weXelerate is an innovation hub at Praterstrasse 1 in Vienna, founded in 2017 by Austrian corporates and run by weXelerate GmbH. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the hub offers 9,000 m² with 35 offices and five event spaces that can be rented. weXelerate names three areas: the hub, a membership-based ecosystem of corporates, startups and service providers, and the startup accelerator Venturecake. It lists more than 130 events and workshops per year.
The FFG's first Quantum Ideation Days gathers researchers, companies and quantum experts at weXelerate on Praterstraße for two days, with one goal: turn early-stage quantum technology into concrete industrial use cases. Teams work on site along three technology tracks — quantum computing, quantum sensing and quantum communication. Companies, SMEs and research groups can enter a real problem as a "Challenge Owner" and develop it with an interdisciplinary team from first idea into a worked-out concept, with applications closing 31 August. It is the in-person culmination of the FFG's Quantum Reality Check series,, and the programme is held in German.