The Question Concerning (Quantum) Technology : A Transdisciplinary Symposium

October 6, 2025

This transdisciplinary symposium (science, philosophy, art, society) will interrogate policies, discourses, models and imaginaries relating to quantum computing and its associated infrastructural and material ecosystems. True to the transdisciplinary approach, the event focuses not only on the scientific foundations, or technical considerations of quantum technologies alongside their practical, infrastructural aspects but also on their critical and creative aspects. In this way, the symposium foreground the importance of imagination and artistic creativity as a source of speculative problem-solving approaches. The symposium will comprise a transdisciplinary panel of short presentations followed by a keynote on the ideas prefiguring quantum mechanics/computing in philosophy by philosopher Prof. Shajara Néehilan Bensusan (The University of Brasília). Panellists will include physicist and electrical engineer John Campbell (NUIM); visual artist Nadia Amstrong (NCAD); Quantum AI and Finance Art scholar Dr. Stephanie Dossou; as well as digital artist and critical media scholar Dr. Radek Przedpełski (TCD).

Key details

Date and time:                 Monday, 16:00-20:00 13 October 2025

Schedule:                          16:00-18:00 — short presentations; 18:00-20:00 — keynote speech

Location:                           EE4-5 (East End Development) in the Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin

Room:                                LTEE1: Pharmacy Lecture Theatre

Format:                             Hybrid

In-person Registration:   https://bit.ly/4nGdv6K 

Zoom Registration:         https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/Toh9GHi7RNaiun2uYwD97w