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View the latest 3-day conference programme for Commercialising Quantum 2022.
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* Tuesday 17th May (London)
* Wednesday 18th May (Virtual)
* Thursday 19th May (Virtual)
An idea that existed only on blackboards in the 1990s has grown into a
multi-billion dollar contest between governments, tech giants and startups:
harnessing the counter-intuitive properties of quantum physics to build a new
kind of computer. Some insiders have started to warn that the sector is getting
ahead of itself, predicting a “quantum winter” brought on by unfulfilled
promise. It would be easy to dismiss excitement about quantum computing as the
start of another hype cycle. But the technology has huge potential, so it needs
to be taken seriously.
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On day one of “Commercialising Quantum”, we will examine the near-term
commercial promise of quantum and consider how we can keep the field honest and
benchmark progress. We will help executives distinguish hype from reality and
ascertain how to start building their quantum muscle.
* Full day
* Quantifying the opportunity
* Quantum technology: disentangling hype from reality
* Applications and the enterprise journey
Full day Quantifying the opportunity Quantum technology: disentangling hype from
reality Applications and the enterprise journey
8:30 am -8:40 pm BST
OPENING KEYNOTE: TECHNOLOGY HISTORY AND THE QUANTUM FUTURE
It often takes decades of work to create what looks like an overnight success in
technology. What can the histories of other technologies, from the lithium-ion
battery to mRNA vaccines, reveal about the possible future path of quantum
computing?
MODERATED BY
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TOM STANDAGE
Deputy editor, The Economist
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TOM STANDAGE
Deputy editor, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 08:30 am -8:40 pm
Opening keynote: technology history and the quantum future
* 08:40 am -9:05 am
Fireside chat: Quantum technologies and AI: potential synergies
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of the yearly “The
World in..” series. He is also responsible for the newspaper’s digital
strategy and the development of new digital products, including Espresso and
Economist Films. He joined The Economist as science correspondent in 1998 and
was subsequently appointed technology editor, business editor and digital
editor. He is the author of six history books, including “Writing on the
Wall” (2013), “The Victorian Internet” (1998) and “A History of the World in
6 Glasses” (2005). He studied engineering and computing at Oxford University
and has written for other publications including the New York Times, Daily
Telegraph, Guardian and Wired, taking a particular interest in the internet’s
cultural and historical significance.
8:40 am -9:05 am BST
FIRESIDE CHAT: QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES AND AI: POTENTIAL SYNERGIES
What are some of the potential synergies between emerging technologies that
leverage quantum mechanical systems and how can AI help realise their potential?
What scope is there for quantum sensing with nitrogen-vacancy centres in
diamond? What opportunities are there in drug discovery and material science
development?
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JACK HIDARY
Chief executive, SandboxAQ
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JACK HIDARY
Chief executive, SandboxAQ
May 17th 2022
* 08:40 am -9:05 am
Fireside chat: Quantum technologies and AI: potential synergies
Jack Hidary leads SandboxAQ which focuses on enterprise SaaS solutions at the
convergence of AI and quantum tech. He is the author of Quantum Computing: An
Applied Approach, published by Springer. This work, now in its second
edition, is one of the leading textbooks in the field and is used both in
Ph.D. programs and corporate training sessions.
Mr. Hidary is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of several tech companies,
including EarthWeb/Dice (NYSE: DHX), which he led from its founding through
IPO. He also co-founded Vista Research which he then sold to S&P/McGraw-Hill.
Mr. Hidary is a trustee of the X Prize Foundation and has been a board member
of Trickle Up, which helps thousands of entrepreneurs start small businesses
each year. His foundation, The Hidary Foundation, is dedicated to medical
oncology research and has supported work at Sloan Kettering and UCSF.
Mr. Hidary has been recognized for his leadership by organizations such as
the World Economic Forum and has been a member of YPO. He studied
neuroscience at Columbia and subsequently received the Stanley Fellowship in
Clinical Neuroscience at NIH where he worked on functional brain imaging and
artificial neural networks.
MODERATED BY
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TOM STANDAGE
Deputy editor, The Economist
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TOM STANDAGE
Deputy editor, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 08:30 am -8:40 pm
Opening keynote: technology history and the quantum future
* 08:40 am -9:05 am
Fireside chat: Quantum technologies and AI: potential synergies
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of the yearly “The
World in..” series. He is also responsible for the newspaper’s digital
strategy and the development of new digital products, including Espresso and
Economist Films. He joined The Economist as science correspondent in 1998 and
was subsequently appointed technology editor, business editor and digital
editor. He is the author of six history books, including “Writing on the
Wall” (2013), “The Victorian Internet” (1998) and “A History of the World in
6 Glasses” (2005). He studied engineering and computing at Oxford University
and has written for other publications including the New York Times, Daily
Telegraph, Guardian and Wired, taking a particular interest in the internet’s
cultural and historical significance.
9:05 am -9:20 am BST
INNOVATION THROUGH AGILITY AND APPLICATION: HOW WILL THE DEMOCRATISATION OF DATA
IMPACT OUR QUANTUM FUTURE?
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JOYCE DROHAN
Chief data officer, Sanofi
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JOYCE DROHAN
Chief data officer, Sanofi
May 17th 2022
* 09:05 am -9:20 am
Innovation through agility and application: how will the democratisation
of data impact our quantum future?
Joyce Drohan is the global head of data at Sanofi and leads a talented team
of skilled professionals across multiple international hubs including Paris,
Boston Barcelona and Toronto. The world class team provides high-quality
services to collaborate on a wide variety of solutions including Artificial
Intelligence, Machine Learning, data transformation, visual & operational
analytics, cloud analytics and data platforms across Real World Evidence
(RWE), Commercial, Business Operations, Research & Development.
Ms. Drohan career spans 25 years with a unique background in strategy,
transformation, innovation and exponential technologies as a trusted advisor.
She has successfully designed and delivered multiple projects with Artificial
Intelligence, automation and data enablement across all industry sectors,
including financial services, insurance, telecommunications, consumer goods,
energy and resources with significant experience in healthcare, life sciences
and public sector.
Prior to joining Sanofi, Ms. Drohan was a partner at Deloitte/Omnia AI and
national healthcare analytics leader at PwC. She is a dual Canadian and
British Citizen and held the position of senior advisor for the UK
Government, where she led and delivered one of the largest transformation
projects in the world for the National Health Service (NHS). The programme
resulted in the UK’s first place global ranking in healthcare system
performance and led to the most productive period in NHS’s 75 year history.
She has also held senior international private sector roles in marketing,
customer experience and commercial operations. Ms. Droham was a guest
lecturer on large-scale transformation and health policy at the University of
Westminster in London and is a frequent speaker on Artificial Intelligence,
Data, Transformation and Leadership.
9:20 am -9:35 am BST
QUANTUM FOR AUTOMOTIVE: LOOKING UNDER THE BONNET OF POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
According to McKinsey, one-tenth of all potential QC use cases currently under
exploration could benefit the automotive industry. How will quantum accelerate
the EV transition? Is the industry getting closer to better batteries and
materials? What additional scope is there?
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JONATHAN H. OWEN
Director and chief scientist, General Motors
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JONATHAN H. OWEN
Director and chief scientist, General Motors
May 17th 2022
* 09:20 am -9:35 am
Quantum for automotive: looking under the bonnet of potential applications
Jon Owen has served as director of GM’s Advanced Analytics Center of
Expertise (AACE) in the Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO) since January
1, 2019. He also serves as Chief Scientist for OR/MS and Analytics at GM
since being named to the role in 2017.
In his current position, Jon leads strategic innovation for prescriptive
analytics and applied data science activities across the company. His team
partners with internal stakeholders to grow revenue, profit and operational
effectiveness through improved data-driven decision making in diverse areas
such as revenue management, portfolio planning, vehicle technology selection
and content optimization, supply chain and logistics, market demand modeling,
and dealer effectiveness.
Prior to joining the CDAO, Jon served as director of the Global R&D
Operations Research Lab since 2013. In this role, Jon led internal research
activities as well as collaboration with university partners, external labs,
and other organizations to tackle GM’s most significant technical challenges
and advance the state-of-the-art knowledge in applied OR/MS and analytics.
Jon began his career at GM in 1999 as a member of the research staff in R&D
and Strategic Planning. He advanced through several roles, attaining the
rank of Technical Fellow, GM’s highest technical classification, before being
promoted to an executive position. He earned a B.S. degree from University
of North Carolina, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University, and
is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.
Prior to joining GM, Jon was a research faculty member at Northwestern
University and co-founded a small startup focused on development and
deployment of advanced optimization technology, software, and related
services.
Jon’s contributions have been recognized by GM’s highest internal awards, as
well as external awards from IISE, SME, and INFORMS. He is a recipient of
Northwestern University’s IE/MS Distinguished Alumni Award and was inducted
as an INFORMS Fellow in 2018. Jon has also served as an invited delegate to
the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Global Grand Challenges Summit, as well as
the National Academy of Engineering’s Japan-America and U.S. Frontiers of
Engineering Symposiums.
In addition to serving on several university advisory boards, Jon currently
serves on the Board of Directors for MATHCOUNTS (www.mathcounts.org), a
non-profit organization that provides engaging math programs to middle school
students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes
about math and problem solving.
9:35 am -9:50 am BST
KEYNOTE: WHY IT’S TIME TO GET QUANTUM READY AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Among the plethora of emerging technologies, what makes quantum so significant
for businesses? How is quantum likely to affect strategic transformations around
trust, talent and sustainability? Launch of the Quantum Intersection survey of
British businesses.
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CATRIONA CAMPBELL
Partner and chief technology & innovation officer, EY UK & Ireland
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CATRIONA CAMPBELL
Partner and chief technology & innovation officer, EY UK & Ireland
May 17th 2022
* 09:35 am -9:50 am
Keynote: Why it’s time to get quantum ready and what to do about it
Ms. Catriona Campbell joined EY UK and Ireland to lead client technology and
innovation from her previous role running our wavespace innovation centres
across EMEIA, as well as working with HSBC, Nokia, Unilever, and BP.
After graduating in psychology and human computer interaction, she went on to
become an entrepreneur, and one of the UK’s pioneers in technology user
experience (UX). In 2000. she founded the London-based experience design firm
which became Seren. Working with clients including Barclays, Sky, Vodafone,
Sainsbury’s, Dell, Nokia and Microsoft, and was acquired by EY in 2015.
In 2012, Ms. Campbell was honoured to join greats like Sir Tim Berners-Lee,
and Sir Jony Ive when she was voted into the coveted BIMA Hall of Fame for
contributions to technology design, including the UK Government digital
guidelines.
She divides her free time between family and sharing views on AI from her
debut book: ‘AI by Design’, which explores – with a nerdy sci-fi twist – how
our species can develop a future in which AI and humans work together for the
common good, and not against one another.
9:50 am -10:05 am BST
INTERVIEW: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO ADVANCE THE PROMISE OF QUANTUM
Quantum Information Science represents a foundational shift in our understanding
of physics and information science, with the potential for dramatic technology
impact. Like-minded nations working together can develop this new technology for
the good of all. There is still much basic, pre-competitive knowledge that must
be acquired for anyone to move ahead. In which areas do we stand the best chance
of overcoming the main hurdles by working together and sharing? How do we
explore together the economic and societal benefits of supporting a flourishing
quantum ecosystem? Workforce is a concern that is universally shared across
nations. Education and training are needed at all levels and across multiple
disciplines. Many of these experts will not be quantum experts but will be
quantum literate. What can be done to broaden the quantum workforce across
levels, disciplines, and diverse backgrounds? How do we engage students earlier
to pique interest in quantum-related career paths?
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DR SETHURAMAN PANCHANATHAN
Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
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DR SETHURAMAN PANCHANATHAN
Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
May 17th 2022
* 09:50 am -10:05 am
Interview: International collaboration to advance the promise of quantum
The Honorable Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan is a computer scientist and engineer
and the 15th director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).
Panchanathan was nominated to this position by the President of the United
States in 2019 and subsequently unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on
June 18, 2020. NSF is an $8.5B independent federal agency and the only
government agency charged with advancing all fields of scientific discovery,
technological innovation and STEM education.
Dr Panchanathan is a leader in science, engineering and education with more
than three decades of experience. He has a distinguished career in both
higher education and government, where he has designed and built knowledge
enterprises, which advance research innovation, strategic partnerships,
entrepreneurship, global development and economic growth.
He previously served as the executive vice president of the Arizona State
University (ASU) Knowledge Enterprise, where he was also chief research and
innovation officer. He was also the founder and director of the Center for
Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing at ASU. Under his leadership, ASU increased
research performance fivefold, earning recognition as the fastest growing and
most innovative research university in the U.S.
Prior to joining NSF, Dr Panchanathan served on the National Science Board as
chair of the Committee on Strategy and as a member of the External Engagement
and National Science and Engineering Policy committees. Additionally, he
served on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
He was chair of the Council on Research of the Association of Public and
Land-grant Universities and co-chair of the Extreme Innovation Taskforce of
the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils. Arizona’s Governor
appointed Panchanathan as senior advisor for science and technology in 2018.
He was the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Multimedia Magazine and
editor/associate editor of several international journals.
His scientific contributions have advanced the areas of human-centered
multimedia computing, haptic user interfaces, person-centered tools and
ubiquitous computing technologies for enhancing the quality of life for
individuals with different abilities; machine learning for multimedia
applications; medical image processing; and media processor designs. He has
published close to 500 articles in refereed journals and conference
proceedings, and has mentored more than 150 graduate students, postdocs,
research engineers and research scientists, many now occupy leading positions
in academia and industry.
For his scientific contributions, Dr Panchanathan has received numerous
awards, such as Distinguished Alumnus Awards and the Governor’s Innovator of
the Year for Academia Award for his development of information technology
centric assistive and rehabilitative environments to assist individuals with
visual impairments.
He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, where he also served as
vice president for strategic initiatives. He is also a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Academy of
Engineering, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Society of Optical Engineering.
Dr Panchanathan is married to Sarada “Soumya” Panchanathan, an academic
pediatrician and informatician, who has taught medical students, pediatric
residents and informatics fellows. They have two adult children, Amritha and
Roshan.
MODERATED BY
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ANDREW PALMER
Executive editor, The Economist
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ANDREW PALMER
Executive editor, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 09:50 am -10:05 am
Interview: International collaboration to advance the promise of quantum
Andrew Palmer is the executive editor. He was formerly business affairs
editor, head of the data team, Americas editor, finance editor and banking
correspondent, having joined The Economist as management correspondent in
February 2007. He was previously at the Economist Intelligence Unit, sister
company to The Economist.
10:05 am -10:20 am BST
MEGATRENDS SHAPING THE FASTEST TRANSFORMATION IN HUMAN HISTORY
We are at the dawn of a revolution. The pace at which technological and social
megatrends are transforming our world today is unprecedented. However we believe
this is just the beginning and the rate of change heading into an exponential
inflection point. Global knowledge doubles every 2 years, we will create more
data in the next 2 days than we created since the birth of civilization to the
year 2000, the rise of AI, and reincarnation of Moore’s law on top of
demographic, geopolitical and environmental radical transformation, means we are
heading into fastest changes in human history. Immortality, singularity, and
quantum revolution are just some of the radical revolutions we could reach at
the end of this decade. In this presentation, we will explore the megatrends
that will transform our world.
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HAIM ISRAEL
Managing director of research, Bank of America
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HAIM ISRAEL
Managing director of research, Bank of America
May 17th 2022
* 10:05 am -10:20 am
Megatrends shaping the fastest transformation in human history
Haim Israel is a managing director and global strategist who heads up the
global thematic research team. Prior to this, he was the head of Bank of
America’s EEMEA technology, media and telecommunication research team. For
the past two years, Mr. Israel and his team have been ranked first in the
Thematic Research and ESG – Integrated Climate Change teams in the
Institutional Investor Extel Global Survey. He attained his MBA from The
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and also holds a dual major in finance &
business.
For more information about any awards cited, visit
https://rsch.baml.com/awards.
10:20 am -10:35 am BST
ACCELERATING YOUR PATH TO QUANTUM ADVANTAGE
The power of quantum has long been promised. Scenarios are being imagined. New
businesses are being modeled. Complex problems are being explored. Our industry
is not short on ideas and aspirations. However, at the moment, we are short on
scale – scale required to make a mark. What if we could start to solve that
problem with the magic of software and the power of the cloud? What would we
learn? What could we accomplish? Explore how a hybrid quantum approach that
brings together high performance computing, intelligent cloud services, and
collective worldwide genius with an increasingly scalable quantum machine can
accelerate your path to quantum advantage today and position you for massive
impact tomorrow.
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KRYSTA M. SVORE
Distinguished engineer and vice president of quantum software, Microsoft
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KRYSTA M. SVORE
Distinguished engineer and vice president of quantum software, Microsoft
May 17th 2022
* 10:20 am -10:35 am
Accelerating your path to quantum advantage
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Dr. Krysta Svore is a distinguished engineer and vice-president of quantum
software at Microsoft. She is passionate about empowering people and
organizations around the world with quantum computing and realizing a scaled
quantum machine. Her team designs and delivers Azure Quantum, the most
diverse cloud platform for quantum research and discovery, and is developing
a comprehensive software stack for scalable quantum computing including
languages, compilers, and mappings to quantum hardware. Her team designs
open software including Q# and QIR.
Dr. Svore has published over 70 refereed articles and filed over 30 patents.
She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She won the 2010 Yahoo! Learning to Rank Challenge with a team of colleagues,
received an ACM Best of 2013 Notable Article award, and was recognized as one
of Business Insider Most Powerful Female Engineers of 2018. A Kavli fellow
of the National Academy of Sciences, she also serves as an advisor to the
National Quantum Initiative, the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory
Committee of the Department of Energy, and the ISAT Committee of DARPA, in
addition to numerous other quantum centers and initiatives globally.
10:35 am -11:45 am BST
SPEED NETWORKING BREAK
10:45 – 11:15 The speed networking session is an efficient and effective way to
forge quality connections with your fellow industry peers. Session participants
will spend three minutes with each new contact, allowing time to exchange
business cards, make brief introductions, and assess the potential for further
interaction during or post-event.
11:45 am -12:20 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT IS THE TRUE NEAR-TERM COMMERCIAL PROMISE OF QUANTUM FOR
THE MAJOR INDUSTRY VERTICALS?
Understanding the scope of the opportunity for quantum to generate value across
key sectors. What key use cases offer the greatest near-term return and how well
do we understand them? Is cross-industry collaboration the key to
commercialisation?
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THIERRY BOTTER
Executive director, European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
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THIERRY BOTTER
Executive director, European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
May 17th 2022
* 11:45 am -12:20 pm
Panel discussion: what is the true near-term commercial promise of quantum
for the major industry verticals?
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DAVE FLEMING
Executive vice president, global research and development, Mastercard Foundry
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DAVE FLEMING
Executive vice president, global research and development, Mastercard Foundry
May 17th 2022
* 11:45 am -12:20 pm
Panel discussion: what is the true near-term commercial promise of quantum
for the major industry verticals?
Dave Fleming has spent the last 25+ years of his career in technology,
fintech and R&D across startups, corporates and financial services companies
with extensive international experience in both developed and developing
economies. Before joining Mastercard, Mr. Fleming was a director at Citibank,
with responsibility for technology R&D and design, where he led the
establishment of R&D in Citi’s first Innovation Lab Network and prior to that
he held CTO positions at a number of technology / fintech startups.
Currently Mr. Fleming, and the global Lab network he leads, is focused on
emerging technology research, new product discovery and new product
development in a wide range of emerging technology and business domains
including Quantum Computing, 5G/IoT and Web3/Metaverse plus the engineering
and launching of new products in Consumer, B2B, Cloud Commerce and AI.
He is also a member of several Boards including Mastercard Ireland and Ethoca
Ireland.
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BIJOY SAGAR
Executive vice-president and chief information and digital transformation
officer, Bayer AG
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BIJOY SAGAR
Executive vice-president and chief information and digital transformation
officer, Bayer AG
May 17th 2022
* 11:45 am -12:20 pm
Panel discussion: what is the true near-term commercial promise of quantum
for the major industry verticals?
Bijoy Sagar is executive vice-president and chief information and digital
transformation officer of Bayer. He is located in Leverkusen, Germany. Prior
to joining Bayer, he served variously as the chief digital technology officer
and chief information officer of Stryker, a leading medical technology
company, where he was also a member of the executive team.
Mr. Sagar has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare and chemical
sectors. He has previously worked for pharma and biotech companies in the USA
and Europe, including Millennium Pharmaceuticals (now Takeda), Amgen, Eli
Lilly & Company and Merck KGaA. He also serves on various advisory councils
and boards.
He holds master’s degrees from the University of Mumbai and Northeastern
University, Boston, and holds US citizenship.
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BOB SUTOR
Vice-president for corporate development, ColdQuanta
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BOB SUTOR
Vice-president for corporate development, ColdQuanta
May 17th 2022
* 11:45 am -12:20 pm
Panel discussion: what is the true near-term commercial promise of quantum
for the major industry verticals?
Bob Sutor has been a technical leader and executive in the IT industry for
over 30 years. He is the vice-president for corporate development at
ColdQuanta. His industry role is to advance quantum technologies by building
strong business, partner, technical, and educational ecosystems. The singular
goal is to evolve quantum to help solve some of the critical computational
problems facing society today. He is widely quoted in the press, delivers
conference keynotes, and works with industry analysts and investors to
accelerate understanding and adoption of quantum technologies.
More than two decades of Mr. Sutor’s career was spent in IBM Research in New
York. During his time there, he worked on or led efforts in symbolic
mathematical computation, optimization, AI, blockchain, and quantum
computing.
He was also an executive on the software side of the IBM business in areas
including middleware, software on Linux, mobile, open source, and emerging
industry standards. Bob is a theoretical mathematician by training, has a
Ph.D. from Princeton University, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard
College.
He’s the author of a book about quantum computing called Dancing with Qubits
that was published in late 2019. He is also the author of the 2021 book
Dancing with Python, an introduction to Python coding for classical and
quantum computing.
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TONY UTTLEY
President, Quantinuum
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TONY UTTLEY
President, Quantinuum
May 17th 2022
* 11:45 am -12:20 pm
Panel discussion: what is the true near-term commercial promise of quantum
for the major industry verticals?
