Quantum Showcase

At Black Swan Summit Australia 2026



Convening a vibrant community

1500 + International Participants
100 + Speakers
50 + Exhibitors and Sponsors
50 + Countries
30 + Hours of Content
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Why the Black Swan Summit matters

  • Tackle unprecedented, high-impact challenges and opportunities in a rapidly evolving world with academics, technologists and Financial Sector Specialists
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  • Fostering Sustainable innovation powered by Web 3 (AI, DLT, IoT, Quantum) and Climate Tech to prepare for and capitalize on the unexpected
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  • Pre-empting disruptive shifts by exploring transformative technologies, and drive actionable strategies​
  • Collaborate to shape the future of a sustainable digital economy and finance

Shaping the future of a sustainable digital economy and finance​

Visionary Focus

The summit champions the development of a sustainable, carbon-neutral digital assets economy and an innovative financial system. It leverages on cutting-edge advancements in ethically-driven AI, Quantum Computing, and Web3, empowering businesses to drive human wellbeing and long-term economic value.

Global & Local Convergence

Black Swan Summit unites global capital and markets with local talent, innovation, and resources, fostering unique opportunities for collaboration, investment, and growth. Welcoming participants of all sizes—from startups and small businesses to large corporations and governments—it encourages connections that create value greater than the sum of their parts.

Innovative Program Tracks

The summit features a dynamic three-day program with workshops, lab tours, roundtables, and demos focused on quantum computing, ethical AI, climate technologies, Web3, and digital assets.

Inclusive panels will spotlight Women in Tech, First Nations Entrepreneurs, and Diversity in Business, alongside specialized sessions on investment, launching startups, team-building, scaling globally, and navigating regulations. This event provides a unique platform for global leaders and innovators to influence the future of sustainable and inclusive digital transformation.

Strategic Partnerships

Black Swan Summit focuses on forming strategic alliances to boost economic and technological growth, establishing Perth as an innovation hub.

By partnering with leading players from APAC and beyond, the event aims to diversify traditional industries such as energy, agriculture, health, finance, and education, introducing new digital applications.

This network of partnerships will attract global investors and create new business opportunities, supporting the region's transition to a sustainable economy and enhancing its global competitiveness.

Economic Impact

The Summit will have a significant economic impact by attracting a diverse group of international participants, including business leaders, investors, and tech innovators, to Perth, which is emerging as a hub for renewable energy and green digital economy infrastructure.

It will connect international investors with local businesses and startups, catalyzing capital investment and fostering a supportive ecosystem for emerging ventures. This environment will promote homegrown innovations, boost Perth’s startup scene, and create high-skilled job opportunities in technology and green industries.

Additionally, the event will stimulate direct investments in local companies, facilitate long-term partnerships, and expand market access for Perth-based firms, strengthening the city’s economic resilience and laying the groundwork for sustained growth.

Bringing together stakeholders and audiences that matters

Black Swan Summit Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Actionable insights from the best minds in the industry and academia will drive discussions on emerging solutions and technologies that will shape the future.

Senior executives in FinTech, Web3 & Green Tech I Government I Central Banks & Regulators I FI Sectors I Industry Experts I Academics and Researchers

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Financial Capital

Fuel the transition from research to implementation by directing investments at key stages of developments.


Investors and Venture Capitalists I Private Equity Firms I Institutional Fanciers I Corporate Financiers looking to fund innovation.

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Technology Partners

Guide critical discussion on sustainable finance, regulatory frameworks, and Deep Tech innovations, helping to drive major structural shifts in the industry.

Technology Companies I Industry Disruptors and Startups I Regulatory Bodies and Policymakers I R&D Professionals focusing on tech innovations

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GreenTech Partners

Join the world's most urgent transition to renewable energy and green mining, right at the forefront of action, with Western Australia leading the way globally.

Leaders in Renewable Energy and Green Mining I Decarbonization innovators I Green Infrastructure Providers for the Digital Economy and Finance

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Target Audience

  • Leaders of sustainable change​
  • Executives from key sectors​
  • Institutional investors​
  • Policymakers and regulators​
  • Government officials​
  • Research and education leaders​
  • Tech leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators in quantum computing, AI, blockchain, fintech, web3 and climate tech​
  • Venture capitalists and angel investors​
  • SME business owners and innovators​
  • Highly skilled professionals​
  • Students and community leaders​
  • Tech enthusiasts

A Cathedral-like Venue

Winthrop Hall
University of Western Australia (UWA)

The jewel in the University of Western Australia’s crown, Winthrop Hall is WA’s premier ceremonial space. Since 1932, Winthrop Hall has presented artists of the highest calibre and welcomed many Prime Ministers, Presidents and Heads of State, including Her Majesty the Queen.

The cathedral-like venue welcomes patrons with a marble and mosaic foyer and vaulted ceilings. Winthrop Hall’s bright acoustic is ideal for choral and classical music with the added option of a more intimate recital mode. It is also a superb venue for formal dinners and functions.

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Onsite high-value engagement programmes

  • Quantum Leap
  • Green Circle
  • The Founders Peak
  • Investor Hours
  • Insights Forum

Forum Agenda

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*Forum agenda is subject to changes.

