International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
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| Date | 1 January – 31 December 2025 |
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| Type | Exhibitions |
| Website | quantum2025 |
The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) was a United Nations observance that aimed to highlight the contributions of quantum science and practical applications of quantum technology.[1][2][3]
The United Nations has a long history of pronouncing celebratory International Years.[4] IYQ "began as a grassroots movement" [5] commemorating the centennial anniversary of Heisenberg's Umdeutung paper, published in 1925. A number of professional societies [6] and other organizations [7] joined and supported the effort to name 2025 the International Year of Quantum and, at the May 2023 UNESCO Executive Board meeting, a resolution, co-sponsored by 59 countries, to “welcome and endorse the recommendation to proclaim 2025 international year of quantum science and technology . . . [and] recommend that the General Conference at its 42nd session adopts a resolution in this regard.” [8] This 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference convened in November of that year and passed a resolution recommending “that the General Assembly of the United Nations, at its seventy-eighth or seventy-ninth session, adopt a resolution declaring 2025 the international year of quantum science and technology.” [9]
In May 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) delegation from Ghana officially submitted an IYQ resolution at the 78th session of the UN in New York.[10] The IYQ resolution was presented to the full General Assembly on June 7 by the Ghanaian delegation.[11] The resolution was adopted by the UNGA without objection (“by acclamation”) and was co-sponsored by over 70 countries representing over 5 billion people.
The UN resolution[12] “Decides to proclaim 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology” and “recommends that the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology should be observed through activities at all levels aimed at increasing public awareness of the importance of quantum science and applications.”