Tony Uttley founded Honeywell Quantum Solutions and served as president.
Previously, he was vice-president, GM for Honeywell Residential Home Comfort
Business. Prior to Honeywell, Mr. Uttley was a principal at Boston Consulting
Group (BCG), and has also held management and engineering positions with NASA
at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. He earned an MBA from the Kellogg
School of Management, Northwestern University, and a bachelor’s in mechanical
engineering from the University of Minnesota.
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TAMZIN BOOTH
Partner, Brunswick Group
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TAMZIN BOOTH
Partner, Brunswick Group
May 17th 2022
* 11:45 am -12:20 pm
Panel discussion: what is the true near-term commercial promise of quantum
for the major industry verticals?
Tamzin Booth is a partner in the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) sector
team at Brunswick Group, the world’s leading critical issues advisory firm.
She joined Brunswick this year after 21 years at The Economist, most recently
as technology and business editor and previously as global business editor,
Britain business editor, Tokyo bureau chief, European business editor and
media correspondent, working across London, Paris and Tokyo.
Prior to this, Ms. Booth was a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and
Institutional Investor magazine. She has been shortlisted for several
journalism awards and was highly commended in the 2020 Wincott Awards for her
coverage of technology firms. She began her career as an Auditor for Coopers
& Lybrand, before joining Salomon Brothers in Hong Kong as an equity research
associate.
Ms. Booth received a bachelor’s in English Literature from Oxford University.
12:20 pm -12:35 pm BST
PLOTTING A NO-NONSENSE PATH TO QUANTUM ADVANTAGE
How do you benchmark real progress towards quantum advantage and what metrics
should be used for measuring progress towards this ultimate goal? How are
breakthroughs in software and hardware performance driving greater levels of
scale, speed, and quality? Outlining a detailed roadmap for the near-term and
unveiling plans for quantum-centric supercomputing – an approach that weaves
together various hardware and quantum resources into a compute fabric to help
solve the world’s biggest problems.
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DR JAY GAMBETTA
IBM fellow and vice-president of quantum computing, IBM Quantum
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DR JAY GAMBETTA
IBM fellow and vice-president of quantum computing, IBM Quantum
May 17th 2022
* 12:20 pm -12:35 pm
Plotting a no-nonsense path to quantum advantage
Dr Jay Gambetta was named as an IBM Fellow in 2018 for his scientific work on
superconducting qubits, quantum validation techniques, implementation of
quantum codes, improved gates and coherence, and near-term applications of
quantum computing—in addition to establishing IBM’s quantum strategy.
Under his leadership, the IBM Quantum team has made a series of major
breakthroughs in the quantum industry, starting with launching the IBM
Quantum Experience – the world-first cloud-based quantum computing platform
for users to access real quantum computers; the IBM Quantum team released
Qiskit – an open source software development kit for developing quantum
programs; and has deployed the IBM Quantum System One – a family of quantum
processors for clients that now includes the 27 qubit Falcon and 65 qubit
Hummingbird quantum processors.
IBM Quantum continues to expand in the market by providing 42 quantum systems
opened for service over the cloud from anywhere in the world, building the
foundations of the quantum industry with a community of partners advancing
quantum science and applications.
Dr Gambetta earned a doctorate in physics from Griffith University in
Australia. In 2014, he was named as a fellow of the American Physical Society
and has over 130 publications in the field of quantum information science
with over 23000 citations.
12:35 pm -12:50 pm BST
WHAT IF AND WHAT IS: ARTICULATING THE VISION FOR A QUANTUM-POWERED FUTURE AND
WHAT’S NEEDED TO GET THERE
For years, quantum computers have been a big idea with few tangible results to
show for it. But with the birth of the first full-stack quantum computing
company last year, followed swiftly by the world’s first commercially available
quantum product, plus countless other industry advancements related to accuracy
and speed, the promise of quantum computing is starting to pay dividends. Ilyas
Khan, will discuss the current opportunity of quantum computing, the vision for
a quantum-powered future — including how it can help solve major world problems
like climate change and equitable access to lifesaving drugs — and what’s needed
to get there.
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ILYAS KHAN
Chief executive, Quantinuum
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ILYAS KHAN
Chief executive, Quantinuum
May 17th 2022
* 12:35 pm -12:50 pm
What if and what is: articulating the vision for a quantum-powered future
and what’s needed to get there
Ilyas Khan founded CQ in 2014 and is the chief executive of Quantinuum, the
company created as a result of the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and
Cambridge Quantum. He is the leader in residence at the University of
Cambridge’s Judge Business School where he was instrumental in establishing
the highly regarded Accelerate Cambridge programme of investment in
early-stage Cambridge-based deep-science technology sector companies. Mr.
Khan was the inaugural chairman of The Stephen Hawking Foundation, holding
the post until 2019. He is also the founding chairman (non-executive) of the
Topos Institute, and a fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge. He has been
a supporter and advocate of open-access academic journals and is one of the
founders of the Diamond open-access journal “Compositionality”.
12:50 pm -1:05 pm BST
INTERVIEW: IS PLAY THE HIGHEST FORM OF RESEARCH? QUANTUM AND THE INTERSECTION
BETWEEN ARTS AND SCIENCE
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DR MERRITT MOORE
Quantum physicist and professional ballerina
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DR MERRITT MOORE
Quantum physicist and professional ballerina
May 17th 2022
* 12:50 pm -1:05 pm
Interview: Is play the highest form of research? Quantum and the
intersection between arts and science
Dr Merritt Moore is a quantum physicist and professional ballet dancer. She
graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors in physics from Harvard and graduated
with a doctorate in quantum optics from the University of Oxford. At Harvard,
she investigated Majorana Fermions in InAs nanowire systems with Professor
Charles Marcus. At Oxford, her research was focused on investigating large
quantum states of light with telecommunication-band integrated photonics with
Professor Ian Walmsley.
Dr Moore also pursues a professional ballet career, previously with the
Zurich Ballet, Boston Ballet, English National Ballet, and Norwegian National
Ballet. She was awarded Forbes 30 under 30 and is now dancing and
choreographing with robots, which have been featured by TIME, BBC, Financial
Times, and Vogue.
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ALOK JHA
Science correspondent, The Economist
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ALOK JHA
Science correspondent, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 12:50 pm -1:05 pm
Interview: Is play the highest form of research? Quantum and the
intersection between arts and science
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Alok Jha is a science correspondent for The Economist, writing on everything
from cosmology to particle physics and stem cells to climate change. Before
that, he was science correspondent for ITN and The Guardian, covering daily
news and current affairs for more than a decade. He has also written and
presented multiple TV and radio documentary series for the BBC. In 2018, he
spent a year as a Wellcome fellow, developing new storytelling formats for
complex topics.
He has reported from all over the world, including live from Antarctica, and
is also the author of three popular science books, including The Water
Book (Headline, 2015).
1:00 pm -2:00 pm BST
VIP WORKING LUNCH: BUSINESS BENEFITS FROM HYBRID QUANTUM COMPUTING: INSIGHTS
FROM THE ENERGY INDUSTRY APPLICABLE TO ALL SECTORS
Sponsored by Terra Quantum
Many industries will be transformed by quantum computing over the next ten
years, with the energy sector particularly ripe to optimise operations. Uniper,
an international energy firm, joined forces with Terra Quantum, a technology
company, to evaluate use cases of hybrid quantum technologies, such as for LNG
scheduling and forecasting, predicting CO2 emissions, foreseeing peak loads in
biomass plants and valuing options and complex derivatives.
The workshop will present how quantum technology can be used in these areas to
help you understand its applicability to business challenges and how to
prioritise a wide range of potential applications.
Participants need to register in advance as places are limited. To register your
interest, please email stephanienoblet@economist.com
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VISHAL SHETE
Director of strategy, Terra Quantum AG
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VISHAL SHETE
Director of strategy, Terra Quantum AG
May 17th 2022
* 01:00 pm -2:00 pm
VIP Working Lunch: Business benefits from hybrid quantum computing:
insights from the energy industry applicable to all sectors
Vishal Shete is driving the rapid advancement and adoption of Quantum
Technologies in a broad range of industries, from Financial Services to Life
Sciences, Logistics, Energy, Automotive, Aerospace, Chemicals and
Manufacturing. As director of strategy, he and his team work in partnership
with C-level executives to develop solutions that address complex corporate
challenges in the realms of optimization, simulation and machine learning.
Before joining the quantum tech company, Mr Shete had a successful career in
Management Consulting & Finance. He pursued numerous professional endeavours
in the UK, Spain, USA and Australia. In his last role, his passion for
quantum tech and its disruptive potential led to the founding of the Quantum
Lab at the global management consulting firm, Sia Partners.
Previously, he also assumed responsibility as COO & head of strategy at the
investment fund, Copper Street Capital. He holds an MBA from IE Business
School (Spain) and the Wharton School (USA). He also earned a degree in
computer engineering from the University of New South Wales (Australia).
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RENE KOCH
Enterprise architecture lead, Uniper
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RENE KOCH
Enterprise architecture lead, Uniper
May 17th 2022
* 01:00 pm -2:00 pm
VIP Working Lunch: Business benefits from hybrid quantum computing:
insights from the energy industry applicable to all sectors
As senior manager in Uniper’s CIO office, Mr. Koch leads the enterprise
architecture management practice and works with senior management to address
risks and opportunities in Uniper’s IT application landscape and technology
portfolio. He has extensive experience in the utilities industry and is a
strong promoter of digital transformation and innovative IT technologies.
Prior to Uniper, he has worked for a global management and IT consulting
firms. He has more than 20 of experience in technical architecture, IT
strategy, and business-IT alignment.
Uniper is a global energy company with around 11,700 employees in more than
40 countries that generates, trades, and markets energy on a large scale.
This includes procurement, storage, transportation, and supply of commodities
such as natural gas, LNG, and coal as well as energy-related products. Uniper
offers tailor-made energy solutions and to free customers from having to
worry about the complex energy issues they face. In Europe, Uniper
contributes to supply security by moving towards a low-carbon energy future.
All trading activities create links across international commodity markets.
Uniper supports the development of energy markets outside Europe with own
production activities and services for third parties.
1:05 pm -2:00 pm BST
LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm -2:15 pm BST
“IF YOU ARE NOT COMPLETELY CONFUSED BY QUANTUM, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT” WHAT
IS THE TIPPING POINT FROM “QUANTUM CURIOUS” TO “QUANTUM CONVERT”?
What will give enterprise C-Suite leaders the confidence to commit to quantum?
Exploring the factors that influence executive decision-making and the dilemmas
along the way.
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DR ALAN J. RUSSELL
Vice-president of research (Biologics), Amgen Inc
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DR ALAN J. RUSSELL
Vice-president of research (Biologics), Amgen Inc
May 17th 2022
* 02:00 pm -2:15 pm
“If you are not completely confused by quantum, you do not understand it”
What is the tipping point from “quantum curious” to “quantum convert”?
* 02:30 pm -3:00 pm
Panel discussion: “the water is fine, come on in”. How companies can best
determine when to take the plunge with quantum and chart a path
Dr. Alan Russell (Ph.D., Imperial College) is the vice-president of research
(Biologics) at Amgen Inc. Previously, he was the Highmark Distinguished
Career Professor in the department of chemical engineering and the director
of the Disruptive Health Technology Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Russell was also the chief executive of BioHybrid Solutions, LLC and
chairman of the board of directors of YouScript, Inc.
Dr. Russell has broad experience at the interface of science, healthcare and
commercialization. He was the founding director of the McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, serving in that
capacity from 2001-2011. Prior to this he served as chairman of the
department of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of
Pittsburgh. He was the founding president of the Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine International Society and founding co-director of the
Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Rolling Stone Magazine has
ranked Dr. Russell #32 on the “Top 100 People Who Will Change America” list!
Within the scientific community, Dr. Russell has participated on over 25
advisory boards. Since the outset of his career, he has received numerous
prestigious awards for his contributions to research, teaching and public
service. These awards include an R&D 100 Award – (R&D Magazine), three
Carnegie Awards for Excellence, the American Chemical Society’s prestigious
Pittsburgh Award, the Ladies Hospital Aid Society Doctor of Distinction
Award, and the TERMIS Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Russell has given more
than 500 National and International invited lectures, published over 220
peer-reviewed articles and holds dozens of US and International patents.
2:00 pm -2:15 pm BST
UK GOVERNMENT ADDRESS: A PATH TO QUANTUM READINESS IN THE UK
What role can the Government play in helping businesses to be ready to exploit
the potential of quantum?
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GEORGE FREEMAN
Minister for science, research and innovation, department for business,
energy & industrial strategy, UK Government
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GEORGE FREEMAN
Minister for science, research and innovation, department for business,
energy & industrial strategy, UK Government
May 17th 2022
* 02:00 pm -2:15 pm
UK GOVERNMENT ADDRESS: A path to quantum readiness in the UK
Elected to parliament in 2010 after a 15-year career founding high-growth
technology companies, Mr. Freeman has served in the last three governments as
UK Trade Envoy, the first UK Minister for life science, chair of the No10
policy board and Minister of State at the department for transport.
Most recently, he led the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Innovation, Growth
and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR).
He is founder of the Big Tent Festival and Foundation, the Reform for
Resilience Global Health Commission and the 2020 Conservatives Group. He is
also author of Britain Beyond Brexit and the former chair of the Conservative
Policy Forum.
2:15 pm -2:30 pm BST
UNDERSTANDING HYBRIDISATION AND PROFITING FROM THE SHORTER RUNWAY TO RETURN
What are the intrinsic advantages of leveraging hybrid algorithms in classical
computing and quantum and how long is the runway to return? To what extent does
hybrid offer a halfway house for enterprises looking to experiment?
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MARKUS PFLITSCH
Founder and chief executive, Terra Quantum AG
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MARKUS PFLITSCH
Founder and chief executive, Terra Quantum AG
May 17th 2022
* 02:15 pm -2:30 pm
Understanding hybridisation and profiting from the shorter runway to
return
Markus Pflitsch is a dedicated quantum physicist, senior financial executive
and deep tech entrepreneur. He believes in the competitive advantage of
quantum tech and is committed to support the European ecosystem to unlock its
value. Since he was 14 years old, Mr. Pflitsch has been a quantum physics
enthusiast. He built on that passion, studying mathematics and physics, and
accomplished a research career at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear
Research. Before founding Terra Quantum in 2018, his curious mind and
business acumen led him to pursue his profession in the business and finance
industry. Starting at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Europe and North
America, he applied his expertise in the financial services industry. He
spent additional years working as chief financial officer and senior
executive in various corporations (Deutsche Bank, UniCredit), as well as
owner-managed digital and high-tech companies.
Ultimately, he decided to leverage his expertise in quantum physics, business
and finance to become an entrepreneur in the quantum tech space. He founded
Terra Quantum AG, a deep tech pioneer commercializing quantum tech
applications. Mr. Pflitsch is senior advisor to private equity funds and
member of the “Baden-Badener Unternehmergespräche” (BBUG), a German
institution which helps cultivate the next generation of executive leaders by
bringing together decision makers from business, politics and society.
2:15 pm -2:30 pm BST
ESTABLISHING A NEW NATIONAL LABORATORY: NQCC PURPOSE AND PROGRESS
The National Quantum Computing Centre will help translate UK research strengths
into innovation, by enabling the understanding, development and integration of
quantum computing technology, to help build a resilient future economy. As an
independent trusted authority, the NQCC’s vision is for the UK to harness the
potential of quantum computing to solve some of the most complex and challenging
problems facing society, having addressed the key scaling challenges – in
technology as well as user adoption. In this talk the NQCC Director will update
on progress being made against the goals of the Centre to create workforce
readiness, technology capability and state of the art infrastructure.
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DR MICHAEL CUTHBERT
Director, UK National Quantum Computing Centre
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DR MICHAEL CUTHBERT
Director, UK National Quantum Computing Centre
May 17th 2022
* 02:15 pm -2:30 pm
Establishing a new National Laboratory: NQCC purpose and progress
With a background in superconductivity and cryogenic systems Michael has had
a number of technical and commercial leadership roles with Oxford Instruments
in Japan, the US and the UK, most recently as Head of Quantum Technologies.
Michael is a member of the Institute of Physics and sits on several advisory
panels including the NQTP Strategic Advisory Board.
2:30 pm -3:00 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: “THE WATER IS FINE, COME ON IN”. HOW COMPANIES CAN BEST
DETERMINE WHEN TO TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH QUANTUM AND CHART A PATH
What do companies most often get wrong with quantum? What do executives least
understand about the technology’s potential and what will give them a vote of
confidence?
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ROGER MCKINLAY
Challenge director, quantum technologies, UK Research and Innovation
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ROGER MCKINLAY
Challenge director, quantum technologies, UK Research and Innovation
May 17th 2022
* 02:30 pm -3:00 pm
Panel discussion: “the water is fine, come on in”. How companies can best
determine when to take the plunge with quantum and chart a path
Since 2018 Roger McKinlay has been leading the Quantum Technologies Challenge
in UK Research and Innovation, following a career in industry. The Challenge
funds industry-led collaborative projects.
Mr. McKinlay has been involved in the National Quantum Technologies Programme
since 2015 and is the deputy chair of the program board. He was a panel
member for the 2016 Blackett Review “The quantum age: technological
opportunities”.
He is a chartered engineer and a past president of the Royal Institute of
Navigation.
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DR ALAN J. RUSSELL
Vice-president of research (Biologics), Amgen Inc
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DR ALAN J. RUSSELL
Vice-president of research (Biologics), Amgen Inc
May 17th 2022
* 02:00 pm -2:15 pm
“If you are not completely confused by quantum, you do not understand it”
What is the tipping point from “quantum curious” to “quantum convert”?
* 02:30 pm -3:00 pm
Panel discussion: “the water is fine, come on in”. How companies can best
determine when to take the plunge with quantum and chart a path
Dr. Alan Russell (Ph.D., Imperial College) is the vice-president of research
(Biologics) at Amgen Inc. Previously, he was the Highmark Distinguished
Career Professor in the department of chemical engineering and the director
of the Disruptive Health Technology Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Russell was also the chief executive of BioHybrid Solutions, LLC and
chairman of the board of directors of YouScript, Inc.
Dr. Russell has broad experience at the interface of science, healthcare and
commercialization. He was the founding director of the McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, serving in that
capacity from 2001-2011. Prior to this he served as chairman of the
department of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of
Pittsburgh. He was the founding president of the Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine International Society and founding co-director of the
Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Rolling Stone Magazine has
ranked Dr. Russell #32 on the “Top 100 People Who Will Change America” list!
Within the scientific community, Dr. Russell has participated on over 25
advisory boards. Since the outset of his career, he has received numerous
prestigious awards for his contributions to research, teaching and public
service. These awards include an R&D 100 Award – (R&D Magazine), three
Carnegie Awards for Excellence, the American Chemical Society’s prestigious
Pittsburgh Award, the Ladies Hospital Aid Society Doctor of Distinction
Award, and the TERMIS Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Russell has given more
than 500 National and International invited lectures, published over 220
peer-reviewed articles and holds dozens of US and International patents.
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NIKOLAJ H. SJOQVIST
Senior vice-president and chief digital officer, WM
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NIKOLAJ H. SJOQVIST
Senior vice-president and chief digital officer, WM
May 17th 2022
* 02:30 pm -3:00 pm
Panel discussion: “the water is fine, come on in”. How companies can best
determine when to take the plunge with quantum and chart a path
As senior vice-president and chief digital officer for WM, Nikolaj H.
Sjoqvist is responsible for all digital and technology functions for the
company. This includes eCommerce and online self-service (wm.com),
information technology, and advanced analytics and data management. He is a
member of the company’s senior leadership team and reports to WM president
and chief executive, Jim Fish. Mr. Sjoqvist joined the company in 2012 and
was previously vice-president of revenue management with responsibility for
pricing, disciplined growth planning, marketing and advanced revenue
analytics.
Prior to joining Waste Management, Mr. Sjoqvist was a consultant with
McKinsey & Company’s marketing and sales practice, and he previously held a
number of finance, pricing and technology positions with Hewlett-Packard and
Compaq Computer in Europe and North America. He earned a bachelor’s in
business studies from Oxford Brookes University in the UK, and an MBA from
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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MANJARI CHANDRAN-RAMESH
Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners
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MANJARI CHANDRAN-RAMESH
Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners
May 17th 2022
* 02:30 pm -3:00 pm
Panel discussion: “the water is fine, come on in”. How companies can best
determine when to take the plunge with quantum and chart a path
Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh is a partner in Amadeus Capital Partners, a global
technology investor. Since 1997, the firm has raised over $1bn for investment
and used the investment to back more than 180 companies. At Amadeus, she
focuses on investments in the areas of machine learning, AI, robotics and
quantum technologies. She works closely with Ravelin (ML based fraud
detection) as a board Director and NuQuantum which is revolutionising
networking of quantum computers.
Dr Ramesh has more than a decade of experience in the tough to commercialise
University IP sector. Prior to Amadeus, she worked at IP Group plc, where she
managed technology investments from deal origination to exit, and was
responsible for the trade sale of TheySay Ltd (emotional AI acquired by
Aptean), and sourcing and working with the founding team as the chairperson
to build Quantum Motion Ltd (Quantum Computing in Silicon). She created and
led IP Group’s Quantum Technologies investment strategy and set-up an initial
£12m accelerator fund that was run in exclusive partnership with Innovate UK.
An Engineer by background, Dr Ramesh holds a PhD from the University of
Oxford in machine learning and autonomous vehicles which she did on a Rhodes
Scholarship.
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PIERS CLINTON-TARESTAD
Partner and quantum leader, EY UK & Ireland
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PIERS CLINTON-TARESTAD
Partner and quantum leader, EY UK & Ireland
May 17th 2022
* 02:30 pm -3:00 pm
Panel discussion: “the water is fine, come on in”. How companies can best
determine when to take the plunge with quantum and chart a path
Mr. Piers Clinton-Tarestad is a partner in EY’s technology risk practice and
quantum computing leader for EY in the UK and Ireland. He has over 23 years
in a variety of roles and leads our focus on the risks of emerging
technologies such as AI and Quantum.
