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Quantum Opportunities Sprint

The quantum era isn’t ten years away. It’s arriving now.
Course type
Microcredential
Delivery mode
Hybrid
Start date
28 November
Duration
1.5 Weeks
Price
A$1,095.00
Total commitment
25 hours

This course has a special discount for University of Sydney Alumni. Register for an alumni discount now.

Overview

Equip yourself with the knowledge and frameworks to navigate quantum disruption, identify strategic opportunities, and prepare your organisation for the quantum era. This sprint combines University of Sydney expertise with insights from leaders at IBM to help you gain the strategic foresight to evaluate quantum technologies, identify use cases, and build governance frameworks that prepare your organisation for quantum disruption.

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Evaluate the emerging landscape of quantum technologies and articulate their potential implications for industry, government, and society.
  • Identify business and policy problems that could be addressed through quantum solutions.
  • Articulate governance and risk considerations for security, regulatory, and organisational readiness for quantum technology.

Sydney Executive Plus

This sprint is delivered by Sydney Executive Plus in partnership with IBM.

Sydney Executive Plus provides micro-credential sprint programs co-designed and delivered with leading industry partners. These courses focus on cutting-edge and emerging areas of business, technology, and society.

Learn more about the sprint

Aims

The Quantum Opportunities Sprint equips you with the fundamentals, applications, and strategic implications of quantum technologies. Across three core modules, you’ll move from scientific basics to concrete use-cases, finishing with governance and risk insights. The sprint emphasises practical vigilance: what to watch, where to experiment, and how to prepare organisations for quantum disruption.

The sprint includes an applied project where you'll create a quantum readiness roadmap for your organisation.

Content

  • Foundations of quantum computing
  • Applications of quantum technologies
  • Implications of a quantum world

The sprint is designed for senior executives, board directors, and public sector leaders who are responsible for strategic decision-making in technology, risk, and innovation.

The course is aimed at professionals who need to interpret the opportunities and risks of quantum technologies at an organisational and governance level, rather than apply the science directly.

This course will be delivered online via self-paced modules and livestreams over two weeks.

Materials

All course materials are provided electronically. Before the course begins, you will receive an email from Sydney Executive Plus with all the instructions you need to access the course materials and communications platforms.

There are no prerequisite requirements to take this course.

TWe’ve designed the final project to draw on the work you complete in your workbook and throughout the modules and to be completed within a week of finishing the sprint. We want you to be able to complete this work individually, and without interrupting your working week.

The final project will become available halfway through the sprint. The project focuses on your own experience and an organisation you work for or with, so you may find yourself so interested that you want to invest more time working on it!

All courses must be paid in advance of commencing your course. We accept the following payment methods:

  • Mastercard
  • Visa
  • American Express (only available for enrolments made through the Sydney Short Courses website)
  • Electronic Funds Transfer (for company invoices only)
  • Journal Transfer (for University of Sydney Staff only)


Please see our Payment Options for further information.

I have enrolled in a Sydney Executive Plus course, what happens now?

Once your enrolment has been processed, you will receive the following emails:

  • Enrolment confirmation: you will receive this immediately after your enrolment has been processed.
  • Tax invoice: the payer of your enrolment will receive this immediately after your enrolment has been processed.
  • Course reminders: you will receive emails from Sydney Executive Plus in the lead up to the course starting. These include information about the course and the schedule for online live sessions (but don't worry, there's no pre-reading).
  • Course materials: if you are enrolled in a sprint, you will get access to the online sprint hub the Monday before the sprint begins. If you are enrolled in a masterclass, all materials will be provided to you in the session.
  • Live session links: you will receive reminder emails the day before and the day of each live session containing the meeting link and meeting ID. If you are enrolled in a sprint, these links are also included in the sprint calendar.

If you haven’t received any emails from Sydney Executive Plus, please check your junk/spam folder and add executive.plus@sydney.edu.au to your safe senders list.

Upcoming classes

Online

2025-11-28 Fri 28 Nov 2025 - 2025-12-05 Fri 5 Dec 2025

2 sessions, 3 hours total
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Duration and Commitment
1.5 Weeks
25 hours
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Facilitators

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Stephen Bartlett

Dr Stephen Bartlett is a theoretical quantum physicist and Professor in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney at Director of Sydney Nano. He leads a team pursuing both fundamental and...
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