workshop 2026 Tsukuba Organizing Committee
Email: M-nmiqws2026Sep-ml@aist.go.jp

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Tentative Agenda

Day 0 (28th)

＊Day 0 is for Steering Committee (SC) members only.

Time	Session / Topic	Lead / Candidate	Notes / Venue
12:00 - 17:00	SC Meeting (including luncheon meeting)	SC members	Steering committee Internal discussion
18:00 - 21:00	SC Dinner	SC members, NMIJ Director-General Takashi Usuda	Exchange of views among key stakeholders

Day 1 (29th)

Time	Session / Topic	Lead / Candidate	Notes / Venue
09:00 - 09:05	Welcome Remark by Workshop Chair	NMIJ Director-General Takashi Usuda
09:05 - 09:10	Welcome Remark	G-QuAT Director Kazuya Masu
09:10 - 09:40	Introduction and outreach for NMI-Q activities	NMI-Q members (Barbara Goldstein NIST, Tim Prior, NPL, and Nobu-hisa Kaneko, NMIJ)	General introduction for domestic and international participants
09:40 - 10:10	Plenary 1-1 Towards the compact optical system implementation: The standardization of optical elements	Kenji Sato, OptQC	include perspectives on standardization
10:10 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:00	Plenary 1-2 Diamond NVC's Key Technologies and their Standardization	Tadashi Sakai, Science Tokyo
11:00 - 11:30	Plenary 1-3 Development of crystal growth and quantum sensor module of diamond NV center	Natsuo Tatsumi, Nissin-Sumiden Energy System Development Center Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD
11:30 - 11:45	Break
11:45 - 12:45	Introduction to Diamond Color Center TWA activities	Yasutaka Amagai, NMIJ Christina Hacker, NIST	Overview of TWA activity status
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00	Diamond Color Center TWA Round Table	Yasutaka Amagai, NMIJ Christina Hacker, NIST Tadasho Sakai, Science Tokyo Natsuo Tatsumi, Nissin-Sumiden Energy System Development Center Sumitomo Electric Industries	Agenda and participants to be coordinated; introduce the importance of TWA, protocols, and outlook.
15:00 - 15:15	Break
15:15 - 17:00	Lab Tour	G-QuAT Planning Office	Tour route, site access, and safety measures to be coordinated.
18:00 - 21:00	Networking dinner	All

Day 2 (30th)

Time	Session / Topic	Lead / Candidate	Notes / Venue
09:00 - 09:30	Plenary 2-1 Neutral Quantum Computer and Their Enabling Components: Expectations for Standardization	Toshihiko Shimazaki, Quera	To introduce QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computer, and then shift the focus to its key enabling components, such as lasers, high-NA optics, AOMs/AODs, EOMs, SLMs, vacuum components, detectors, and control electronics.
09:30 - 10:00	Plenary 2-2 Building superconducting quantum computers: from the viewpoint of microwave components	Eisuke Abe, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing (RQC)
10:00 - 10:30	Plenary 2-3 Toward Design Rules for Low-Temperature Quantum Packages: Standardization of Cryogenic Material Characterization	Nobuki Hiramatsu, KYOCERA Corporation
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Introduction to pre-standardization of nonmagnetic components	Chiharu Urano, NMIJ, Félicien Schopfer, LNE	Pre-standardization of nonmagnetic components for quantum technologies
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch break	All
13:30 - 14:30	Nonmagnetic Components Round Table	Chiharu Urano, NMIJ Félicien Schopfer, LNE others; approximately five company participants expected	Agenda and participants to be coordinated; introduce the importance of TWA, protocols, and outlook.
14:30 - 15:00	Wrap-up/Panels	NMI-Q SC
15:00 - 15:10	Remark	Takashi Usuda, NMIJ

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Created August 28, 2026, Updated September 3, 2026