2:30 pm -2:45 pm BST
SHOULD YOU INVEST IN QUANTUM COMPUTING TODAY OR KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY UNTIL THE
TECHNOLOGY IS MORE MATURE?
Good players skate to where the puck is, great players skate to where the puck
will be: is it too early to invest? Weighing up the risk and opportunity cost of
investing too soon vs too late. How does quantum fit into a blended technology
portfolio?
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DR SERG BELL
Founder & chairman of the board of SIT, chairman of the board of governors of
JUB, founder and chief research officer, Acronis
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DR SERG BELL
Founder & chairman of the board of SIT, chairman of the board of governors of
JUB, founder and chief research officer, Acronis
May 17th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:45 pm
Should you invest in quantum computing today or keep your powder dry until
the technology is more mature?
Dr Serg Bell is a Singaporean (citizen) tech entrepreneur, investor and
executive. He founded two dozen global IT companies, number of venture funds
and several science and education centers, including the Schaffhausen
Institute of Technology (SIT), Acronis, Parallels, Virtuozzo, Acumatica,
Webpros, Runa Capital and Terra.VC.
Dr Bell was born in the USSR to a family of physicists. In 1993 he moved to
Singapore and became a Singaporean citizen, and a prominent Singaporean Tech
entrepreneur. He is also involved in developing science and education around
the globe in various ways.
Dr Bell holds a bachelor’s in physics, a master’s (Hons) in physics and
electrical engineering, and a doctorate in computer science from MIPT. He has
filed over 350 patents (USPTO) with an H-index is 40.
2:45 pm -3:15 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: GETTING STARTED IN THE ENTERPRISE JOURNEY: WHERE IS MY TIME
BEST SPENT AND DO I HAVE TO DO THIS NOW?
What are the new lines of business that quantum technology opens up and is there
a market yet? Is it a marathon or a sprint? Where should enterprises focus their
resources to ensure they don’t get left behind? Walking the tightrope of
announcing quantum progress without jeopardising your competitive edge: what you
keep secret and what do you reveal?
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MARIËLLE VAN DE POL
Global head scientific solution engineering and architecture, Roche
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MARIËLLE VAN DE POL
Global head scientific solution engineering and architecture, Roche
May 17th 2022
* 02:45 pm -3:15 pm
Panel discussion: getting started in the enterprise journey: where is my
time best spent and do I have to do this now?
* 05:00 pm -5:15 pm
What are the shortcomings of classical computing for industry problems
today and will the quantum advantage be negligible or transformational?
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BRAD (DONGHO) KIM
Head of quantum computing application team, LG Electronics
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BRAD (DONGHO) KIM
Head of quantum computing application team, LG Electronics
May 17th 2022
* 02:45 pm -3:15 pm
Panel discussion: getting started in the enterprise journey: where is my
time best spent and do I have to do this now?
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LEIGH LAPWORTH
Fellow, computational science, Rolls Royce
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LEIGH LAPWORTH
Fellow, computational science, Rolls Royce
May 17th 2022
* 02:45 pm -3:15 pm
Panel discussion: getting started in the enterprise journey: where is my
time best spent and do I have to do this now?
Prof Leigh Lapworth is a Rolls-Royce Fellow specialising in computational
science. He has over 30 years’ experience of developing and applying
physics-based simulation using High Performance Supercomputers. In previous
roles he led the development and deployment of the Rolls-Royce corporate
unstructured CFD code and authored and owned the company wide software and
methods development processes. He was formerly the chief design systems
architect and latterly the head of computational sciences group. He has also
been a director at CFMS, a joint venture with Airbus specialising in high
value design using advanced modelling and simulation.
Prof Lapworth is currently the business lead for a 5-year UK EPSRC Prosperity
Partnership in “Computational Science for Advanced Simulation and Modelling
of Virtual Systems”, jointly led by the University of Edinburgh, which has
the aim of developing exascale simulation capabilities of whole gas turbines.
He has headed Quantum Computing in Rolls-Royce since 2018 and is leading the
work package on Quantum CFD algorithms within the 3-year Innovate UK
co-funded QEC project led by Universal Quantum. He has a particular interest
in the hybrid classical-quantum interface.
Prof Lapworth is a chartered mathematician and fellow of the Institute of
Mathematics and its applications. He is a Royal Society Industry fellow and
an honorary professorial fellow in computer science at the University of
Warwick. He also sits on the EPSRC Science Engineering and Technology Board.
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MATT JOHNSON
Chief executive, QC Ware
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MATT JOHNSON
Chief executive, QC Ware
May 17th 2022
* 02:45 pm -3:15 pm
Panel discussion: getting started in the enterprise journey: where is my
time best spent and do I have to do this now?
Matt Johnson is the co-founder and chief executive of QC Ware, a leading
quantum computing software company. He also serves as a member of the QED-C
steering committee. Prior to QC Ware, Mr. Johnson worked in principal
investing–as a partner at Apollo Management and as a managing director at
Credit Suisse. He started his career as an officer in the US Air Force. He
has an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s from
the US Air Force Academy. Mr. Johnson swam the English Channel and remains an
avid but mediocre swimmer.
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JAN PIOTROWSKI
Business editor, The Economist
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JAN PIOTROWSKI
Business editor, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 02:45 pm -3:15 pm
Panel discussion: getting started in the enterprise journey: where is my
time best spent and do I have to do this now?
Jan Piotrowski is The Economist‘s business editor. Previously he was São
Paulo bureau chief and environment correspondent. Jan also held the position
of the online science editor, having joined The Economist following a
three-month stint as the Richard Casement science intern in 2008. He is a
regular contributor to “The World In”, an annual compilation of forecasts
that examines the critical issues that will shape the year ahead. In November
2018 he was a policy fellow and invited resident at the Rockefeller
Foundation’s Bellagio Centre, in Italy. Mr Piotrowski holds a PhD in
linguistics and philosophy from Warsaw University, where he lectured in
semantics and translation theory. Before joining The Economist, he also
worked as a translator and interpreter.
3:00 pm -3:15 pm BST
“DON'T BRING ME PROBLEMS, BRING ME SOLUTIONS”. HOW BUSINESSES CAN START
PREPARING FOR THE QUANTUM FUTURE
Identifying the most valuable quantum use cases that can be run on the world’s
first commercially useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer.
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JEREMY O’BRIEN
Co-founder and chief executive, PsiQuantum
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JEREMY O’BRIEN
Co-founder and chief executive, PsiQuantum
May 17th 2022
* 03:00 pm -3:15 pm
“Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions”. How businesses can start
preparing for the quantum future
Dr. Jeremy O’Brien is co-founder and chief executive of PsiQuantum which is
building the world’s first commercially useful, large-scale general-purpose
quantum computer to solve the many important problems that will forever be
beyond the capabilities of any conventional computer.
Dr. O’Brien has dedicated more than 25 years to this mission, having
identified quantum computing as the most profoundly world-changing technology
with the potential to tackle some of the greatest challenges we face — across
climate, healthcare, life sciences, energy and beyond. PsiQuantum is working
with global Fortune 500 companies to identify the most valuable quantum use
cases for their business and to develop the algorithms that can be run on the
world’s first commercially useful quantum computer.
Prior to founding PsiQuantum, Dr. O’Brien was a professor of physics and
electrical engineering at Stanford and Bristol Universities, and director of
the Centre for Quantum Photonics. His work towards scalable quantum computing
includes micro-, nano-, and atomic-scale design; fabrication and operation of
superconducting and semiconductor devices; design, construction, and
operation of cryogenic and ultra-high vacuum systems; design, construction,
and application of low-noise electrical measurement to organic-, super-, and
semi-conductor (nano)structures; and the theory of quantum computing.
Dr. O’Brien received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales, holds
a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Emerging Technologies, and
is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics.
3:00 pm -4:00 pm BST
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE: THE NEXT CYBERSECURITY FRONTIER: QUANTUM COMPUTING
Sponsored by Quantinuum
With sophisticated cyberattacks increasing and the methods available to
adversaries growing, businesses need to equip themselves with better tools to
defend their digital assets and protect the data of their customers, partners
and employees. In this roundtable, we will discuss the role that quantum
computing and post-quantum encryption is playing now and in the future to keep
businesses and personal information safe in the ever-evolving digital landscape.
We will explain why the world has woken up to quantum computing as the next
frontier for cybersecurity and how it can be harnessed to prevent cyberattack.
We will also provide real-world examples of how quantum technologies are used
today for disruption and for defence.
Participants need to register in advance for this roundtable and places are
limited. To register your interest, please email stephanienoblet@economist.com
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DUNCAN JONES
Head of cybersecurity, Quantinuum
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DUNCAN JONES
Head of cybersecurity, Quantinuum
May 17th 2022
* 03:00 pm -4:00 pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE: The next cybersecurity frontier: quantum computing
Duncan Jones leads quantum cybersecurity at Cambridge Quantum. He leads a
team developing advanced cybersecurity products based on quantum technology,
which deliver value today. Mr. Jones has 14 years of experience in
cybersecurity, particularly in hardware security. He has held senior
technical and product-focused roles across multiple global technology
companies.
MODERATED BY
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JEREMY KINGSLEY
Senior manager and regional lead (EMEA) for technology and society, Economist
Impact
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JEREMY KINGSLEY
Senior manager and regional lead (EMEA) for technology and society, Economist
Impact
May 17th 2022
* 03:00 pm -4:00 pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE: The next cybersecurity frontier: quantum computing
Jeremy Kingsley is a senior editor at the Economist Impact based in London,
covering technology and sustainability. He joined the EIU in 2017 from Nesta,
the innovation foundation, where he oversaw the Challenges of Our Era
research programme on grand challenges. He previously edited Nesta’s
magazine, served as a contributing editor at WIRED, and has spent 10 years
covering technology and innovation as a journalist and researcher for the
EIU, The Economist, The Financial Times, Slate, The Future Laboratory, and
others.
Mr Kingsley holds a master’s degree with distinction in philosophy and
economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science as well
as a first-class bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Trinity College Dublin.
3:15 pm -3:30 pm BST
INTERVIEW: THE SUPERPOSITION OF IMPACT AND HYPE: WHEN WILL QUANTUM MAKE A
DIFFERENCE? WHEN WILL THIS BE REAL?
Are the published vendor timescales and roadmaps feasible? How to scale and make
the qubits better?
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SCOTT AARONSON
David J. Bruton centennial professor of computer science, University of Texas
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SCOTT AARONSON
David J. Bruton centennial professor of computer science, University of Texas
May 17th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:30 pm
Interview: The superposition of impact and hype: When will quantum make a
difference? When will this be real?
Scott Aaronson is David J. Bruton Centennial professor of computer science at
the University of Texas at Austin. He received his bachelor’s from Cornell
University and his doctorate from UC Berkeley. Before coming to UT Austin, he
spent nine years as a professor in electrical engineering and computer
science at MIT.
Prof. Aaronson’s research in theoretical computer science has focused mainly
on the capabilities and limits of quantum computers. His first book, Quantum
Computing Since Democritus, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University
Press. He’s received the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman
Award, the United States PECASE Award, the Tomassoni-Chisesi Prize in
physics, and the ACM Prize in Computing, and is a fellow of the ACM.
MODERATED BY
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JASON PALMER
Host of ‘The Intelligence’ podcast, The Economist
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JASON PALMER
Host of ‘The Intelligence’ podcast, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:30 pm
Interview: The superposition of impact and hype: When will quantum make a
difference? When will this be real?
May 18th 2022
* 10:35 am -10:55 am
The elusive "killer" quantum app and the quest to find it: what are the
most likely candidates and does quantum advantage exist for real-world
problems?
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Jason Palmer is host of “The Intelligence” podcast. He joined The Economist
as a science and technology correspondent in 2014, after a year-long stint as
a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Prior to that, he spent five years
as science and technology reporter for the BBC. He holds a PhD from Imperial
College London. In 2016, he became an editor of Espresso, The Economist‘s
daily morning-briefing app — permitting him to more formally indulge his
abiding and probably unhealthy obsession with news of all sorts from all
over. To recover from the repetitive blows of the news agenda he drinks
cocktails, occasionally writing about them for 1843 magazine.
3:15 pm -3:30 pm BST
BRIDGING THE TECHNOLOGY GAP TO MAKE TRANSFORMATIVE APPLICATIONS A REALITY
Today’s quantum computers are a long way from unlocking their full commercial
potential. The main challenge the field faces is how to deal with the inherent
noisiness of qubits through a process called quantum error correction. This is
an enormously difficult task and will only be solved by collaboration across the
ecosystem and by closely integrating hardware and software. This talk will cover
how quantum software will guide the field along the steep path towards error
corrected quantum computers towards their commercialisation.
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DR LEONIE MUECK
Chief product officer, Riverlane
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DR LEONIE MUECK
Chief product officer, Riverlane
May 17th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:30 pm
Bridging the technology gap to make transformative applications a reality
As chief product officer, Dr Leonie Mueck is responsible for building,
commercialising and marketing Riverlane’s product lines. She is passionate
about helping Riverlane’s customers move quickly and easily to quantum
advantage.
Dr Mueck brings eight years’ experience in quantum technologies and business
development, with a doctorate in quantum chemistry from the Johannes
Gutenberg-University Mainz in Germany. After her doctorate, she held senior
editorial roles at Nature and Nature Communications where she was responsible
for covering quantum computing and other topics in physics.
An ardent supporter of Open Science, Dr Mueck then joined PLOS ONE, building
and leading a physical sciences and engineering division in a fast-paced
management environment. She joined Riverlane in 2019 and was recently awarded
a fellowship at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
3:30 pm -3:45 pm BST
QUANTUM COMPUTING IN THE CLOUD
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RICHARD MOULDS
General manager, Amazon Braket, Amazon Web Services
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RICHARD MOULDS
General manager, Amazon Braket, Amazon Web Services
May 17th 2022
* 03:30 pm -3:45 pm
Quantum computing in the cloud
Richard Moulds is the general manager of Amazon Braket, the quantum computing
service of AWS, where he is responsible for the strategic, commercial and
operational management of the service. Prior to joining AWS three years ago,
he was the general manager of Whitewood Security a quantum networking
startup. Before his work in quantum, Mr Moulds spend more than a decade
building products and services in the information security market, primarily
focusing on cryptography and data protection.
3:30 pm -4:00 pm BST
STARTUP SHARK TANK (IN PERSON): HOW DO SMALL FISH SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN A BIG
QUANTUM POND?
What innovation is coming out of the worlds’ most promising quantum startups and
how do small companies compete and collaborate with the tech giants for
attention and visibility?
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TENNIN YAN
Founder and chief executive, QunaSys
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TENNIN YAN
Founder and chief executive, QunaSys
May 17th 2022
* 03:30 pm -4:00 pm
Startup shark tank (in person): How do small fish survive and thrive in a
big quantum pond?
Tennin Yan is QunaSys’ founder and chief executive, where he leads the
company’s strategy, product strategy and development to make quantum
computing technology industrially useful. He has deep expertise in R&D and is
specialized in quantum computer algorithms and applications. Mr. Yan founded
QunaSys in 2018 together with Prof. Keisuke Fujii with the goal to bring out
quantum physics to the front stage and use it to tackle problems that cannot
be achieved with conventional technology by actively taking advantage of
quantum mechanics.
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MAKSYM SICH
Co-founder and chief executive, Aegiq
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MAKSYM SICH
Co-founder and chief executive, Aegiq
May 17th 2022
* 03:30 pm -4:00 pm
Startup shark tank (in person): How do small fish survive and thrive in a
big quantum pond?
Maksym Sich is co-founder and chief executive of Aegiq. Having started as a
quantum physicist, he is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on deep tech,
with experience across different sectors including aerospace and hi-end
manufacturing. Max holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Sheffield
and a B.Sc. in Economics and Finance from LSE.
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ESPERANZA CUENCA
Head of strategy and outreach, Multiverse Computing
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ESPERANZA CUENCA
Head of strategy and outreach, Multiverse Computing
May 17th 2022
* 03:30 pm -4:00 pm
Startup shark tank (in person): How do small fish survive and thrive in a
big quantum pond?
Industrial engineer specialized in business management, with honors. 10+
years’ experience in consumer finance and retail banking at Santander Group,
in executive and strategy consulting roles, based in Madrid. 5+ years’
experience in strategy consulting at top tier companies (Deloitte,
BearingPoint and Horváth & Partners). Professional certificates in quantum
technologies by MIT xPRO, IBM and QuTech at TU Delft amongst others. Head of
change management at the Quantum Strategy Institute. Member of the Quantum
World Association. Active involvement in the global quantum computing
community, specially Quantum London and Quantum Madrid.
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ERIK HUESTIS
Partner, Foley Hoag
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ERIK HUESTIS
Partner, Foley Hoag
May 17th 2022
* 03:30 pm -4:00 pm
Startup shark tank (in person): How do small fish survive and thrive in a
big quantum pond?
Erik Huestis is a partner at Foley Hoag LLP who represents technology
companies and research universities in intellectual property matters. His
practice encompasses patent prosecution and strategy, as well as high
technology aspects of intellectual property litigation, export control,
licensing, and corporate transactions. Mr. Huestis’ current focus includes
artificial intelligence in the genomics and medical imaging space,
cryptography, quantum computing, and neuromorphic computing. He has a
computer science degree from Cornell University and was a software engineer
prior to becoming a patent attorney.
MODERATED BY
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LAURA FOSTER
Head of Technology and Innovation, techUK
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LAURA FOSTER
Head of Technology and Innovation, techUK
May 17th 2022
* 03:30 pm -4:00 pm
Startup shark tank (in person): How do small fish survive and thrive in a
big quantum pond?
Laura Foster is techUK’s head of programme for technology and Iinovation. She
supports the application and expansion of emerging technologies across
business, including geospatial data, quantum computing, AR/VR/XR and edge
technologies.
Before joining techUK, Ms. Foster worked internationally in London, Singapore
and across the United States as a conference researcher and producer covering
enterprise adoption of emerging technologies. This included being part of the
strategic team at London Tech Week.
Ms. Foster has a degree in History (BA Hons) from Durham University,
focussing on regional social history. Outside of work she loves reading,
travelling and supporting rugby team St. Helens, where she is from.
3:45 pm -4:00 pm BST
“THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IS THAT YOU MUST NOT FOOL YOURSELF AND YOU ARE THE EASIEST
PERSON TO FOOL”. HOW DO WE KEEP THE QUANTUM FIELD HONEST?
What is the difference between the headlines and what we have in the labs today
and how do we cut through the noise?
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SIR PETER KNIGHT
Emeritus professor, Imperial College London
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SIR PETER KNIGHT
Emeritus professor, Imperial College London
May 17th 2022
* 03:45 pm -4:00 pm
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the
easiest person to fool”. How do we keep the quantum field honest?
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Peter Knight is senior research investigator in physics at Imperial College
London; senior fellow in residence at the Kavli Royal Society International
Centre, Chicheley Hall; and past-president of the Institute of Physics. He
retired in September 2010 as deputy rector (research) at Imperial College,
where he was responsible for the College’s research strategy. He was knighted
in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2005 for his work in optical physics.
Peter was the 2004 President of the Optical Society of America, a member of
their board of directors and a director of the OSA Foundation. He was
coordinator of the UK Nonlinear Optics Initiative and Editor of the Journal
of Modern Optics, and is Editor of Contemporary Physics. Peter is a member of
the UK Quantum Technology Initiative Strategy Advisory Board. He chairs the
Quantum Metrology Institute at the National Physical Laboratory and, until
the end of 2014, chaired the Advisory Board of the very successful EPSRC
Innovative Manufacturing Centre at the University of Huddersfield. He is a
member of the Advisory Board for the Winton Programme for the Physics of
Sustainability in Cambridge.
Sir Peter was, until December 2010, chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory
Council at the UK Ministry of Defence, remains a Government Scientific
Adviser, and was a Council member of the Science and Technology Facilities
Council until 2011. He was also Chief Scientific Adviser at the UK National
Physical Laboratory. His research centres on quantum optics, strong field
physics, and especially on quantum information science. He has won a number
of prizes, including the Thomas Young Medal and the Glazebrook Medal of the
Institute of Physics; the Ives Medal of the OSA; and the Royal Medal of the
Royal Society. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of
Louvain-la-Neuve, a Humboldt Research Award holder at the University of
Konstanz and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, and is
a Research Professor at the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of the
Institute of Physics, the Optical Society of America and of the Royal
Society. He was a Trustee of the Royal Institution for two terms and is
currently a member of Council at Sussex University.
4:00 pm -4:15 pm BST
INTERVIEW: HOW CAN QUANTUM TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMY AND OUR ECOLOGY IN THE NEXT
CENTURY?
Quantum computing has been postulated as a solution to just about every major
economic, ecological and health challenge facing the world. From energy storage
and high-end manufacturing to chemical development and drug discovery, quantum
could hold the key to transformational breakthroughs. Faced with such apparent
potential from a technology that very few people understand, how can industry
and investors prioritise the most promising opportunities?
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DR LING GE
General manager and chief European representative, Tencent
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DR LING GE
General manager and chief European representative, Tencent
May 17th 2022
* 04:00 pm -4:15 pm
Interview: How can quantum transform our economy and our ecology in the
next century?
May 18th 2022
* 03:50 pm -4:25 pm
Panel discussion: exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for
the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake
Dr Ling Ge is general manager and chief European representative at Tencent,
where she leads the company’s strategic investment efforts in Europe, along
with the development of partnerships with technology start-ups, universities,
government and industry.
She also serves on the boards of several venture capital and technology
firms, providing expertise in areas such as AI, quantum computing, biotech,
and education. Prior to Tencent, Dr Ge held various leadership roles at
Imperial College London. Ling received her doctorate in Quantum Computing at
Oxford University, and was a Leverhulme Fellow.
Dr Ge was named one of London’s top 10 most influential tech titans by the
Evening Standard in 2019, and was recognised as ‘Leading Investor of the
Year’ by Global Corporate Venturing.
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GILEAD AMIT
Science correspondent, The Economist
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GILEAD AMIT
Science correspondent, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 04:00 pm -4:15 pm
Interview: How can quantum transform our economy and our ecology in the
next century?
May 18th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: Standing on the shoulders of giants: what have been some
of the most exciting outcomes from open source quantum in the cloud so
far?