Insights framing the 2025 summit programme

Bridging the Financial Gap

Blueprint for Digital Assets

Roadmap for Web3, Ai and Quantum

Next-Gen Transactions

GreenTech and Sustainability in Action

Bridging the Financial Gap

Blueprint for Digital Assets

Roadmap for Web3, Ai and Quantum

Next-Gen Transactions

GreenTech and Sustainability in Action

From Physics to Financial Systems

The next disruption to finance may not come from FinTech - but from physics.

This showcase explores how advances in quantum science are evolving into technologies that could reshape computing, cybersecurity and financial systems.

It traces the journey from the foundations of quantum mechanics to emerging applications in finance, and introduces Q-FINEX, an initiative by GFTN and the University of Western Australia to explore the future of quantum finance.

New for 2026: The Quantum 2.0 Showcase

Quantum is no longer a future technology - it's a present-day strategic question. Exclusive to Black Swan Summit Australia 2026, the Quantum 2.0 Showcase is a walk-through exhibition purpose-built for leaders who need to cut through the hype and understand what's actually at stake. Through bold visuals, interactive stations and real-world case studies, it translates the physics into the decisions your organisation needs to make now: what's deployable, what's approaching, and where the competitive fault lines are forming. No prior knowledge required, but you will leave with a sharper view of one of the defining technology shifts of the decade. Western Australia and UWA are already helping shape what comes next. This is your chance to see why. 

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A New Quantum Era is Emerging

100 years ago scientists discovered that nature behaves differently at extremely small scales.

This insight - quantum mechanics - enabled technologies that power the digital economy:

  • Computer chips
  • Lasers and fibre optics
  • GPS navigation
  • MRI medical imaging

This era is known as Quantum 1.0.
Today a new phase is emerging: Quantum 2.0.

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The Spooky Fundamentals

Two unusual effects behind quantum technologies

 

Superposition

Quantum system can exist in a combination of states simultaneously, allowing many possibilities to be explored in parallel, until it is measured.

Entanglement

Quantum systems can become strongly connected, so that measuring one gives information about the others, even when they are far apart.

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The Three Pillars of Quantum 2.0

Three technologies are shaping the quantum future.

 

Quantum Computing

Solving certain complex problems dramatically faster.

Quantum Communication

Ultra-secure networks protected by the laws of physics.

Quantum Sensing

Seeing and navigating the unseen with ultra-sensitive quantum sensors.

Together they are driving a global race toward quantum advantage.

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Quantum Computing

The machine that explores every path.

Some problems become exponentially complex as they grow.

Examples include:

  • Logistics networks

  • Financial market simulations

  • Portfolio optimisation

A classical computer explores one path at a time. A quantum computer (using superposition and entanglement) can encode many possible paths in a single quantum state and evaluate them in parallel. This capability can revolutionise problem optimisation and simulation across industries.

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The Engineering Challenge

Quantum information is extremely fragile.

Heat, vibration and electromagnetic noise can disrupt quantum states – a challenge known as decoherence.

Quantum computers therefore require highly controlled environments.

Different technologies are being explored, including:

  • Superconducting qubits
  • Trapped ions
  • Photonic systems

The technology is advancing rapidly, but still evolving.

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The invisible threat

Quantum and Cybersecurity

Many digital systems rely on encryption that classical computers cannot easily break.

However, powerful quantum computers could eventually solve the mathematical problems protecting today's encryption.

Harvest now, decrypt later

Encrypted data intercepted today could be stored and decrypted once quantum computers become powerful enough.

This risk is driving the transition to post-quantum cryptography.

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Quantum Communication

Quantum key distribution (QKD)

Enables encryption keys to be shared using quantum signals.

If a signal is intercepted, the quantum state changes – immediately revealing the intrusion.

This technology could enable ultra-secure networks for financial systems, governments and critical infrastructure.

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Quantum Sensing

Quantum sensing uses quantum systems to measure extremely small physical signals.

Applications include:

  • GPS-independent navigation
  • Discovery of underground resources
  • Early disease detection
  • Monitoring critical infrastructure

Some quantum sensing technologies are already being deployed today.

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The Moment for Finance

When quantum meets the financial system

Finance is built on computation, trust and cryptography. Quantum technologies could reshape all three.

Digital infrastructure at risk

Future quantum computers could break encryption protecting:

  • Online banking

  • Payment networks

  • SWIFT messaging

  • Digital identity systems

New computational capabilities

Quantum computing and algorithms could also help with:

  • Portfolio optimisation Finding optimal asset allocation across thousands of assets.

  • Large-scale risk simulation Running millions of market scenarios simultaneously.

  • Fraud detection Identifying hidden patterns across massive datasets.

  • Derivatives pricing Solving complex models more efficiently.

For finance, quantum represents both disruption and opportunity. 

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Enter Quantum Finance

As quantum technologies advance, leading financial institutions are asking:

  • Where will quantum matter most?
  • How should institutions prepare?

To explore these questions, the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) launched:

Q-Finex

(Quantum Finance Industry Experimentation) Q-FINEX is a pioneering dedicated quantum-finance testbed connecting the financial industry with quantum research.

In collaboration with the University of Western Australia, the initiative enables:

  • Experimentation with real financial use cases
  • Collaboration between industry and researchers
  • Testing quantum-ready financial models

Why it matters

It is a practical testbed for translating quantum research into real financial use-cases before the technology reaches scale.