Gilead Amit is a science correspondent for The Economist based in London. He
was previously deputy head of features at New Scientist, where he wrote the
weekly Feedback column and participated in numerous live talks, panel shows
and events. He holds degrees in theoretical physics and science communication
from Imperial College London.
4:00 pm -4:10 pm BST
“HOW CAN I BE SURE?” INCREASING CONFIDENCE AND REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN QUANTUM
TECHNOLOGIES
As the quantum economy creates new components, products and services, there will
be a critical role for new measurement standards to demonstrate performance,
ensure security and enable international trade.
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DR PETER THOMPSON
Chief executive, National Physical Laboratory
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DR PETER THOMPSON
Chief executive, National Physical Laboratory
May 17th 2022
* 04:00 pm -4:10 pm
“How can I be sure?” Increasing confidence and reducing uncertainty in
quantum technologies
Dr Peter Thompson FREng FInstP FRSC is CEO of NPL, the UK’s National
Metrology Institute (NMI), widely regarded as one of the leading NMIs in the
world. Peter joined NPL as CEO in 2015 and has overseen the laboratory’s
development and growth in recent years aligned to the UK’s National
Challenges. This has included providing strategic leadership and oversight of
NPL-led programmes including the Cancer Research UK Rosetta Cancer Grand
Challenge, National Timing Centre programme, Quantum programme, Measurement
for Recovery programme and the Advanced Machinery and Productivity
initiative.
Peter holds a number of international advisory positions, including on the
International Advisory Board of the National Institute of Metrology (NIM) in
China, as well as advising nationally in areas such as the National Quantum
Technologies Programme (NQTP).
Peter brings a passion for diversity and inclusion in science and engineering
and a focus on maximising impact for end users. His previous roles include
strategic advisor to MOD’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Board Member and Deputy
Chief Executive of Dstl and Head of the Counter Terrorism, Science and
Technology Centre.
Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the recipient of two
MOD Chief Scientific Advisor Commendations and the US NIMUC award.
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PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT INDICATORS SHOW THAT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO REALISING
THE PROMISE OF A QUANTUM COMPUTER? HOW DO WE BENCHMARK PROGRESS?
What are the technical hurdles that still need to be overcome and the barriers
to creating a market? What guidelines on reporting progress would be helpful in
keeping the field honest and who can be trusted?
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JOHN M. MARTINIS
Professor of physics, University of California
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JOHN M. MARTINIS
Professor of physics, University of California
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
May 18th 2022
* 09:00 am -9:15 am
Playing the long game: the practicalities of shifting focus from toy
problems to tangible business outcomes
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DR ELICA KYOSEVA
Quantum computing scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
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DR ELICA KYOSEVA
Quantum computing scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
* 06:15 pm -6:30 pm
Chemistry by computer: how can we improve calculations with thermodynamics
to design new drugs?
Dr. Elica Kyoseva is a quantum computing scientist at the German
pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, where she is working on
advancing the drug discovery process through quantum computing. Her main
focus is the extremely precise modeling of molecular systems that will enable
new ways to discover drugs and thus will contribute to the global medical
progress in the future.
Dr. Kyoseva is also a scientific expert for the Quantum Flagship initiative
of the European Commission. She holds a doctorate in quantum optics and
information from Sofia University, and was a fellow at MIT and a Marie Curie
fellowship recipient of the European Commission. In 2016 Elica was awarded
the John Atanasoff Award by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria for her
research in the field of quantum optics with application to quantum
information technologies. Originally from Bulgaria, she currently lives in
Israel.
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FREEKE HEIJMAN
Co-founder and director of ecosystem development, Quantum Delta Netherlands
and co-chair of the WEF Global Future Council on Quantum Computing
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FREEKE HEIJMAN
Co-founder and director of ecosystem development, Quantum Delta Netherlands
and co-chair of the WEF Global Future Council on Quantum Computing
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Freeke Heijman is co-founder of Quantum Delta NL, the foundation that runs
the Dutch national Quantum Initiative. She serves in the executive board as
director of ecosystem development that is responsible for the 615 ME
government funding for programs of R&D, education, and research facilities.
Within the board, she is responsible for the startup ecosystem,
public-private partnerships and the development of a new house of quantum.
She has been active in the field of Quantum since 2013 as a special advisor
to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy when QuTech in Delft
was launched. In this context, she is responsible for the Dutch national
policy and investments in Quantum Technology, international partnerships such
as the NL participation in the EU flagship and development of the Delft
Quantum Campus ecosystem. She has extensive experience in European and
national space, industrial and innovation policies including in the role of
head of unit. She graduated from the TU Delft Policy Analysis and Systems
Engineering department in 1999 and started her career at KPN Research. Her
passion is to drive innovation at the crossroad of academia, business and
government.
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DR STEVE BRIERLEY
Founder and chief executive, Riverlane
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DR STEVE BRIERLEY
Founder and chief executive, Riverlane
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Dr Steve Brierley is founder and chief executive of Riverlane, which is
building the operating system for all quantum computers. He founded the
company in 2016, because of his passionate belief that fault tolerant quantum
computers will be capable of accelerating a significant era of human progress
and could be built far sooner than previously imaginable. Today, Riverlane is
well on its way to achieving that mission.
Dr Brierley has worked in quantum for 20 years and is an expert advisor to
the UK government. He holds a PhD in quantum information and has spent almost
a decade in the intelligence community as a senior research fellow at the
University of Cambridge, leading major research projects in quantum
computing.
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PROFESSOR DORIT AHARONOV
Co-founder and chief scientist, QEDMA
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PROFESSOR DORIT AHARONOV
Co-founder and chief scientist, QEDMA
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Dorit Aharonov is a professor in the Computer Science department at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which she joined in 2001. Before and after
joining the Hebrew University, she spent long periods of time (as a postdoc
and visiting researcher) at IAS Princeton, UC Berkeley and Caltech. Her main
research interest is the mysterious nature of quantum entanglement and
beautiful related mathematical objects. Technically, her current research
lies mostly in the areas of quantum computational complexity, quantum
algorithms and quantum cryptography. Beside quantum computation, she is also
interested in (quantum and classical) games, random processes, Markov chains
and phase transitions, topology and other beautiful mathematics, Feldenkreis,
Kung-Fu, deserts, hiking and snorkeling.
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KRYSTA M. SVORE
Distinguished engineer and vice president of quantum software, Microsoft
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KRYSTA M. SVORE
Distinguished engineer and vice president of quantum software, Microsoft
May 17th 2022
* 10:20 am -10:35 am
Accelerating your path to quantum advantage
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Dr. Krysta Svore is a distinguished engineer and vice-president of quantum
software at Microsoft. She is passionate about empowering people and
organizations around the world with quantum computing and realizing a scaled
quantum machine. Her team designs and delivers Azure Quantum, the most
diverse cloud platform for quantum research and discovery, and is developing
a comprehensive software stack for scalable quantum computing including
languages, compilers, and mappings to quantum hardware. Her team designs
open software including Q# and QIR.
Dr. Svore has published over 70 refereed articles and filed over 30 patents.
She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She won the 2010 Yahoo! Learning to Rank Challenge with a team of colleagues,
received an ACM Best of 2013 Notable Article award, and was recognized as one
of Business Insider Most Powerful Female Engineers of 2018. A Kavli fellow
of the National Academy of Sciences, she also serves as an advisor to the
National Quantum Initiative, the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory
Committee of the Department of Energy, and the ISAT Committee of DARPA, in
addition to numerous other quantum centers and initiatives globally.
MODERATED BY
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TOM STANDAGE
Deputy editor, The Economist
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TOM STANDAGE
Deputy editor, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 08:30 am -8:40 pm
Opening keynote: technology history and the quantum future
* 08:40 am -9:05 am
Fireside chat: Quantum technologies and AI: potential synergies
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of the yearly “The
World in..” series. He is also responsible for the newspaper’s digital
strategy and the development of new digital products, including Espresso and
Economist Films. He joined The Economist as science correspondent in 1998 and
was subsequently appointed technology editor, business editor and digital
editor. He is the author of six history books, including “Writing on the
Wall” (2013), “The Victorian Internet” (1998) and “A History of the World in
6 Glasses” (2005). He studied engineering and computing at Oxford University
and has written for other publications including the New York Times, Daily
Telegraph, Guardian and Wired, taking a particular interest in the internet’s
cultural and historical significance.
4:15 pm -4:45 pm BST
NETWORKING BREAK
4:45 pm -5:00 pm BST
“POUR YOURSELF A CUP OF AMBITION”: WHO SHOULD YOU DESIGNATE AS YOUR QUANTUM
CHAMPIONS AND WHAT SHOULD THEY BE CHARGED WITH ACHIEVING?
Does every organisation need a quantum champion today? How do they qualify for
the responsibility and what do they need to empower them to succeed?
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MAI ALOWAISH
Chief data and innovation officer, Gulf Bank
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MAI ALOWAISH
Chief data and innovation officer, Gulf Bank
May 17th 2022
* 04:45 pm -5:00 pm
“Pour yourself a cup of ambition”: who should you designate as your
quantum champions and what should they be charged with achieving?
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
Mai AlOwaish is the chief data & innovation officer at Gulf Bank. She is a
seasoned information systems and data analytics expert with 20 years of
experience between Kuwait and the United States where she spearheaded a
variety of data analytics and e-commerce initiatives and enabled digital
transformation for financial institutions, retailers, airlines, and more. Ms.
AlOwaish is a published author, speaker, an award winner, and also a current
board member in the Digital Analytics Association.
In her current position, she leads the data and innovation practice in Gulf
Bank and oversees the digital transformation initiatives and implementation
of data science and analytics use cases.
4:45 pm -5:10 pm BST
NETWORKING BREAK
5:00 pm -5:15 pm BST
WHAT ARE THE SHORTCOMINGS OF CLASSICAL COMPUTING FOR INDUSTRY PROBLEMS TODAY AND
WILL THE QUANTUM ADVANTAGE BE NEGLIGIBLE OR TRANSFORMATIONAL?
What problems exceed the capabilities of classical computing? Where is there the
greatest urgency to improve efficiency or accuracy and to what extent can
quantum help?
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MARIËLLE VAN DE POL
Global head scientific solution engineering and architecture, Roche
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MARIËLLE VAN DE POL
Global head scientific solution engineering and architecture, Roche
May 17th 2022
* 02:45 pm -3:15 pm
Panel discussion: getting started in the enterprise journey: where is my
time best spent and do I have to do this now?
* 05:00 pm -5:15 pm
What are the shortcomings of classical computing for industry problems
today and will the quantum advantage be negligible or transformational?
5:10 pm -5:35 pm BST
DEBATE: “BABY IT’S COLD OUT THERE”. HOW DO WE AVOID A QUANTUM WINTER?
Some insiders have started to warn that the sector is getting ahead of itself,
predicting a “quantum winter” brought on by unfulfilled promise. What steps can
be taken to mitigate this risk and stop the bubble from bursting?
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MARCIN DETYNIECKI
Group chief data scientist and head of AI research and thought leadership,
AXA
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MARCIN DETYNIECKI
Group chief data scientist and head of AI research and thought leadership,
AXA
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
Marcin Detyniecki is group chief data scientist & head of AI research and
thought leadership at insurance global leader AXA. He leverages his expertise
to help AXA deliver value and overcome AI and ML-related business challenges
and enable the group achieve its transformation as a tech-led company. He
leads the artificial intelligence R&D activity at group level. His team works
on setting a framework enabling fair, safe and explainable ML to deliver
value.
Mr. Detyniecki is also active in several think and do tanks, including a role
of vice-president and board member of Impact AI, member of the Consultative
Expert Group on digital ethics in insurance for EIOPA and technical expert at
Institut Montaigne. He has been involved in a number of academic roles
including a research scientist at both CNRS and Sorbonne University. He holds
a doctorate in computer science from Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
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DR LEANDRO AOLITA
Executive director, Quantum Algorithms from QRC Technology Innovation
Institute (TII)
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DR LEANDRO AOLITA
Executive director, Quantum Algorithms from QRC Technology Innovation
Institute (TII)
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
Professor Aolita is the executive director of the Quantum Algorithms group.
Prior to joining the Technology Innovation Institute, he was a tenured
associate professor of physics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,
where he still leads a group on Quantum Information and Computation Theory.
Among others, he is a grantee of the highly competitive Serrapilheira
Institute, in Brazil, and has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the Free
University of Berlin and a Juan de la Cierva Fellow at the Institute of
Photonic Sciences in Barcelona. His interests are quantum information and
computation theory, with focus on quantum algorithms. He has authored 60
research papers and 3 pop-science articles, filed 2 commercial patents, and
given tens of scientific seminars at international events. His PhD thesis
(Rio, 2008) was chosen as the “Best Brazilian PhD Thesis in Physics of the
Year”.
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DR CARMEN PALACIOS BERRAQUERO
Founder and chief executive, Nu Quantum Ltd
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DR CARMEN PALACIOS BERRAQUERO
Founder and chief executive, Nu Quantum Ltd
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Company co-founder and chief executive, Carmen Palacios Berraquero is the
first OneQuantum Entrepreneur of the Year 2021, and was listed in Forbes
magazine as a ‘Founders Forum Rising Star 2021’. Physicist by background,
carried out her training and research at the Cavendish Laboratory, University
of Cambridge, and at the Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London. Author
of several high-impact academic papers, in 2018 Carmen was awarded the
Institute of Physics National Medal and Prize for her research on Quantum
Optics, and for discovering the single-photon source technology which
resulted in the foundation of Nu Quantum.
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DR CHRIS MONROE
Co-founder and chief scientist, IonQ
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DR CHRIS MONROE
Co-founder and chief scientist, IonQ
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
Chris Monroe is the chief scientist at IonQ. Dr Monroe is a world-renowned
pioneer in quantum physics and the original inventor of the trapped ion
quantum computer. With David Wineland, he demonstrated the first quantum
logic gate in 1995 at NIST, which contributed to Wineland’s Nobel Prize in
2012. Later, at the Universities of Michigan and Maryland, Dr Monroe
demonstrated the first ion trap on a semiconductor chip, pioneered qubit
networking using photons, and developed ultrafast quantum gates for trapped
ion qubits.
He is a professor of physics and electrical computer engineering at Duke
University and a college park professor at the University of Maryland. Dr
Monroe is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National
Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. He is IonQ’s co-founder and has served
as its chief scientist since September 2015.
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CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Host, Quantum Tech Podcast
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CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Host, Quantum Tech Podcast
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
Christopher Bishop is a technology futurist, TEDx speaker, LinkedIn Learning
instructor and former IBMer. He is passionate about the power of emerging
technologies to positively transform business and culture, especially quantum
information science. Mr Bishop performed the role of Master of Ceremonies at
four Inside Quantum Technology virtual events as well as the most recent
hybrid version held in New York City in November 2021. He also moderated a
panel on “Building a quantum competent workforce.”
Twice a month, Mr Bishop interviews C-suite executives at leading quantum
companies for his Quantum Tech Pod. Guests have included Chad Rigetti,
(founder and chief executive, Rigetti Computing), Pete Shadbolt (chief
scientific officer, PsiQuantum), whurley (chief executive, strangeworks), and
Ilana Wisby (chief executive, Oxford Quantum Circuits). It is available on
Apple Music and Spotify.
Mr Bishop is also a member of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium
(QEDC) and participates in the Workforce Technology Advisory Committee. In
addition, he has contributed to numerous quantum events as a moderator and
panelist including Quantum London’s “The People That Keep The Qubits
Spinning” (June 2021), “Quantum AI and ML” for Transform Industry (Sept
2021), the launch of the Quantum Strategy Institute (Sept 2021) and two
Washington D.C Quantum Meetups (Oct and Nov, 2021).
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CASE STUDY: PUSHING THE LIMITS OF QUANTUM COMPUTING ACCELERATED THERAPEUTICS
DISCOVERY
What is the promise and reality of quantum computing applications within the
pharmaceutical industry? How can quantum computing help accelerate the design
and optimization of therapeutic molecules? We’ll explore what’s tangible in the
near term and dive into our work to push the limits of quantum computing and
accelerate molecular design and optimization.
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PETER CLARK
Head, computational sciences & engineering; therapeutics discovery, Janssen
R&D
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PETER CLARK
Head, computational sciences & engineering; therapeutics discovery, Janssen
R&D
May 17th 2022
* 05:15 pm -5:30 pm
Case study: pushing the limits of quantum computing accelerated
therapeutics discovery
Peter Clark is the founding director and head of computational science &
Engineering within Janssen BioTherapeutics (JBIO), where he leads a dynamic,
interdisciplinary team of motivated scientists delivering on best-in-class
computational pipelines, AI/ML models and platforms as well as deep
scientific expertise to enable data driven decision making & accelerated
science for the realization of differentiated, best in class biological
therapeutics.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, he served as the director of
bioinformatics at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of
Medicine, where he worked closely with academic and commercial collaborators
on the design, optimization, and evaluation of various gene therapy platform
technologies from early research and development through commercially
partnered IND enabling clinical studies.
Mr. Clark is also a clinically trained molecular pathologist (The Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia) with extensive experience in the design,
validation, and implementation of diagnostic and prognostic next generation
sequencing (NGS) assays within a clinical, CAP/CLIA certified laboratory
setting. During his clinical molecular pathology fellowship at CHOP, he
co-developed and commercialized the first to market, high resolution, next
generation sequencing based HLA genotyping assay and was subsequently awarded
the scholar of the year award by the American Society for Histocompatibility
and Immunogenetics (ASHI) in 2015 for his contributions to the field of solid
organ and bone marrow transplantation.
Mr. Clark earned his bachelor’s and doctorate from Drexel University, school
of biomedical engineering prior to completing a postdoctoral fellowship at
The Center for Computational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. His
diverse expertise in computational science, engineering, clinical molecular
genetics, computational biology, and translational research has led to the
publication of over 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications as well as two
book chapters, several issued patents and three biotechnology spin-off
companies.
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CASE STUDY:: HOW QUANTUM COMPUTING IN-HOUSE OFFERS THE PROMISE OF CHEAPER AND
BETTER PRODUCTS WITH A SHORTER TIME-TO-MARKET
BMW Group strives to lead the highly dynamic and competitive global automotive
sector. While the market always required operational excellence, today it has
also become the main ground for the innovation race of the 21st century.
Exploring quantum computing technology in-house will help to reshape incremental
development. On one hand, most of the core activities at BMW Group rely heavily
on predictable numerical modelling, which allows simulating the processes,
behaviour of materials, and chemical reactions virtually. In practice, it means
fewer physical prototypes, hence cheaper and better products with a shorter
time-to-market. On the other hand, Quantum Computing may become an enabler of
other technologies such as AI-assisted driving or augmented reality.
Furthermore, as a major technology in a nascent phase, Quantum Computing carries
the potential to expand our vision of automotive applications with an unexpected
change of the very paradigm of driving experience. In this presentation, we
share the insights on a current vision for Quantum Computing at BMW Group, the
on-going activities and applications.
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DR ELVIRA SHISHENINA
Quantum computing lead, BMW Group
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DR ELVIRA SHISHENINA
Quantum computing lead, BMW Group
May 17th 2022
* 05:30 pm -5:45 pm
Case study:: how quantum computing in-house offers the promise of cheaper
and better products with a shorter time-to-market
Elvira Shishenina joined the BMW Group’s Quantum Computing (QC) initiative as
a resident expert in January 2021. An Ecole Polytechnique (Institut
Polytechnique de Paris) Engineer, she has an applied mathematics and
computational physics background with master degrees from Ecole Polytechnique
and Novosibirsk State University.
In 2018 after a successful defence, she acquired a PhD degree in Mathematics
from the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and
Technology (Inria). Her work resulted in a novel approach that reduces the
numerical costs of simulations for Subsurface Imaging. The study was further
pursued in the context of the Depth Imaging Partnership between Inria and
Total Energies. Besides the PhD, she has more than ten years of scientific
experience working for the Energy industry, including the Siberian Branch of
the Russian Academy of Science (IPGG SB RAS) and Baker Hughes.
In 2019, following the transition to Quantum Computing, she helped grow the
Total Energies’ Quantum Computing project taking charge of QC-applications in
Quantum Chemistry and Linear Algebra. While developing Total’s first in-house
QC codes targeting the company’s problematics, she also supervised multiple
industrial and academic collaborations.
In 2020 with her peers from Ecole Polytechnique, she founded QuantX – the
alumni association devoted to QC technology. Besides popularizing Quantum
Computing, QuantX facilitates the transfer of expertise from the academic and
startup environment to mature industries. The BIG Quantum Hackathon organized
by QuantX in 2021 became the world’s biggest business-tech QC competition
gathering industrial and financial companies, quantum providers, VCs,
consulting groups, and academia.
Today Dr Shishenina leads Quantum Computing research and applications in BMW
Group, exploring the promising use cases across the automotive industry and
the Group’s activities.
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PANEL DISCUSSION: IS THERE MONEY TO BE MADE FROM QUANTUM TODAY? WHO WILL PROFIT
FROM SELLING SHOVELS TO THE MINERS BEFORE THEY FIND GOLD?
Is anyone making money from quantum today? How will the commercial spoils be
shared in the quantum stack?
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DAVID ARONOFF
General partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
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DAVID ARONOFF
General partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
May 17th 2022
* 05:35 pm -6:05 pm
Panel discussion: is there money to be made from quantum today? Who will
profit from selling shovels to the miners before they find gold?
David Aronoff investment focus includes Infrastructure, SaaS, IoT and Cyber
Security. Prior to joining Flybridge in 2005, Mr. Aronoff spent nearly a
decade focusing on early-stage investing at Greylock Partners and before
that, held senior technology and management roles at Chipcom, an enterprise
network software and equipment vendor. While working full-time on his MBA,
Mr. Aronoff was co-founder and COO of HappyPuppy. Earlier in his career he
held technical positions at Bell Labs where he developed secure network
software.
Mr. Aronoff currently serves on the board of directors for Draper, on the
advisory board of the Global Cyber Institute and is a member of the Board of
Trustees for The University of Vermont.
Mr. Aronoff holds a BS in computer science from the University of Vermont,
cum laude and with college honors, an MS in computer engineering from the
University of Southern California, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard
Business School.
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PAUL M. DABBAR
Co-founder and chief executive, Bohr Quantum Technology
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PAUL M. DABBAR
Co-founder and chief executive, Bohr Quantum Technology
May 17th 2022
* 05:35 pm -6:05 pm
Panel discussion: is there money to be made from quantum today? Who will
profit from selling shovels to the miners before they find gold?
May 19th 2022
* 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Panel discussion: strategic imperatives for national success: exploring
the economic and societal benefits of supporting the flourishing quantum
ecosystem
The Honorable Paul M. Dabbar is co-founder and chief executive of Bohr
Quantum Technology, a company focused on developing networking technologies
for the emerging quantum internet. He is also a distinguished visiting fellow
at Columbia University.
Prior to that, he was Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of
Energy, leading the department’s efforts in fundamental energy, science, and
commercialization of technologies. He managed 65,000 people and deployed 15
billion dollars per annum at the 17 national labs, U.S. universities, and
international collaborations including at CERN. While Under Secretary, he led
the five-times increase in quantum research budget at the department. He
helped draft the National Quantum Initiative Act and testified before
Congress in support of the legislation. Subsequently he managed the creation
of the five National Quantum Initiative Centers. He also generated the
quantum internet blueprint project, and was a co-author of the published
plan. Previously he also worked at J.P.Morgan and was a nuclear submarine
officer.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the
Wall Street Journal. He has also traveled to the geographic North and South
Poles: to the North Pole by submarine to conduct environmental research while
in the U.S. Navy and to the South Pole in support of high energy physics
missions at South Pole Station.
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JASON PONTIN
Partner, DCVC
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JASON PONTIN
Partner, DCVC
May 17th 2022
* 05:35 pm -6:05 pm
Panel discussion: is there money to be made from quantum today? Who will
profit from selling shovels to the miners before they find gold?
Jason Pontin is a partner at DCVC, where his belief that emerging
technologies and new scientific insights can solve urgent challenges and
expand human possibilities inspires his investments in Deep Tech and life
sciences companies. Among his operational responsibilities at DCVC, he helps
portfolio companies tell their stories.
He was the first investor in DCVC-backed Totus Medicines, where he is a
founding board member, and in Menten.AI. Before joining DCVC, he was a senior
partner and senior advisor at Flagship Pioneering in Cambridge, MA, where he
worked with the enterprise’s therapeutics and agriculture companies.
Mr. Pontin was chief executive and editor in chief of MIT Technology Review
and editor of Red Herring magazine, the bible of the dot.com boom. At MIT, he
founded MIT Solve, the Institute’s open innovation platform, which deploys
capital and other resources toward solutions to grand challenges; chaired the
MIT Enterprise Forum, the Institute’s global entrepreneurial community; and
was senior advisor to MIT’s 16th President, Susan Hockfield.
He has written for a range of publications including a column for the New
York Times and articles for many other newspapers and magazines like The
Economist, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe and The Believer. He still
writes, mostly for WIRED. At TED 2013, he delivered a Talk, “Can technology
solve our big problems?” which has been seen 1.6 million times.
Mr. Pontin was raised in Berkeley and on a farm on the North Coast of
California, where his family raised game birds for restaurants in the Bay
Area. He was educated in the United Kingdom at Keble College, Oxford
University, where he was awarded a bachelor’s and master’s in humanities
fields completely unrelated to his investment interests.
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DEKEL PERSI
General partner, TPY Capital
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DEKEL PERSI
General partner, TPY Capital
May 17th 2022
* 05:35 pm -6:05 pm
Panel discussion: is there money to be made from quantum today? Who will
profit from selling shovels to the miners before they find gold?
Mr. Dekel Persi is the co-founder and managing partner at TPY Capital, a Tel
Aviv based Venture Capital fund focusing in frontier tech, cloud
infrastructure and digitization.
He serves as board member at Qedma, UNIPaaS, Seebo, Datomize, ReturnGo and
Tabnine. Mr. Persi is an investor in AI21 Labs, H2Pro, Regatta, Kooply and
other ground breaking technology companies.
Prior to founding TPY, he worked as chief financial officer, alternative
investment manager, and management consultant in Belgium and France. His
earlier experience includes a managing director position in an Israeli
boutique private-equity firm specializing in family and co-operative owned
companies, co-founder of an Israeli based hedge fund.
He holds a bachelor’s in economics, with high distinction, from Tel Aviv
University and an MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France).
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ALEX CHALLANS
Co-founder and chief executive, The Quantum Insider
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ALEX CHALLANS
Co-founder and chief executive, The Quantum Insider
May 17th 2022
* 05:35 pm -6:05 pm
Panel discussion: is there money to be made from quantum today? Who will
profit from selling shovels to the miners before they find gold?
Alex Challans is the co-founder and chief executive of The Quantum Insider,
the leading provider of news and data on the quantum technology market. He
previously worked as an investment director within a London-based private
equity firm where he focussed on the technology sector. He is passionate
about quantum technology’s potential to help solve some of the world’s more
challenging problems.
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QUANTUM INSPIRED INNOVATION—WHAT INCREMENTAL VALUE CAN YOU GAIN ON THE JOURNEY
TO BECOME QUANTUM CAPABLE?
What incremental advantage can be gained by taking a quantum-inspired approach
to simulations? What lessons can your engineers learn from quantum that they can
readily apply to their work?
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AKO SABIR
Chief data officer, The AA
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AKO SABIR
Chief data officer, The AA
May 17th 2022
* 05:45 pm -6:00 pm
Quantum inspired innovation—what incremental value can you gain on the
journey to become quantum capable?
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QUANTUM FOR FINANCE: HOW DO BANKS BUILD THEIR QUANTUM MUSCLE AND EXPLOIT THE
COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE?
How are banks positioning themselves to reap the benefits of quantum? Is quantum
already a significant competitive differentiator in this sector?
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DR WILLIAM ZENG
Head of quantum research, Goldman Sachs
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DR WILLIAM ZENG
Head of quantum research, Goldman Sachs
May 17th 2022
* 06:00 pm -6:15 pm
Quantum for finance: how do banks build their quantum muscle and exploit
the commercial advantage?
Dr William Zeng is a quantum computer scientist who leads the quantum
computing research group at Goldman Sachs. He has worked on quantum computing
in academia, industry, and non-profits, founding the Unitary Fund and serving
as a visiting scholar at Stanford. Previously, at Rigetti Computing, he ran
product and software teams to launch their first quantum computers. He
received his doctorate in quantum algorithms from Oxford and his bachelor’s
in physics from Yale University.
6:05 pm -6:15 pm BST
“YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA”: TO WHAT EXTENT ARE SPACS MUDDYING THE WATER
AND HOW IS THE VC MONEY FLOWING IN THE QUANTUM ERA?
Are SPACs muddying the water or an enabler? Weighing up the merits of umbrellas
vs normal IPOs and the impact upon industry progress. How fickle is the flow of
VC money in quantum and what factors make the field attractive to invest?
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CHRISTOPHE JURCZAK
Managing partner, Quantonation
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CHRISTOPHE JURCZAK
Managing partner, Quantonation
May 17th 2022
* 06:05 pm -6:15 pm
“You can stand under my umbrella”: to what extent are SPACs muddying the
water and how is the VC money flowing in the quantum era?
Graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Mr. Jurczak
holds a PhD in Quantum Physics on laser cooling of neutral atoms supervised
by Alain Aspect (Institut d’Optique, Paris) in 1996. After two years as a
postdoctoral researcher in Ecole Normale Supérieure working on quantum
optics, he held government positions in defense and energy focusing on new
technologies. From 2007 to 2015, he held top management positions in the
renewable energy business in Europe and in the US.
In 2015, from Palo Alto, he started dedicating himself to the emergence of
the quantum industry, first in an advisory position then as head of business
development at QC Ware, one of the pioneers in quantum computing software. In
2018, Mr. Jurczak left Silicon Valley to launch Quantonation with Charles
Beigbeder and Olivier Tonneau in Paris.
Quantonation is the first early stage VC fund dedicated to deep physics and
quantum technologies. With 19 investments worldwide since the fund’s
inception in 2018, the team has established Quantonation as a leading
investor in the field.
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PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT MAKES A GREAT QUBIT AND CAN WE DO MORE WITH LESS?
How much scale do we need to see before quantum makes real impact and what are
the best ways to achieve coherence? Are all qubits made equal? How many are
needed to achieve advantage? Gate-based models v quantum annealing: which will
offer greatest benefit for optimisation problems and where are the areas of
overlap?
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DR MICHELLE SIMMONS
Founder & chief executive, Silicon Quantum Computing, and director, Centre of
Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
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DR MICHELLE SIMMONS
Founder & chief executive, Silicon Quantum Computing, and director, Centre of
Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
May 17th 2022
* 06:15 pm -6:45 pm
Panel discussion: what makes a great qubit and can we do more with less?
Michelle Simmons is the founder of Silicon Quantum Computing and director of
the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation
and Communication Technology in Sydney, Australia. She is internationally
renowned for creating the field of atomic electronics, pioneering new
technologies to build computing devices in silicon at the atomic scale. She
has been recognised by the American Computer Museum as a pioneer in quantum
computing, awarded the US Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology and was named the
2017 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Asia-Pacific Laureate in the Physical Sciences. In 2018
Professor Simmons was admitted as a fellow to the Royal Society of London and
named Australian of the Year, one of the nation’s pre-eminent awards. She was
the inaugural editor-in-chief of Nature Quantum Information and in 2021 was
the chair of the American Physical Society Division of Quantum Information.
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DR RICHARD MURRAY
Co-founder and chief executive, ORCA Computing
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DR RICHARD MURRAY
Co-founder and chief executive, ORCA Computing
May 17th 2022
* 06:15 pm -6:45 pm
Panel discussion: what makes a great qubit and can we do more with less?
Dr Richard Murray is co-founder and chief executive of ORCA Computing, a
startup with a pioneering approach to photonic quantum computing based on
quantum memories and optical fibre. Dr Murray’s career spans, academia,
science, product development, policy making and sales and he has previously
held positions at TTP, Teledyne and Innovate UK.
Dr Murray previously led Innovate UK’s £50m quantum technologies programme,
and was one of the pivotal figures in establishing the EU’s €1bn quantum
flagship programme.
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SHEIR YARKONI
Senior quantum computing researcher, Volkswagen
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SHEIR YARKONI
Senior quantum computing researcher, Volkswagen
May 17th 2022
* 06:15 pm -6:45 pm
Panel discussion: what makes a great qubit and can we do more with less?
Sheir Yarkoni is a quantum computing researcher at the Volkswagen Data:Lab in
Munich, Germany. His research focuses on the use of quantum optimization
algorithms for real-world optimization problems. Prior to joining Volkswagen
in 2018, he worked at D-Wave Systems in the hardware development team, and
later in the technical pre-sales team, consulting on the use of quantum
annealing and optimization. Sheir received his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in physics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and is
pursuing a PhD in quantum computing with Leiden University in the Natural
Computing group.
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DR. DEBORAH BEREBICHEZ
Lead scientist in microelectronics and quantum computing, VTT
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DR. DEBORAH BEREBICHEZ
Lead scientist in microelectronics and quantum computing, VTT
May 17th 2022
* 06:15 pm -6:45 pm
Panel discussion: what makes a great qubit and can we do more with less?
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
Deborah Berebichez is the lead scientist in microelectronics and quantum
computing at VTT, one of Europe’s leading research institutes. She is the
first Mexican woman to receive a Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University,
where her adviser was Nobel Laureate, Bob Laughlin. She also worked with
Nobel Laureate Steve Chu on cooling atoms with laser light. She carried out
research in photonics qubits at Columbia University’s applied math and
physics department and at NYU’s Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Ms. Berebichez’s applies her expertise to make complex topics approachable to
a wide range of audiences. She co-hosts Discovery Channel’s Outrageous Acts
of Science TV show, where she explains the science behind extraordinary
engineering feats. She is one of 120 female scientists selected as an
ambassador to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
and has her own 3D-printed life-sized statue in the #IFTHENSHECAN exhibition
in Washington, DC.
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DR PANAGIOTIS VERGYRIS
Program manager, quantum technologies, European Photonics Industry Consortium
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DR PANAGIOTIS VERGYRIS
Program manager, quantum technologies, European Photonics Industry Consortium
May 17th 2022
* 06:15 pm -6:45 pm
Panel discussion: what makes a great qubit and can we do more with less?
Dr Panagiotis Vergyris is the photonic technologies program manager at EPIC,
the European Photonics Industry Consortium. He has a background in quantum
integrated photonics, optics and lasers, single-photon sources and detection
schemes, atomic clocks, laser stabilization systems, Brillouin and Confocal
Microscopy.
Before joining EPIC, he moved from academia into industry, working as an R&D
engineer in Qualcomm and Technology Consultant for Leonardo. Now he works
mainly on innovations in the quantum photonics industry. He graduated in
applied mathematics and physics from the National Technical University of
Athens. Dr Vergyris acquired his doctorate at the University Cote d Azur in
Quantum entanglement based technologies.
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CHEMISTRY BY COMPUTER: HOW CAN WE IMPROVE CALCULATIONS WITH THERMODYNAMICS TO
DESIGN NEW DRUGS?
Thermodynamics and in silico drug discovery: how can we cost-effectively design
new drugs and address unmet patient needs? A problem shared is a problem halved:
is participating in pharma industry consortia expediting progress? How best to
translate chemistry problems into quantum computational problems?
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DR ELICA KYOSEVA
Quantum computing scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
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DR ELICA KYOSEVA
Quantum computing scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
* 06:15 pm -6:30 pm
Chemistry by computer: how can we improve calculations with thermodynamics
to design new drugs?
Dr. Elica Kyoseva is a quantum computing scientist at the German
pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, where she is working on
advancing the drug discovery process through quantum computing. Her main
focus is the extremely precise modeling of molecular systems that will enable
new ways to discover drugs and thus will contribute to the global medical
progress in the future.
Dr. Kyoseva is also a scientific expert for the Quantum Flagship initiative
of the European Commission. She holds a doctorate in quantum optics and
information from Sofia University, and was a fellow at MIT and a Marie Curie
fellowship recipient of the European Commission. In 2016 Elica was awarded
the John Atanasoff Award by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria for her
research in the field of quantum optics with application to quantum
information technologies. Originally from Bulgaria, she currently lives in
Israel.
On day two of “Commercialising Quantum”, we will explore the appetite for
collaboration on quantum computing for the greater good and seek to understand
its capabilities in the fight against climate change. We will also explore what
the latest quantum sensors can tell us and evaluate the timescale for quantum
entangled atomic clocks.
* Full day
* Quantum computing
* Quantum for good
* Quantum for climate change
Full day Quantum computing Quantum for good Quantum for climate change
9:00 am -9:15 am BST
PLAYING THE LONG GAME: THE PRACTICALITIES OF SHIFTING FOCUS FROM TOY PROBLEMS TO
TANGIBLE BUSINESS OUTCOMES
What will it take to advance the field into the real world? How much value can
be gained from working on toy problems today without real-world applications?
What does quantum need to prove?
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JOHN M. MARTINIS
Professor of physics, University of California
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JOHN M. MARTINIS
Professor of physics, University of California
May 17th 2022
* 04:10 pm -4:45 pm
Panel discussion: what indicators show that we are getting closer to
realising the promise of a quantum computer? How do we benchmark progress?
May 18th 2022
* 09:00 am -9:15 am
Playing the long game: the practicalities of shifting focus from toy
problems to tangible business outcomes
9:20 am -9:40 pm BST
HOW DIGITAL SUPPORTED THE COVID-19 VACCINE EFFORT AND HOW FURTHER ADVANCEMENTS
WILL HELP TO DELIVER BREAKTHROUGHS
Why is a culture of innovation crucial to adopt quantum? How has supercomputing
rapidly accelerated the discovery and delivery of breakthroughs in medicine?
What potential might quantum unlock and how to be prepared to lead these
advancements?
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LIDIA FONSECA
Chief digital and technology officer, Pfizer
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LIDIA FONSECA
Chief digital and technology officer, Pfizer
May 18th 2022
* 09:20 am -9:40 pm
How digital supported the COVID-19 vaccine effort and how further
advancements will help to deliver breakthroughs
Lidia Fonseca is the chief digital and technology officer at Pfizer,
responsible for enterprise-wide digital, data and technology strategy and
solutions to support the purpose of delivering breakthroughs that change
patients’ lives. She also leads learning and development and business process
excellence. In her prior role, Ms. Fonseca was chief information officer
(CIO) at Quest Diagnostics, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic
information services.
Ms. Fonseca was named to the list of 50 Most Powerful Latinas in 2020 and
2021 by the Association of Latino Professionals for America. Pfizer received
the 2021 CIO 100 award for digital innovation in manufacturing. In 2020, she
joined Fast Company’s Impact Council and Pfizer was named one of Fast Company
magazine’s 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. She was also named 2020
Healthcare Influencer and 2019 Healthcare Transformer by Medical, Marketing &
Media. She received Forbes’ 2017 CIO Innovation Award.
She earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley and an
MBA and Master of Business Informatics from Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus Graduate School of Business.
Ms. Fonseca is a member of the board of directors of Tegna, Inc. (NYSE: TGNA)
and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. She was previously a member of the board
of directors at Gannet, Inc. (NYSE: GCI) from 2014-2017 and Q2 Solutions, a
joint venture between Quest Diagnostics and IQVIA, from 2016 to 2018.
9:45 am -10:30 am BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT WILL BE SOME OF THE EARLIEST QUANTUM APPLICATIONS AND
WHEN WILL THEY LIKELY BE READY? WHICH INDUSTRIES WILL BE THE EARLIEST ADOPTERS?
What applications should we run with quantum acceleration? And what does it mean
to build these scalable machines? How many of the potential quantum applications
do we know about today and how many have we not yet imagined?
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DR GOVINDA BHISETTI
Principal investigator and head of computational chemistry, Biogen
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DR GOVINDA BHISETTI
Principal investigator and head of computational chemistry, Biogen
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
* 01:30 pm -1:45 pm
Make no mistake: what do companies most often get wrong with quantum and
what are key blunders to avoid?
Govinda Bhisetti, PhD is a principal investigator and the head of
computational chemistry at Biogen. He has 30 years of experience in the
discovery and development of drugs. Prior to Biogen, Dr. Bhisetti worked in
the computational sciences department at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (1990-2013)
where he led molecular modeling and drug design efforts on several drug
discovery projects. He is a co-inventor of two approved AIDS drugs, Agenerase
(amprenavir) and Lexiva (fosamprenavir), and one Hepatitis C drug, Incivek
(Telaprevir). Also, he contributed to the discovery of several
second-generation protease inhibitors including VX-175 (GW433908) for HIV,
and VX-500, VX-813 and VX-985 for HepC.
Dr Bhisetti is a named inventor on 26 US patents. He authored/co-authored 75
research papers (including review articles and book chapters). He got his
Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and was a post-doctoral
fellow at Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. His current activities
include the application of state of the art computational methods in the
discovery of novel drugs for neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory
diseases.
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AKI SPICER
Chief strategy officer, Leo Burnett
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AKI SPICER
Chief strategy officer, Leo Burnett
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
Aki Spicer lives and works at the nexus of consumer culture and connected
technologies. He applies a data-centric, and radically-collaborative
approaches to build solutions that provide value for people. As chief
strategy officer at Leo Burnett/Chicago, he is bridging the gaps between
timeless branding and timely behaviors at one of the most storied agency
brands in the world. He sits at the center of multiple “Power of One” Leo
Burnett Group agencies specializing in Shopper, CRM, Digital, Experience and
Data.
To do this he advances the agency’s “Humankind OS” – a strategic process that
strives to frame the business problem, brand purpose, behaviour platform, and
resulting creative solutions & experience plan thru the lens of human needs
for brands like Samsung, Messenger, US Cellular, Marshall’s, Kellogg’s and
more.
And in this time of racial reckoning with America’s increasingly diverse
mass, he has been leading the charge of forging Multicultural Intelligence –
an end-to-end strategic OS to enable Publicis agencies, and their brands, to
meet multicultural consumers with more insight, understanding and creative
relevance.
He was once named a “40-Under-40” digital marketer by Campaign magazine and
has been awarded by Cannes, Effies, AdFed, and Google Creative Canvas. He has
also taught the first e-Marketing curriculum at University of Minnesota.
Mr. Spicer was previously chief strategy officer and chief digital officer of
TBWA/Chiat/Day NYC, and prior to that director of digital strategy at Fallon
Worldwide spanning a career servicing clients like Nissan, Hilton, Adidas,
Apple, GM, H&R Block and McDonald’s.
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DANIEL FRANKE
Principal, M Ventures
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DANIEL FRANKE
Principal, M Ventures
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
Daniel Franke is an investment principal at M Ventures, the strategic,
corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. With offices
across Europe, the US, and Israel, the €600 million Science & Technology Fund
focuses on investments in healthcare, life sciences, electronics, as well as
frontier tech and sustainability.
Mr. Franke obtained his bachelor’s and master’s in chemistry at RWTH Aachen
University before moving on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for
his doctorate. At Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Daniel co-founded the
Quantum Computing Task Force. He is based in Boston.
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FRANCIS HO
Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
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FRANCIS HO
Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
Francis Ho is a partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures, an over $550M
early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to deep-tech investments focused
on data & AI across North America, Europe, and Israel. Francis’s passion for
science and mathematics led him to a 15-year career in venture capital,
complemented by deep operating experience with two IPOs and one M&A exit.
Prior to joining Walden Catalyst, he served as Co-Head of Samsung Catalyst
Fund, where he led their investment in IonQ, the first public, pure-play
quantum computing company. His experience across deep tech, AI, cloud, and
digital biology includes roles at Inphi, McKinsey, JP Morgan Partners, and
ONI Systems. A student of new technologies and innovation, he holds seven
U.S. patents for semiconductor and storage technologies. Francis attended
Caltech (BS physics, MS applied physics) and Stanford (PhD physics, postdoc
quantum optics).
https://waldencatalyst.com/people/francis-ho
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PRAKHAR MEHROTRA
Vice-president of machine learning, Walmart Global Technology
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PRAKHAR MEHROTRA
Vice-president of machine learning, Walmart Global Technology
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
Prakhar Mehrotra is vice-president of artificial intelligence for Walmart
Global Technology, USA. based out of Sunnyvale CA. He oversees research and
development of AI efforts related to supply chain, merchandising and store
operations business units.
Prior to joining Walmart, he was head of data science, finance at Uber
Technologies, San Francisco. At Uber, he built the Data Science arm for
Finance and led global team of data scientists and data analysts spread
across Amsterdam, Hyderabad and San Francisco. He lead the research and
development of machine learning algorithms related to financial forecasting
(Supply & Demand), budget planning, economic simulations for autonomous
vehicles. In his role, he has also worked on research and development related
to payment analytics and treasury financial simulations.
Prior to Uber, Mr Mehrotra worked as senior data scientist at Twitter, Inc in
San Francisco as part of sales & monetization team. He has advanced
engineer’s degree in aeronautics from California Institute of Technology
(Caltech), Pasadena, and dual masters in aeronautics and applied mechanics
from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and Caltech. He did his undergraduate in
mechanical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India.
He is recipient of Edelman Laureate Medal by INFORMS and IEEE Senior Member.
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MASAYOSHI TERABE
Head of quantum transformation (QX), Sumitomo Corporation
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MASAYOSHI TERABE
Head of quantum transformation (QX), Sumitomo Corporation
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
Masayoshi Terabe, is the head of Quantum Transformation (QX) for the Sumitomo
Corporation. He is also associate visiting professor at Tohoku University in
Japan.
Terabe received his M.S. in Quantum Engineering from Nagoya University in
2007 and has 13 years of engineering experience at DENSO Corporation. In
2020, he joined Sumitomo Corporation and launched a project to create a new
business using quantum computing. He had been leading application
demonstrations of quantum computing in mobility services, factories and air
mobility control.
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BRIAN LENAHAN
Founder and chair, Quantum Strategy Institute
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BRIAN LENAHAN
Founder and chair, Quantum Strategy Institute
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
Brian Lenahan is founder & chair of the Quantum Strategy Institute, a global
not-for-profit think tank composed of quantum experts from around the world,
dedicated to the acceleration of the adoption of quantum technology. He is
the author of five published books on quantum and artificial intelligence
including the Amazon Bestseller “Quantum Boost: Using Quantum Computing to
Supercharge Your Business” (English & Spanish). Mr. Lenahan consults with
companies of all sizes helping them develop quantum roadmaps and regularly
publishes articles on quantum technologies.
10:35 am -10:55 am BST
THE ELUSIVE "KILLER" QUANTUM APP AND THE QUEST TO FIND IT: WHAT ARE THE MOST
LIKELY CANDIDATES AND DOES QUANTUM ADVANTAGE EXIST FOR REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS?
Pulling back the curtain on science to create practical use cases and end goals;
what are the critical things to aspire to? How do we come up with a centralised
marketplace for use cases?
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HARTMUT NEVEN
Distinguished scientist and vice president of engineering, Quantum AI, Google
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HARTMUT NEVEN
Distinguished scientist and vice president of engineering, Quantum AI, Google
May 18th 2022
* 10:35 am -10:55 am
The elusive "killer" quantum app and the quest to find it: what are the
most likely candidates and does quantum advantage exist for real-world
problems?
Hartmut Neven is an engineering vice-president at Google. He is the founder
and manager of the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. The objective of the
lab is to fabricate quantum processors and develop novel quantum algorithms
to dramatically accelerate computational tasks for machine intelligence.
Previously, Mr. Neven was head of Google’s Visual Search team. He was also a
co-founder of project Glass and led the team that built the first prototype.
He started two computer vision companies. His second company, Neven Vision,
was acquired by Google in 2006. Neven Vision pioneered visual search and
launched the first face filters based on facial feature detection.
He obtained his doctorate in 1996 with a thesis on “Dynamics for
vision-guided autonomous mobile robots”. Then he became a research professor
at the University of Southern California.
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JASON PALMER
Host of ‘The Intelligence’ podcast, The Economist
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JASON PALMER
Host of ‘The Intelligence’ podcast, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:30 pm
Interview: The superposition of impact and hype: When will quantum make a
difference? When will this be real?
May 18th 2022
* 10:35 am -10:55 am
The elusive "killer" quantum app and the quest to find it: what are the
most likely candidates and does quantum advantage exist for real-world
problems?
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Jason Palmer is host of “The Intelligence” podcast. He joined The Economist
as a science and technology correspondent in 2014, after a year-long stint as
a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Prior to that, he spent five years
as science and technology reporter for the BBC. He holds a PhD from Imperial
College London. In 2016, he became an editor of Espresso, The Economist‘s
daily morning-briefing app — permitting him to more formally indulge his
abiding and probably unhealthy obsession with news of all sorts from all
over. To recover from the repetitive blows of the news agenda he drinks
cocktails, occasionally writing about them for 1843 magazine.
11:00 am -11:30 am BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: WILL THE HARDWARE WINNER TAKE IT ALL? OR IS THERE SCOPE FOR
ALL TO SUCCEED?
How many providers will ultimately drop out of the race? What are the pros and
cons of trapped ions, photonics, cold atoms and superconducting for different
applications and is there scope for all to succeed?
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SIR PETER KNIGHT
Emeritus professor, Imperial College London
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SIR PETER KNIGHT
Emeritus professor, Imperial College London
May 17th 2022
* 03:45 pm -4:00 pm
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the
easiest person to fool”. How do we keep the quantum field honest?
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Peter Knight is senior research investigator in physics at Imperial College
London; senior fellow in residence at the Kavli Royal Society International
Centre, Chicheley Hall; and past-president of the Institute of Physics. He
retired in September 2010 as deputy rector (research) at Imperial College,
where he was responsible for the College’s research strategy. He was knighted
in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2005 for his work in optical physics.
Peter was the 2004 President of the Optical Society of America, a member of
their board of directors and a director of the OSA Foundation. He was
coordinator of the UK Nonlinear Optics Initiative and Editor of the Journal
of Modern Optics, and is Editor of Contemporary Physics. Peter is a member of
the UK Quantum Technology Initiative Strategy Advisory Board. He chairs the
Quantum Metrology Institute at the National Physical Laboratory and, until
the end of 2014, chaired the Advisory Board of the very successful EPSRC
Innovative Manufacturing Centre at the University of Huddersfield. He is a
member of the Advisory Board for the Winton Programme for the Physics of
Sustainability in Cambridge.
Sir Peter was, until December 2010, chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory
Council at the UK Ministry of Defence, remains a Government Scientific
Adviser, and was a Council member of the Science and Technology Facilities
Council until 2011. He was also Chief Scientific Adviser at the UK National
Physical Laboratory. His research centres on quantum optics, strong field
physics, and especially on quantum information science. He has won a number
of prizes, including the Thomas Young Medal and the Glazebrook Medal of the
Institute of Physics; the Ives Medal of the OSA; and the Royal Medal of the
Royal Society. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of
Louvain-la-Neuve, a Humboldt Research Award holder at the University of
Konstanz and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, and is
a Research Professor at the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of the
Institute of Physics, the Optical Society of America and of the Royal
Society. He was a Trustee of the Royal Institution for two terms and is
currently a member of Council at Sussex University.
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DR CELIA MERZBACHER
Executive director, Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
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DR CELIA MERZBACHER
Executive director, Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Dr. Celia Merzbacher is the executive director of the Quantum Economic
Development Consortium (QED-C), a consortium of stakeholders from industry,
academia and government that aims to grow the quantum industry and the
associated supply chain. Dr. Merzbacher has two decades of experience leading
technology initiatives and partnerships. She was vice-president for
innovative partnerships at the Semiconductor Research Corporation, a
consortium of the semiconductor industry. In 2003-2008, she was assistant
director for technology R&D in the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy and also served as executive director of the President’s
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). She is a Fellow of the
AAAS and serves on advisory boards of several quantum research centers.
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DR CARMEN PALACIOS BERRAQUERO
Founder and chief executive, Nu Quantum Ltd
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DR CARMEN PALACIOS BERRAQUERO
Founder and chief executive, Nu Quantum Ltd
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Company co-founder and chief executive, Carmen Palacios Berraquero is the
first OneQuantum Entrepreneur of the Year 2021, and was listed in Forbes
magazine as a ‘Founders Forum Rising Star 2021’. Physicist by background,
carried out her training and research at the Cavendish Laboratory, University
of Cambridge, and at the Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London. Author
of several high-impact academic papers, in 2018 Carmen was awarded the
Institute of Physics National Medal and Prize for her research on Quantum
Optics, and for discovering the single-photon source technology which
resulted in the foundation of Nu Quantum.
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OLIVER DIAL
IBM fellow, chief quantum hardware architect, IBM Quantum
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OLIVER DIAL
IBM fellow, chief quantum hardware architect, IBM Quantum
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Dr. Oliver Dial was named an IBM Fellow in 2021 for his contributions to
quantum computing hardware, and currently guides IBM Quantum’s hardware
research portfolio. His focus is on qubit coherence, gate operations, and
high-performance multi-qubit systems.
Dr. Dial received his doctorate from MIT in 2007 for research in
two-dimensional electron and hole systems. He then entered the field of
quantum computing as a post-doc at Harvard, demonstrating the first two-qubit
gate between semiconductor singlet-triplet qubits and performing pioneering
charge noise spectroscopy in these systems.
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ALOK JHA
Science correspondent, The Economist
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ALOK JHA
Science correspondent, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 12:50 pm -1:05 pm
Interview: Is play the highest form of research? Quantum and the
intersection between arts and science
May 18th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:30 am
Panel discussion: will the hardware winner take it all? Or is there scope
for all to succeed?
Alok Jha is a science correspondent for The Economist, writing on everything
from cosmology to particle physics and stem cells to climate change. Before
that, he was science correspondent for ITN and The Guardian, covering daily
news and current affairs for more than a decade. He has also written and
presented multiple TV and radio documentary series for the BBC. In 2018, he
spent a year as a Wellcome fellow, developing new storytelling formats for
complex topics.
He has reported from all over the world, including live from Antarctica, and
is also the author of three popular science books, including The Water
Book (Headline, 2015).
11:35 am -11:50 am
CASE STUDY: PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON SCIENCE TO CREATE PRACTICAL QUANTUM USE
CASES: WHAT ARE THE CRITICAL THINGS TO ASPIRE TO?
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DAVE JOHNSON
Chief data and artificial intelligence officer, Moderna
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DAVE JOHNSON
Chief data and artificial intelligence officer, Moderna
May 18th 2022
* 11:35 am -11:50 am
Case study: pulling back the curtain on science to create practical
quantum use cases: what are the critical things to aspire to?
Dave Johnson is chief data and artificial intelligence officer at Moderna,
where he is responsible for all enterprise data capabilities from data
engineering, data visualization, data science, and software engineering. Mr.
Johnson holds a doctorate in information physics and has over 15 years of
experience in software engineering and data science. He has spent more than a
decade working exclusively in enterprise pharma and biotech companies.
11:55 am -12:25 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF
THE MOST EXCITING OUTCOMES FROM OPEN SOURCE QUANTUM IN THE CLOUD SO FAR?
What is the potential of quantum computing as a service and what opportunities
does it create? Does the cloud offer the best chance to democratise quantum and
make it more accessible for the mainstream? What might it mean for everyone to
have access? Are there limitations?
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ILANA WISBY
Chief executive, Oxford Quantum Circuits
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ILANA WISBY
Chief executive, Oxford Quantum Circuits
May 18th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: Standing on the shoulders of giants: what have been some
of the most exciting outcomes from open source quantum in the cloud so
far?
Dr. Ilana Wisby is the chief executive of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC),
Europe’s leading quantum computing company. She is a deep tech entrepreneur;
a champion for women in technology and leadership, and advisor to the World
Economic Forum’s global future council on quantum computing.
OQC develops technology that harnesses the power of quantum to do things
previously deemed impossible, using state-of-the-art, innovative
superconducting quantum hardware spun out of the University of Oxford.
Dr. Wisby’s vision is a brighter future that includes everyone. She and her
team believe that the key to solving our most pressing challenges is to put
their quantum computers in the hands of humanity and at the fingertips of our
most brilliant minds. From enabling life-changing drug discoveries to
unbreakable cryptography. From unleashing the full potential of AI to
unlocking nature’s best-kept design secrets. OQC uses the power of quantum to
develop technology that will change the world.
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BLAKE JOHNSON
Distinguished research staff member and quantum platform lead, IBM Quantum
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BLAKE JOHNSON
Distinguished research staff member and quantum platform lead, IBM Quantum
May 18th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: Standing on the shoulders of giants: what have been some
of the most exciting outcomes from open source quantum in the cloud so
far?
Blake Johnson is a distinguished research staff member and quantum platform
lead at IBM. His team is responsible for the hardware and software components
involved in execution of a quantum program, including converting the program
into the signals that actuate operations on quantum processors.
Dr Johnson has previously worked across many elements of the quantum
computing stack, including research into characterization protocols, quantum
programming languages, device design, and system architecture. Prior to IBM,
Blake was chief quantum engineer at Rigetti and senior scientist at Raytheon
BBN. He earned his doctorate in physics from Yale.
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MICHAEL BRETT
Principal specialist for quantum computing, Amazon Web Services
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MICHAEL BRETT
Principal specialist for quantum computing, Amazon Web Services
May 18th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: Standing on the shoulders of giants: what have been some
of the most exciting outcomes from open source quantum in the cloud so
far?
Michael Brett is a principal specialist for quantum computing in the high
performance computing group at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, he
leads a global business development team and go to market activities for
Amazon Braket, a fully-managed quantum computing service in the cloud.
He was previously senior vice president for applications at Rigetti
Computing, a quantum computing hardware company based in Berkeley,
California, and CEO of QxBranch, a quantum computing applications software
company acquired by Rigetti in 2019. Mr Brett has a background in systems
engineering and risk analytics for aerospace applications.
He holds a bachelor of engineering in aerospace avionics and an executive
master of business in complex project management, both from the Queensland
University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.
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JUNGSANG KIM
Co-founder and chief technology officer, IonQ
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JUNGSANG KIM
Co-founder and chief technology officer, IonQ
May 18th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: Standing on the shoulders of giants: what have been some
of the most exciting outcomes from open source quantum in the cloud so
far?
Jungsang Kim is the chief technology officer of IonQ and a member of the
Board. Dr Kim is regarded as one of the leading quantum computer engineers of
our time. Prior to co-founding IonQ, Dr Kim developed the first semiconductor
based on a single photon source. During his five-year tenure at Bell Labs, he
led the team that built the world’s largest optical switch, a record that
still stands 20 years later. In 2004 he joined the faculty at Duke
University, where he has relentlessly pursued technical innovations that pave
the path towards practical quantum computers using trapped ion technology.
Together, Dr Kim and IonQ co-founder, Dr Chris Monroe, invented the scaleable
quantum computer architecture using trapped ions that powers IonQ.
Dr Kim is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, physics, and
computer science at Duke University and a member of the National Quantum
Initiative Advisory Committee. He is IonQ’s co-founder and has served as its
chief strategy officer and a member of its board of directors since September
2015. He assumed the role of chief technology officer in 2020.
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GILEAD AMIT
Science correspondent, The Economist
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GILEAD AMIT
Science correspondent, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 04:00 pm -4:15 pm
Interview: How can quantum transform our economy and our ecology in the
next century?
May 18th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: Standing on the shoulders of giants: what have been some
of the most exciting outcomes from open source quantum in the cloud so
far?
Gilead Amit is a science correspondent for The Economist based in London. He
was previously deputy head of features at New Scientist, where he wrote the
weekly Feedback column and participated in numerous live talks, panel shows
and events. He holds degrees in theoretical physics and science communication
from Imperial College London.
12:30 pm -12:50 pm BST
FIRESIDE CHAT: FINDING YOUR QUANTUM ON-RAMP
The business and scientific communities are preparing for the advent of
commercialised quantum computing in different ways. Watch as these leaders have
a candid discussion about timing, first steps, funding, and risks in this
dynamic fireside chat.
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ANGELA YOCHEM
Chief operating officer and GM, Novant Health Enterprises, & chief
transformation and digital officer, Novant Health
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ANGELA YOCHEM
Chief operating officer and GM, Novant Health Enterprises, & chief
transformation and digital officer, Novant Health
May 18th 2022
* 12:30 pm -12:50 pm
Fireside chat: finding your quantum on-ramp
Angela Yochem is an experienced technology executive and corporate board
member with a track record of promoting transformation, profitability, and
agility in high-growth entities. Ms Yochem serves as EVP, chief
transformation and digital officer at Novant Health, an $8B integrated
healthcare system with 800+ clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals, with
37,000 team members committed to making healthcare remarkable for patients
and communities. She is the former EVP and CIO at Rent-A-Center (RCII), a
multi-billion dollar rent-to-own industry leader, former CIO of BDP
International, one of the largest privately-held logistics companies in the
world, former global CTO of pharma giant AstraZeneca (AZN), and former
divisional CIO at Dell Technologies (DELL).
Ms Yochem is an independent director with Zurich American Insurance Group,
and is a former independent director for the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh, Rocana, and three privately-held transport and logistics services
companies. She has a master’s in computer science from the University of
Tennessee, a bachelor of music in performance from DePauw University, is a
published author with Addison-Wesley and Prentice-Hall, and holds three US
patents.
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DR JOSEPH WILLIAMS
Director, Seattle research center, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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DR JOSEPH WILLIAMS
Director, Seattle research center, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
May 18th 2022
* 12:30 pm -12:50 pm
Fireside chat: finding your quantum on-ramp
Dr Joseph Williams is the director of the Seattle Research Center for the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Previously, Dr Williams had been
Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s tech industry policy advisor and the
economic development director for the ICT industry in Washington. Currently a
visiting fellow at the National Security Institute, he recently completed an
Assembly fellowship at Harvard Law School’s Berkman-Klein Center. He is the
vice-chair of the Quantum for National Security (Q4NS) technical advisory
committee for the Quantum Economic Development Consortium. He is also active
in the Northwest Quantum Nexus and is an advisor to the state of Washington’s
Quantum Innovation Cluster Accelerator Program. Dr Williams is developing an
MBA-level course on quantum business and economics.
12:55 pm -1:05 pm BST
THE QUANTUM ERA IS NOW
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MAËVA GHONDA
Author and chair of the Quantum AI Institute
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MAËVA GHONDA
Author and chair of the Quantum AI Institute
May 18th 2022
* 12:55 pm -1:05 pm
The quantum era is now
Maëva Ghonda is the Global Quantum Computing Intellectual Property (IP)
Expert who also specializes in Corporate Strategy and Intelligence. She
solidified her expertise in assessing Quantum Technology IP — e.g. Quantum
Computing Patents — for investment theses while working as a scholar for the
Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a U.S. government institution supported by the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a vital part of the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Ms Ghonda is a scientist born in the magnetic capital city of Kinshasa,
nestled in the great Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As a research
scientist, her work is centered on technological innovations — i.e. Quantum
Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — to tackle Climate
Change. She is the chair of the Quantum AI Institute, the editor-in-chief of
the IEEE Quantum Computing Newsletter and the host of the Quantum AI
Institute Podcast, where she regularly interviews the chief executives
shaping the future of Quantum Computing.
She is also the founder and the chair of the flagship Quantum Computing
Education Certificate Program for Workforce Development that is sponsored by
IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional society with more than
400,000 members in more than 160 countries.
1:10 pm -1:25 pm BST
CASE STUDY: BUILDING THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE FUTURE
Designed to remove limitations of computing capacity, quantum computing has the
potential to completely disrupt the ways we do business, especially where we use
algorithms and models to calculate probabilities. How can insurers, and the
financial sector more broadly, tap into the incredible potential this technology
holds to optimise every aspect of the value chain?
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MOJGAN LEFEBVRE
Executive vice-president and chief technology & operations officer, Travelers
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MOJGAN LEFEBVRE
Executive vice-president and chief technology & operations officer, Travelers
May 18th 2022
* 01:10 pm -1:25 pm
Case study: building the insurance company of the future
Mojgan Lefebvre is executive vice-president and chief technology & operations
officer for Travelers. She is responsible for the company’s global technology
and operations functions, including cloud technologies, cybersecurity,
digital capabilities, data and analytics, customer service and billing.
Before joining Travelers in 2018, Ms. Lefebvre served as global chief
information officer (CIO) for Liberty Mutual’s commercial business and held
leadership positions of increasing responsibility across a variety of other
industries, including medical device company bioMérieux and strategy
consulting firm Bain & Company.
Ms. Lefebvre founded Travelers’ internal professional group EmpowHER+ and is
the executive sponsor of the company’s partnerships with nonprofits Girls Who
Code and AnitaB.org.
She is a CIO Class of 2022 Hall of Fame inductee, one of Forbes’ CIO Next 50
Innovative Technology Leaders and a member of the National Diversity
Council’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology. She was a 2017 Digital
Insurance Women in Insurance Leadership Award recipient and a finalist for
the 2020 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award.
Ms. Lefebvre earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Georgia
Institute of Technology and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She has
lived and worked in many countries and speaks French and Farsi fluently. She
lives in Boston with her husband and two college-aged daughters.
1:30 pm -1:45 pm BST
MAKE NO MISTAKE: WHAT DO COMPANIES MOST OFTEN GET WRONG WITH QUANTUM AND WHAT
ARE KEY BLUNDERS TO AVOID?
What are the least understood aspects of how companies can benefit from quantum
computing? How costly can it be to make the wrong calls?
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DR GOVINDA BHISETTI
Principal investigator and head of computational chemistry, Biogen
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DR GOVINDA BHISETTI
Principal investigator and head of computational chemistry, Biogen
May 18th 2022
* 09:45 am -10:30 am
Panel discussion: what will be some of the earliest quantum applications
and when will they likely be ready? Which industries will be the earliest
adopters?
* 01:30 pm -1:45 pm
Make no mistake: what do companies most often get wrong with quantum and
what are key blunders to avoid?
Govinda Bhisetti, PhD is a principal investigator and the head of
computational chemistry at Biogen. He has 30 years of experience in the
discovery and development of drugs. Prior to Biogen, Dr. Bhisetti worked in
the computational sciences department at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (1990-2013)
where he led molecular modeling and drug design efforts on several drug
discovery projects. He is a co-inventor of two approved AIDS drugs, Agenerase
(amprenavir) and Lexiva (fosamprenavir), and one Hepatitis C drug, Incivek
(Telaprevir). Also, he contributed to the discovery of several
second-generation protease inhibitors including VX-175 (GW433908) for HIV,
and VX-500, VX-813 and VX-985 for HepC.
Dr Bhisetti is a named inventor on 26 US patents. He authored/co-authored 75
research papers (including review articles and book chapters). He got his
Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and was a post-doctoral
fellow at Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. His current activities
include the application of state of the art computational methods in the
discovery of novel drugs for neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory
diseases.
1:50 pm -2:05 pm BST
NISQ V ERROR CORRECTED QUANTUM: WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE QUANTUM ADVANTAGE
SOONEST?
Low risk v high reward: should enterprises focus their efforts on developing
applications for NISQ or fault-tolerant devices?
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DR PRINEHA NARANG
Professor, Harvard University and chief technology officer, Aliro Quantum
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DR PRINEHA NARANG
Professor, Harvard University and chief technology officer, Aliro Quantum
May 18th 2022
* 01:50 pm -2:05 pm
NISQ v error corrected quantum: which will be able to provide quantum
advantage soonest?
* 03:15 pm -3:45 pm
Panel discussion: bringing the 1000 qubit vision to life: how is the
quantum control stack evolving today and are we on the cusp of any major
breakthroughs?
Dr. Prineha Narang is an assistant professor of computational materials
science at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at
Harvard University where she leads an interdisciplinary group working on
topics at the vibrant intersection of theoretical and computational quantum
information science, condensed matter physics, and quantum photonics. Prior
to starting on the faculty in 2017, she came to Harvard as an Environmental
Fellow at HUCE, awarded to ~3 scholars a year, and worked as a research
scholar in condensed matter theory in the department of physics at MIT on new
theoretical methods to describe interactions in quantum matter.
She received a master’s and a doctorate in applied physics from the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) supported by a Resnick
Fellowship and an NSF Graduate Fellowship. Dr. Narang’s work has been
recognized by many awards and special designations, including the Mildred
Dresselhaus Prize, Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation, a Max Planck Sabbatical Award from the Max Planck Society, and
the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics all in 2021, an NSF
CAREER Award and a DOE INCITE Award in 2020, being named a Moore Inventor
Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for pioneering innovations in
quantum science, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar by the Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research, a Top Innovator by MIT Tech Review (MIT TR35), and a
leading young scientist by the World Economic Forum in 2018. In 2017, she was
named by Forbes Magazine on their “30under30” list for her work in
atom-by-atom quantum engineering, that is, designing materials at the
smallest scale, using single atoms, to enable the leap to quantum
technologies.
Dr. Narang is the founder and chief technology officer of Aliro, a VC-backed
US quantum network company. At Aliro, she has led efforts in quantum
information, towards commercializing scalable quantum networks. Further, she
has advised IBM, Applied Materials, and Northrop Grumman Corporation over the
last years on building and expanding their quantum technology programs.
Outside of science, she is an avid Ironman-triathlon racer and marathon
runner.
2:00 pm -3:00 pm BST
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE: QUANTUM ETHICS: FORGING RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION IN THE
QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM
Sponsored by EY:
In past instances of technology disruption, from the rise of the web to the
development of AI, ethics have sometimes taken a backseat to innovation. This
has hurt communities and degraded confidence in technology. With a global
emphasis on trust, sustainability, and responsible innovation, how can
businesses learn from past mistakes in the governance and oversight of
technologies when it comes to quantum? What are the key risks and opportunities
posed by the technologies? How can organisations embed ethics into their quantum
programmes to ensure a responsible and trusted quantum ecosystem?
Discussion points include:
* Why should businesses care about ethics in quantum computing, and why now?
* The importance of “technology foresight” to imagine possible technological
futures from multiple perspectives and across multiple dimensions to responsibly
co-shape innovation with diverse stakeholders in a participatory way.
* Concerns of privacy, explainability, sustainability and unethical use cases.
* Opportunities for environmentally efficient computing, climate change
mitigation and social good (such as drug discovery, new scientific knowledge,
limiting impacts of disease or environmental disasters) and optimising business
operations and supply chains.
* Practical steps for business leaders to embed ethics in their quantum
programmes. How to structure governance, talent and collaboration within and
outside organisations?
Participants need to register in advance for this roundtable and places are
limited. To register your interest, please email stephanienoblet@economist.com
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MIRA PIJSELMAN
Senior consultant, data governance and trusted AI, EY UK & Ireland
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MIRA PIJSELMAN
Senior consultant, data governance and trusted AI, EY UK & Ireland
May 18th 2022
* 02:00 pm -3:00 pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE: Quantum ethics: forging responsible innovation in
the quantum ecosystem
Ms. Mira Pijselman is a senior consultant for EY UK, where she works on a
variety of client engagements related to ethical AI and data governance. With
a knowledge base in digital ethics developed through her work with the firm
and her graduate studies at the Oxford Internet Institute, she leverages her
skillset to help clients identify and remediate AI risks and augment their
data governance capabilities. She is also deeply engaged in thought
leadership for EY UK regarding the ethics, governance, and sustainability of
emerging technologies, including quantum computing.
Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Ms. Pijselman has a background in technology
governance in the financial services sector, where she gained broad exposure
and expertise to areas ranging from eDiscovery to enterprise architecture.
She also holds an MSc in the Social Science of the Internet from the
University of Oxford and a BA (Hons) in Ethics, Society & Law and Peace,
Conflict & Justice from the University of Toronto. Her academic research has
centred on AI ethics, data ethics, data epistemology, smart urbanism, and
digital geography.
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WALTER PASQUARELLI
Manager, tech & society, Economist Impact
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WALTER PASQUARELLI
Manager, tech & society, Economist Impact
May 18th 2022
* 02:00 pm -3:00 pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE: Quantum ethics: forging responsible innovation in
the quantum ecosystem
Walter Pasquarelli is a Manager within the Tech & Society team, where he
delivers research and engagement programmes that use evidence and data to
drive change on critical tech policy issues.
Prior to this Walter was the AI Policy Lead at an international consultancy
where he advised governments and leading tech companies on AI benchmarking
and strategy. As part of this he also worked as a consultant with the Open
Data Institute on enabling data sharing across different sectors.
Walter is an AI Policy Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at the
University of Bath. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of
Cambridge and regularly guest lectures on tech policy and ethics at
universities.
2:10 pm -2:25 pm BST
DOES DEEP TECHNOLOGY NECESSARILY REQUIRE DEEP POCKETS? TIPS FOR MAKING SURE THE
ODDS ARE IN YOUR FAVOUR WHEN GAMBLING FINITE RESOURCES AND BUDGET
Determining the right strategic priorities when resources are scarce. What can
enterprises do to stack the cards in their favour and make exploring quantum as
cost-effective as possible?
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MANFRED RIECK
Vice-president individual solution development, Deutsche Bahn
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MANFRED RIECK
Vice-president individual solution development, Deutsche Bahn
May 18th 2022
* 02:10 pm -2:25 pm
Does deep technology necessarily require deep pockets? Tips for making
sure the odds are in your favour when gambling finite resources and budget
In 2019, Manfred Rieck set the course for Deutsche Bahn for quantum
technologies by founding a research group for quantum computing. The group
concentrates on the industrial use of quantum computers for optimization
problems and on the security aspects of quantum cryptography (PQC, QKD). He
sees the quantum computing ecosystem as the key to success, which is why he
is expanding the activities of Deutsche Bahn in the area, so Deutsche Bahn is
a consortium partner in the PlanQK project for the creation of quantum-based
AI algorithms, member of the German Industry Association for Quantum Security
DIVQSec, Mr. Rieck is a member of the Governance Board of the European
Quantum Industry Consortium QuIC and in the Bitkom working group HPC &
Quantum Computing.
Before that, Mr. Rieck worked internationally for IBM Germany, including as
EMEA responsible for the Project Management Center of Excellence, as well as
for BASF in a managerial position. He holds an MBA from the University of
Reading, UK and is a qualified computer scientist at the Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn.
2:30 pm -2:55 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DO YOU BUILD A QUANTUM WORKFORCE? WHAT IS A GOOD WAY TO
ASCERTAIN WHAT KNOWLEDGE LEVEL AND NUMBER OF EXPERTS IS REQUIRED?
Who do I hire? PdD or bust? How do we overcome the talent bottleneck to
translate today’s problems into practical quantum algorithms? How should
organisations prepare for quantum today? Where should they invest and how should
they build their talent pipeline?
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DR. DEBORAH BEREBICHEZ
Lead scientist in microelectronics and quantum computing, VTT
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DR. DEBORAH BEREBICHEZ
Lead scientist in microelectronics and quantum computing, VTT
May 17th 2022
* 06:15 pm -6:45 pm
Panel discussion: what makes a great qubit and can we do more with less?
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
Deborah Berebichez is the lead scientist in microelectronics and quantum
computing at VTT, one of Europe’s leading research institutes. She is the
first Mexican woman to receive a Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University,
where her adviser was Nobel Laureate, Bob Laughlin. She also worked with
Nobel Laureate Steve Chu on cooling atoms with laser light. She carried out
research in photonics qubits at Columbia University’s applied math and
physics department and at NYU’s Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Ms. Berebichez’s applies her expertise to make complex topics approachable to
a wide range of audiences. She co-hosts Discovery Channel’s Outrageous Acts
of Science TV show, where she explains the science behind extraordinary
engineering feats. She is one of 120 female scientists selected as an
ambassador to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
and has her own 3D-printed life-sized statue in the #IFTHENSHECAN exhibition
in Washington, DC.
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JOHN BARNES
Founder, Entangled Positions
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JOHN BARNES
Founder, Entangled Positions
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
John Barnes is a recruiter, headhunter, and community builder. Having founded
Entangled Positions, and previously Profecta Associates he is also president
of OneQuanutm UK and Europe, special advisor for workforce and talent to the
Quantum Strategy Institute, and host of the Entangled Discussions podcast.
Having worked in technology recruitment since 2004 Mr. Barnes pioneered
agency quantum recruitment in 2014. He has seen vast changes within the
industry becoming an essential trusted partner for many organisations across
quantum technologies as well as individuals ranging from school children to
C-Suite execs, and investors.
In 2021 Mr. Barnes became the president of OneQuantum UK and in 2022
president of OneQuantum Europe an authentic global community with a vision to
be a force for good in quantum and support humanity’s transition into the
quantum era.
Also in 2021, he was invited to become the special advisor for workforce and
talent to the Quantum Strategy Institute the global quantum and business
think tank striving to unlock the use cases, mysteries, and potential of
quantum technologies. Mr. Barnes passion is integrating different
stakeholders in (and out of) quantum to create opportunities for responsible
innovation.
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STEVE SUAREZ
Global head of innovation, global functions, HSBC
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STEVE SUAREZ
Global head of innovation, global functions, HSBC
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
Steve Suarez is the global head of innovation for both finance and risk at
HSBC, leading an innovation ecosystem to shape structure and deliver better
ways of serving our customers through innovative solutions. He is an
accomplished transformation expert with 28 years of experience in consulting,
telecommunications and financial services, guiding geographically diverse
teams and driving large scale complex strategic initiatives across multiple
organisations. Mr Suarez establishes strong connections with executive
stakeholders and corporate partners alike. His passion for innovation and the
growth mind-set drives his continuous learning, the most recent of which is
the innovation and leadership program at MIT where he has become an MIT Sloan
Alumnus.
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GUY YAMEN
Co-founder and managing partner, TPY Capital
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GUY YAMEN
Co-founder and managing partner, TPY Capital
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
Guy Yamen is co-founder and managing partner of TPY Capital, an early-stage
Israel based VC which is in its second fund, of +$100m. Prior to launching
TPY, he spent a few years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, in the New
York and Tel Aviv offices.
As part of Mr Yamen’s commitment to societal change, he co-founded
Prize4Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the discovery
of treatments and cures for ALS. In another non-profit, MEET (Middle East
Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow), bringing together Israeli and Palestinian youth
in learning computer science and entrepreneurship, he helped spearhead the
formation of MEET’s virtual learning hub. He’s also a Fellow of the fifth
class of the Middle East Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen
Global Leadership Network.
Guy received an MBA from Harvard Business School (with distinction) as well
as a BA in economics and an LL.B (magna cum laude), both from Tel Aviv
University.
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CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Host, Quantum Tech Podcast
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CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Host, Quantum Tech Podcast
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
Christopher Bishop is a technology futurist, TEDx speaker, LinkedIn Learning
instructor and former IBMer. He is passionate about the power of emerging
technologies to positively transform business and culture, especially quantum
information science. Mr Bishop performed the role of Master of Ceremonies at
four Inside Quantum Technology virtual events as well as the most recent
hybrid version held in New York City in November 2021. He also moderated a
panel on “Building a quantum competent workforce.”
Twice a month, Mr Bishop interviews C-suite executives at leading quantum
companies for his Quantum Tech Pod. Guests have included Chad Rigetti,
(founder and chief executive, Rigetti Computing), Pete Shadbolt (chief
scientific officer, PsiQuantum), whurley (chief executive, strangeworks), and
Ilana Wisby (chief executive, Oxford Quantum Circuits). It is available on
Apple Music and Spotify.
Mr Bishop is also a member of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium
(QEDC) and participates in the Workforce Technology Advisory Committee. In
addition, he has contributed to numerous quantum events as a moderator and
panelist including Quantum London’s “The People That Keep The Qubits
Spinning” (June 2021), “Quantum AI and ML” for Transform Industry (Sept
2021), the launch of the Quantum Strategy Institute (Sept 2021) and two
Washington D.C Quantum Meetups (Oct and Nov, 2021).
3:00 pm -3:15 pm BST
HOW WILL CONSUMERS ENGAGE WITH THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION?
Will quantum computing ever be in consumer hands and if yes, in what devices? Do
consumers need to care about quantum computing?
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JOYDIP GHOSH
Quantum computing project lead, Ford
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JOYDIP GHOSH
Quantum computing project lead, Ford
May 18th 2022
* 03:00 pm -3:15 pm
How will consumers engage with the quantum revolution?
Dr. Joydip Ghosh is the quantum computing technical expert and project lead
at Ford Research & Advanced Engineering. He received his PhD in Physics from
The University of Georgia. He held research positions in the University of
Calgary and University of Wisconsin-Madison and performed active research in
quantum computing, quantum algorithms, quantum control, quantum simulation
and quantum machine learning prior to joining Ford in 2018. In his current
role, he is driving the quantum/advanced computing efforts at Ford R&A
defining the strategic directions and leading a formal research program in
collaboration with internal and external teams.
3:15 pm -3:45 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: BRINGING THE 1000 QUBIT VISION TO LIFE: HOW IS THE QUANTUM
CONTROL STACK EVOLVING TODAY AND ARE WE ON THE CUSP OF ANY MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS?
What is a realistic roadmap towards reaching 1000 qubits and what is on the
horizon? How will 1000 qubits change the game?
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DR PRINEHA NARANG
Professor, Harvard University and chief technology officer, Aliro Quantum
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DR PRINEHA NARANG
Professor, Harvard University and chief technology officer, Aliro Quantum
May 18th 2022
* 01:50 pm -2:05 pm
NISQ v error corrected quantum: which will be able to provide quantum
advantage soonest?
* 03:15 pm -3:45 pm
Panel discussion: bringing the 1000 qubit vision to life: how is the
quantum control stack evolving today and are we on the cusp of any major
breakthroughs?
Dr. Prineha Narang is an assistant professor of computational materials
science at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at
Harvard University where she leads an interdisciplinary group working on
topics at the vibrant intersection of theoretical and computational quantum
information science, condensed matter physics, and quantum photonics. Prior
to starting on the faculty in 2017, she came to Harvard as an Environmental
Fellow at HUCE, awarded to ~3 scholars a year, and worked as a research
scholar in condensed matter theory in the department of physics at MIT on new
theoretical methods to describe interactions in quantum matter.
She received a master’s and a doctorate in applied physics from the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) supported by a Resnick
Fellowship and an NSF Graduate Fellowship. Dr. Narang’s work has been
recognized by many awards and special designations, including the Mildred
Dresselhaus Prize, Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation, a Max Planck Sabbatical Award from the Max Planck Society, and
the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics all in 2021, an NSF
CAREER Award and a DOE INCITE Award in 2020, being named a Moore Inventor
Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for pioneering innovations in
quantum science, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar by the Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research, a Top Innovator by MIT Tech Review (MIT TR35), and a
leading young scientist by the World Economic Forum in 2018. In 2017, she was
named by Forbes Magazine on their “30under30” list for her work in
atom-by-atom quantum engineering, that is, designing materials at the
smallest scale, using single atoms, to enable the leap to quantum
technologies.
Dr. Narang is the founder and chief technology officer of Aliro, a VC-backed
US quantum network company. At Aliro, she has led efforts in quantum
information, towards commercializing scalable quantum networks. Further, she
has advised IBM, Applied Materials, and Northrop Grumman Corporation over the
last years on building and expanding their quantum technology programs.
Outside of science, she is an avid Ironman-triathlon racer and marathon
runner.
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WILLIAM HURLEY
Founder and chief executive, Strangeworks
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WILLIAM HURLEY
Founder and chief executive, Strangeworks
May 18th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:45 pm
Panel discussion: bringing the 1000 qubit vision to life: how is the
quantum control stack evolving today and are we on the cusp of any major
breakthroughs?
William Hurley (whurley) is founder and chief executive of Strangeworks, a
quantum computing startup that makes the power of quantum computing easily
accessible and available to all. He is an Eisenhower fellow, innovator in
residence for the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the
Sloan School of Management at MIT, a senior member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), chairman of the Quantum
Computing Standards Workgroup at the IEEE, the first Ambassador to CERN and
Society, a regular contributor to TechCrunch on the topic of Quantum
Computing, and the co-author of “Quantum Computing For Babies”.
Prior to starting Strangeworks he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs
[NYSE: GS]. He came to Goldman Sachs via the acquisition of his second
startup, Honest Dollar. Prior to Honest Dollar, Mr. Hurley founded Chaotic
Moon Studios which was acquired by Accenture [NYSE: ACN].
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LIZ RUETSCH
General manager, quantum engineering solutions (QES), Keysight Technologies
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LIZ RUETSCH
General manager, quantum engineering solutions (QES), Keysight Technologies
May 18th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:45 pm
Panel discussion: bringing the 1000 qubit vision to life: how is the
quantum control stack evolving today and are we on the cusp of any major
breakthroughs?
Liz Ruetsch is the general manager of the quantum engineering solutions (QES)
team at Keysight Technologies. Her team is focused on enabling customers in
quantum computing, quantum communications, quantum sensing, and materials
research. She has been involved with two Keysight acquisitions in the
quantum space including Labber (2019), and Quantum Benchmark (2021).
Ms Ruetsch is the executive sponsor for the mentoring program for Women in
Quantum (WIQ). Her work has been recognized externally via the SWE Global
Leadership Award (2017), and the North Bay Women in Business Award (2019).
She holds a BSEE from Rutgers University (1994), and an MBA from the Boston
University Executive MBA Program (2006). She has worked for
HP-Agilent-Keysight for 28 years in the Aerospace Defense, Semiconductor,
Wireless, Automotive, and now Quantum markets. She currently resides in
Cambridge, MA.
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DOUG FINKE
Founder, The Quantum Computing Report
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DOUG FINKE
Founder, The Quantum Computing Report
May 18th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:45 pm
Panel discussion: bringing the 1000 qubit vision to life: how is the
quantum control stack evolving today and are we on the cusp of any major
breakthroughs?
Doug Finke has been involved in the computer, semiconductor, and storage
industry for over 30 years and has witnessed and helped drive the birth and
growth of many new technologies during this period. He has most recently
become fascinated with quantum computing and believes that many of the new
technology growth patterns he has seen within the computer industry will
reoccur as the quantum computing field evolves. He started the Quantum
Computing Report so he could apply his wide breadth of experience to help
accelerate the proliferation of quantum computing to the general marketplace.
3:50 pm -4:25 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORING THE APPETITE FOR COLLABORATION ON QUANTUM FOR THE
GREATER GOOD—EARLY OUTCOMES AND THE OPPORTUNITY AT STAKE
How many applications are commercially driven v for the greater good today? When
will quantum cure cancer and save the planet?
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CARLOS KUCHKOVSKI
Co-founder and chief executive, QCentroid
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CARLOS KUCHKOVSKI
Co-founder and chief executive, QCentroid
May 18th 2022
* 03:50 pm -4:25 pm
Panel discussion: exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for
the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake
Carlos Kuchkovsky began his career as a multiplayer mobile video game
developer. After that he has worked for BBVA in a number of senior positions,
(Global Head of research and patent office, Chief Technology and Data officer
– new digital business) positioning BBVA as a leader in quantum computing,
AI, blockchain, digital identity, new business, and digital platforms among
other areas.
Mr. Kuchkovsky has held different board positions on international
associations at Hyperledger, INATBA, Alastria, Strategic Advisory Board of
the European Commission Quantum Flagship, and member of The Future Council on
Quantum technologies from World Economic Forum, working on the evolution of
blockchain, AI, quantum technologies, and Web 3.0 and the impact in
Sustainability and ESG
He has published scientific and tech papers and created and led over 30
patents. He also lectures in International MBAs in fintech, deep tech, and
new business models.
Currently, he is leading QCentroid: Quantum Tech & Web3 for exponential
impact
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CAROL MONAGHAN
Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow North West and chair of the APPG on
Photonics and Quantum
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CAROL MONAGHAN
Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow North West and chair of the APPG on
Photonics and Quantum
May 18th 2022
* 03:50 pm -4:25 pm
Panel discussion: exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for
the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake
Carol Monaghan was first elected as the Scottish National Party MP for
Glasgow North West in 2015, and has served as a MP continuously since then.
Prior to her Parliamentary career, Ms. Monaghan gained an undergraduate
degree in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics at Strathclyde University,
latterly entering the teaching profession and becoming head of physics and
head of science at Hyndland Secondary School in Glasgow.
She also spent two years as a lecturer at Glasgow University, as well as
being an SQA consultant responsible for developing physics qualifications at
a national level. Ms. Monaghan is the only Scottish MP on the House of
Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, and she serves as chair of
the APPG on Photonics and Quantum. She is currently the SNP’s Westminster
Spokesperson for education, armed forces and veterans.
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RAYMOND LAFLAMME
Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis “John von Neumann” chair in quantum information,
University of Waterloo
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RAYMOND LAFLAMME
Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis “John von Neumann” chair in quantum information,
University of Waterloo
May 18th 2022
* 03:50 pm -4:25 pm
Panel discussion: exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for
the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake
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DR LING GE
General manager and chief European representative, Tencent
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DR LING GE
General manager and chief European representative, Tencent
May 17th 2022
* 04:00 pm -4:15 pm
Interview: How can quantum transform our economy and our ecology in the
next century?
May 18th 2022
* 03:50 pm -4:25 pm
Panel discussion: exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for
the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake
Dr Ling Ge is general manager and chief European representative at Tencent,
where she leads the company’s strategic investment efforts in Europe, along
with the development of partnerships with technology start-ups, universities,
government and industry.
She also serves on the boards of several venture capital and technology
firms, providing expertise in areas such as AI, quantum computing, biotech,
and education. Prior to Tencent, Dr Ge held various leadership roles at
Imperial College London. Ling received her doctorate in Quantum Computing at
Oxford University, and was a Leverhulme Fellow.
Dr Ge was named one of London’s top 10 most influential tech titans by the
Evening Standard in 2019, and was recognised as ‘Leading Investor of the
Year’ by Global Corporate Venturing.
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ANDRE KONIG
Founder, OneQuantum
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ANDRE KONIG
Founder, OneQuantum
May 18th 2022
* 03:50 pm -4:25 pm
Panel discussion: exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for
the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake
André is a published author, speaker and expert on DeepTech with 25 years of
Fortune 500, consulting and startup experience. He is the CEO of Interference
Advisors, the premier data provider within Quantum Tech, Chairman of
OneQuantum, the leading Quantum Tech community organization, and Managing
Partner of Entanglement Capital, a Quantum Tech investment fund and startup
accelerator.
He studied Quantum Computing at MIT (certificates) and holds a MBA in
Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as well as
a Masters in Business from ICN School of Management. He speaks English,
German and French, and has competed in national small boat sailing
championships.
4:30 pm -4:45 pm BST
SOCIAL DISTANCING MEETS QUANTUM COMPUTING: COULD A QUANTUM COMPUTER HELP
HUMANITY COMBAT THE NEXT CORONAVIRUS?
Does the technology best lend itself to be used for disease prevention or cure?
To what extent can we rely upon quantum computing to speed up vaccine
development for the next pandemic?
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HANS MELO
Co-founder and chief executive, Menten AI
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HANS MELO
Co-founder and chief executive, Menten AI
May 18th 2022
* 04:30 pm -4:45 pm
Social distancing meets quantum computing: could a quantum computer help
humanity combat the next coronavirus?
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Hans Melo is co-founder and chief executive of Menten AI, Inc., a drug design
company that develops machine learning and quantum computing methods to
accelerate drug discovery. Mr. Melo holds a PhD in Machine Learning and
Computational Neuroscience from the University of Toronto. He co-created the
first new molecule designed on a quantum computer, and led a group of
scientists to develop Menten AI’s first-of-its-kind platform which delivers
novel hit molecules with unprecedented scale, velocity, and accuracy.
4:50 pm -5:20 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: HUMANITY AT THE EDGE AND THE PROMISE OF QUANTUM FOR SOCIAL
IMPACT
How might quantum technology help the poor? New technologies often run into
problems where good from innovation is pitted against new risks that didn’t
exist before – What does the risk landscape of quantum technologies look like?
What timeframe do we expect this good to flow from quantum technologies?
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KANWALJIT SINGH
Senior program officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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KANWALJIT SINGH
Senior program officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
May 18th 2022
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Dr Kanwaljit Singh leads FSP’s efforts in developing a portfolio of
investments in the areas of digital identity, cybersecurity risk mitigation
in digital financial services and applications of emerging technologies to
accelerate financial inclusion.
Dr Singh graduated from Cornell University with a doctorate in physical
organic chemistry (2006) and joined the components research division at Intel
Corporation in Portland, Oregon. At Intel, he led multiple teams tasked with
investigating advanced technologies in materials science, semiconductor
fabrication, device integration and reliability. As a chair of multiple
strategic research sectors, Dr Singh was responsible for driving advanced
technology research efforts over six generations of Moore’s law in industry,
academia and consortia-led engagements through Intel’s corporate research
council.
In 2012, Dr Singh was awarded Intel’s highest honor, the “Intel Achievement
Award” for industry-defining impact with contributions enabling the 10-nm
node. In 2016, he joined Intel’s Quantum Computing group and was appointed as
Intel’s assignee to Qutech, a collaboration between Netherlands Organization
for Applied Scientific Research and Delft University of Technology, leading
Intel’s efforts in developing and scaling silicon-based quantum computing
across multiple core research areas in physics, electronics, cryogenics and
computation. He has authored over 100+ patents and publications in organic
chemistry, semiconductor devices and quantum computing
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HANS MELO
Co-founder and chief executive, Menten AI
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HANS MELO
Co-founder and chief executive, Menten AI
May 18th 2022
* 04:30 pm -4:45 pm
Social distancing meets quantum computing: could a quantum computer help
humanity combat the next coronavirus?
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Hans Melo is co-founder and chief executive of Menten AI, Inc., a drug design
company that develops machine learning and quantum computing methods to
accelerate drug discovery. Mr. Melo holds a PhD in Machine Learning and
Computational Neuroscience from the University of Toronto. He co-created the
first new molecule designed on a quantum computer, and led a group of
scientists to develop Menten AI’s first-of-its-kind platform which delivers
novel hit molecules with unprecedented scale, velocity, and accuracy.
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LAURA GAO
Intern, quantum software, Zapata Computing
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LAURA GAO
Intern, quantum software, Zapata Computing
May 18th 2022
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Laura Gao is a quantum software intern at Zapata Computing. She develops
software and conducts research involving variational quantum algorithms,
primarily focusing on solving combinatorial optimization problems with the
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm. After getting exposed to quantum
computing at TKS, a program for teens in emerging tech, she taught herself
from online textbooks and videos and papers, where she fell in love with the
elegant math behind the subject.
You can also find Ms. Gao practicing speaking French, making notetaking apps
that only she will use, animating videos about quantum computing (and other
topics), or studying Buddhist philosophy. As you can see, she has unstable
interests and she’s still exploring, but she’s eager to learn and help out.
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JASON PALMER
Host of ‘The Intelligence’ podcast, The Economist
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JASON PALMER
Host of ‘The Intelligence’ podcast, The Economist
May 17th 2022
* 03:15 pm -3:30 pm
Interview: The superposition of impact and hype: When will quantum make a
difference? When will this be real?
May 18th 2022
* 10:35 am -10:55 am
The elusive "killer" quantum app and the quest to find it: what are the
most likely candidates and does quantum advantage exist for real-world
problems?
* 04:50 pm -5:20 pm
Panel discussion: humanity at the edge and the promise of quantum for
social impact
Jason Palmer is host of “The Intelligence” podcast. He joined The Economist
as a science and technology correspondent in 2014, after a year-long stint as
a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Prior to that, he spent five years
as science and technology reporter for the BBC. He holds a PhD from Imperial
College London. In 2016, he became an editor of Espresso, The Economist‘s
daily morning-briefing app — permitting him to more formally indulge his
abiding and probably unhealthy obsession with news of all sorts from all
over. To recover from the repetitive blows of the news agenda he drinks
cocktails, occasionally writing about them for 1843 magazine.
5:25 pm -5:40 pm BST
HOW MUCH OF A DRIVER IS CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CURRENT SCOPE OF QUANTUM
DEVELOPMENT? HAVE WE GOT OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT?
Moving towards setting a framework for measuring progress on quantum for climate
science. What drivers will motivate the quantum field to orientate more towards
climate science?
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DR JUAN BERNABÉ-MORENO
Chief data officer, E.ON
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DR JUAN BERNABÉ-MORENO
Chief data officer, E.ON
May 18th 2022
* 05:25 pm -5:40 pm
How much of a driver is climate change in the current scope of quantum
development? Have we got our priorities right?
Dr Juan Bernabé-Moreno received master’s and doctorate degrees in computer
science from the University of Granada, (Granada, Spain), in 2002 and 2015,
respectively. He has been leading data science and engineering teams in the
telecommunication industry (product Data Lab for Telefónica Digital and web
intelligence team for Telefónica Germany) for more than 10 years. In 2017, Dr
Moreno joined E.ON, where he is the chief data officer and heads the global
data and analytics team. Ever since, he has been pushing AI as well as the
adoption of emerging technologies, such as quantum computing, to accelerate
the energy transition.
In addition, Dr Moreno remains actively involved in research activities
(visiting research fellow for responsible AI at Oxford University and for
Applied AI at the University of Granada). His current research interests
include fuzzy linguistic modeling, aggregation of information, information
retrieval, bibliometric, recommender systems and social media, but also the
interlink between quantum computing and AI and responsible computing. Some of
his works have been recognized as “best paper” in different conferences.
He is a renowned data evangelist specialized in exploiting the value of data
with state-of-the-art techniques to optimize business results in big
corporations, leveraging his scientific background to bridge the gap between
academia and industry.
5:45 pm -6:00 pm BST
DELIVERING A QUANTUM LEAP ON CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW AMBITION AND COOPERATION CAN
KEEP “1.5 ALIVE”
To what extent can quantum offer climate scientists hope in finding ways to
reverse global warming? What are the best mechanisms for cooperation?
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DR MARKO RANČIĆ
Head of quantum computing, TotalEnergies
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DR MARKO RANČIĆ
Head of quantum computing, TotalEnergies
May 18th 2022
* 05:45 pm -6:00 pm
Delivering a quantum leap on climate change: how ambition and cooperation
can keep “1.5 alive”
Marko Rančić holds a doctorate in quantum computing and condensed matter
theory from the University of Konstanz in Germany. During his PhD years he
focused on theory of semiconductor spin qubits. After working in Switzerland
on different aspects on quantum hardware (hole qubits and Majorana zero
modes) he joined TotalEnergies to lead their efforts in quantum computing.
There, he manages a multi-million-euro research program with a diverse
portfolio but with a strong focus on using quantum computing in the domain of
low carbon energies. The team under his guidance is based on the outskirts of
Paris, in the heart of the Paris-Saclay ecosystem.
6:05 pm -6:20 pm BST
WHEN WILL IT BE TIME FOR QUANTUM ENTANGLED ATOMIC CLOCKS AND WHAT WILL BE THE
IMPACT UPON INDUSTRY AND THE WORLD ECONOMY?
What does the vision look like for a world that is no longer reliant upon GPS?
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PROFESSOR HELEN MARGOLIS MBE
Head of science (time and frequency), National Physical Laboratory
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PROFESSOR HELEN MARGOLIS MBE
Head of science (time and frequency), National Physical Laboratory
May 18th 2022
* 06:05 pm -6:20 pm
When will it be time for quantum entangled atomic clocks and what will be
the impact upon industry and the world economy?
Professor Helen Margolis is the head of science for time & frequency and an
NPL fellow in Optical Frequency Standards and Metrology. She joined NPL in
1998 following a temporary lectureship at the University of Oxford, where she
worked on a range of experiments designed to test the theory of quantum
electrodynamics by spectroscopy of highly charged ions. She previously
undertook her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Oxford, being awarded
the DPhil degree in 1994.
Prof. Margolis’ specialist area of research expertise is optical frequency
metrology using femtosecond combs, part of NPL’s research programme to
develop a new generation of high accuracy optical atomic clocks based on
laser-cooled trapped ions and atoms. She is the coordinator of a European
project Robust optical clocks for international timescales (ROCIT), and the
technical authority for the National Timing Centre programme.
She represents NPL on various international committees, including the
Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency (CCTF) and several of its
working groups. She is the current chair of the executive committee of the
European Frequency and Time Forum and a member of the CODATA Task Group on
Fundamental Constants. She has been a visiting professor at the University of
Oxford since 2017 and was awarded an MBE in 2019 for her services to
metrology.
6:25 pm -6:40 pm BST
EXPLORING THE SCOPE OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUANTUM IN THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY:
METHANE DETECTION AND MORE
As the world moves towards a hydrogen economy, what role will quantum play in
disaster prevention? What progress has been made in developing quantum gas
sensors to support the scaling up of hydrogen as a widely used energy source?
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ROBIN YELLOW
Digital science principal, BP
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ROBIN YELLOW
Digital science principal, BP
May 18th 2022
* 06:25 pm -6:40 pm
Exploring the scope of the opportunity for quantum in the hydrogen
economy: methane detection and more
May 19th 2022
* 11:20 am -11:50 am
Will we see unintended consequences from quantum? How do we mitigate risk
with dual technologies?
Robin Yellow is a principal in bp’s digital Science team. He is the company’s
subject matter expert for quantum sensors and part of a wider team
considering the impact of all quantum technologies across bp worldwide. Mr.
Yellow has twenty years’ experience in the energy sector. His team is
responsible for identifying frontier technology trends and how they might
impact bp’s business. The team acts as a digital catalyst to provide insight
which enables the deployment of digital technologies at scale across the
company.
He is an avid podcaster for bp’s attheedge podcast where he regularly hosts
the show on the subject of frontier technology.
6:45 pm -7:00 pm BST
JUXTAPOSITION OF THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE: HOW IS QUANTUM SENSING BEING USED
TODAY AND WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL ACROSS KEY SECTORS?
Which sectors are deriving the greatest value from sensing today and what
measurements and efficiencies are being unlocked?
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JAY LOWELL
Chief scientist for disruptive computing and networks, Boeing
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JAY LOWELL
Chief scientist for disruptive computing and networks, Boeing
May 18th 2022
* 06:45 pm -7:00 pm
Juxtaposition of the art of the possible: how is quantum sensing being
used today and what is the potential across key sectors?
Jay Lowell is chief engineer for Boeing’s Disruptive Computing & Networks
organization, which is leveraging core technologies in quantum
communications, computing and sensing, neuromorphic brain-inspired
processing, high-performance computing, and advanced networking to develop
computing and communications solutions for advanced commercial and government
aerospace applications.
Mr. Lowell was named to this position in October 2018 and reports to Charles
Toups, vice president and general manager of Disruptive Computing & Networks.
An internationally recognized expert in systems engineering of
electromagnetic or electro-optic systems, he also is a Boeing Senior
Technical Fellow who works across Boeing’s businesses to develop the
research-and-development investment strategy for the many electrical and
electronic systems in Boeing products. His technical background includes work
in remote sensing, precision measurements of time and frequency, inertial
measurements, laser/matter interactions, photonics, optical signal
processing, medical diagnostic development, and software development.
After joining the company in 2012, he worked in Boeing Research &
Technology’s Systems, Support and Analytics organization, where he developed
research strategies for investigating aircraft electromagnetic effects and
supported efforts to model and analyze automated production systems for
commercial airplane programs.
Previously, he was director of software and systems integration for Intific,
a company that produces first- and third-person three-dimensional immersive
simulations for military customers. He also was a program manager in the
Defense Sciences Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
where he created and directed over 10 research programs that ranged from
foundational science to product development. He has served on U.S. Air Force
scientific advisory board studies, was an assistant professor of physics at
the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a research physicist at the U.S. Air Force
Research Laboratory.
Mr. Lowell is a distinguished graduate with honors from the U.S. Air Force
Academy and holds a Master of Science degree in physics from The Ohio State
University. He also has a Doctor of Science degree in atomic physics from the
University of Virginia.
Bad actors around the world are already storing reams of online data in the hope
that, even if they cannot decrypt them now, they may be able to do so in future.
On day three of “Commercialising Quantum”, we will examine the need for a
quantum code of conduct and explore how to mitigate risk with dual technologies.
As the timeline to defend against quantum attacks and the timeline for them
being real begins to overlap, we will assess how we can revamp our encryption
infrastructure to become quantum safe.
* Full day
* Quantum communications and cryptography
* Quantum ethics and techno nationalism
Full day Quantum communications and cryptography Quantum ethics and techno
nationalism
10:20 am -10:35 am BST
HOW QUANTUM COMPUTING WILL REVOLUTIONISE COGNITIVE CITIES THROUGH DELIVERY OF
SAFE, EFFICIENT, AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
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JOSEPH BRADLEY
Chief executive, NEOM Tech & Digital Company
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JOSEPH BRADLEY
Chief executive, NEOM Tech & Digital Company
May 19th 2022
* 10:20 am -10:35 am
How quantum computing will revolutionise cognitive cities through delivery
of safe, efficient, and sustainable solutions
Joseph Bradley is the chief executive of NEOM Tech & Digital Co., the world’s
leading cognitive technology company, where he is responsible for formulating
the vision and delivery of the technology and digital ecosystem for NEOM,
building the foundation to create cognitive cities.
Working with leading international technology partners, Mr. Bradley and his
team are establishing full-scale tech and digital infrastructure at NEOM Tech
& Digital Co., harnessing the power of networks and applications such as
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and
robotics.
Prior to NEOM Tech & Digital Co., Mr. Bradley served in senior roles at Cisco
Systems over the course of 15 years, most recently as global vice-president
of IoT, Blockchain, AI and incubation businesses. He led the delivery of
advanced services, as well as business development, commercialization,
staffing and operations for Cisco Systems’ incubation businesses. While at
Cisco, he was instrumental in developing the next-generation consulting
model. The methodology provides a data-driven path outlining how customers
can capture Internet of Everything (IoE) value.
Before joining Cisco, Mr. Bradley held several leadership positions at C3
Communications, including chief executive, chief finance officer and senior
vice-president of shared services. Previously, he was general manager of the
data communications group at AT&T. His career began at Pacific Bell, where he
worked in finance and operations.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California
at Berkeley.
10:40 am -10:55 am BST
EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES AHEAD IN REALISING THE POTENTIAL OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
AT SCALE:
The uncertainty in the future of Quantum Computing is high enough to make
Heisenberg proud; meanwhile, Quantum Sensors are already changing our lives with
new capabilities emerging at an increasing pace. This discussion will outline
some of the challenges ahead in realising the potential of quantum technology at
scale: challenges in science, technology, fabrication, and economics.
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DR JOHN H. BURKE
Principal director for quantum science, Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering
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DR JOHN H. BURKE
Principal director for quantum science, Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering
May 19th 2022
* 10:40 am -10:55 am
Exploring the challenges ahead in realising the potential of quantum
technology at scale:
Dr John Burke joined the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) for Modernization as the principal
director for quantum science in March 2022. In this role, Dr Burke is
responsible for leading the Department of Defense’s (DoD) efforts in
technology modernization for quantum science, one of DoD’s top critical
technology areas.
Prior to joining OUSD(R&E), Dr Burke served as a Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office
(MTO) and Defense Sciences Office (DSO) from 2017 to 2022. At DARPA, he
managed seven programs developing quantum science and technology. Some of
these programs advanced quantum sensors including atom interferometers,
atomic clocks, magnetometers, and radio frequency (RF) “Quantum Apertures”
and applied the sensors toward new capabilities in position, navigation and
timing (PNT), biotechnology, as well as in the RF spectrum. Several programs
advanced quantum computing qubit technologies based on both superconducting
and photon-based platforms. This work resulted in several technology
transitions to higher maturity development programs across the DoD, as
acknowledged by his receipt of the DARPA “Results Matter” Award.
Previously, Dr Burke worked in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space
Vehicles Directorate as a senior research physicist. There, Dr Burke led a
research team developing atomic clocks, optical time transfer, and cold atom
measurement techniques for use in space applications such as the Global
Positioning System. He contributed to space experiments including the NASA
Cold Atom Laboratory for the International Space Station and the Navigation
Technology Satellite -3. Dr Burke won the AFRL Early Career Award and R-NASA
National Award for Space Achievement in recognition for his contributions,
multiple publications, and patents.
Dr Burke holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Centre College and a
doctorate in physics from the University of Virginia. His thesis work was on
atom interferometry with guided matter waves sourced from a Bose Einstein
Condensate, which won the University of Virginia Award for Excellence in
Scholarship in Science and Engineering.
11:00 am -11:15 am BST
EXPLORING THE DUALITY OF DESIRE FOR COLLABORATION V NATIONALISM IN QUANTUM
Cross fertilisation bears fruit but carries risk: how do governments promote
global collaboration on quantum without compromising national interests?
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DR CHARLES TAHAN
Assistant director, Quantum Information Science and director, National
Quantum Coordination Office, White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy
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DR CHARLES TAHAN
Assistant director, Quantum Information Science and director, National
Quantum Coordination Office, White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy
May 19th 2022
* 11:00 am -11:15 am
Exploring the duality of desire for collaboration v nationalism in quantum
11:20 am -11:50 am BST
WILL WE SEE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FROM QUANTUM? HOW DO WE MITIGATE RISK WITH
DUAL TECHNOLOGIES?
How to protect quantum technology against adversarial use cases? What checks and
balances can be put into the system and how will they be enforced?
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ROBIN YELLOW
Digital science principal, BP
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ROBIN YELLOW
Digital science principal, BP
May 18th 2022
* 06:25 pm -6:40 pm
Exploring the scope of the opportunity for quantum in the hydrogen
economy: methane detection and more
May 19th 2022
* 11:20 am -11:50 am
Will we see unintended consequences from quantum? How do we mitigate risk
with dual technologies?
Robin Yellow is a principal in bp’s digital Science team. He is the company’s
subject matter expert for quantum sensors and part of a wider team
considering the impact of all quantum technologies across bp worldwide. Mr.
Yellow has twenty years’ experience in the energy sector. His team is
responsible for identifying frontier technology trends and how they might
impact bp’s business. The team acts as a digital catalyst to provide insight
which enables the deployment of digital technologies at scale across the
company.
He is an avid podcaster for bp’s attheedge podcast where he regularly hosts
the show on the subject of frontier technology.
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BRIDGET WALSHE
Director general, secure solutions and services directorate, Canadian Centre
for Cyber Security
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BRIDGET WALSHE
Director general, secure solutions and services directorate, Canadian Centre
for Cyber Security
May 19th 2022
* 11:20 am -11:50 am
Will we see unintended consequences from quantum? How do we mitigate risk
with dual technologies?
Bridget Walshe is director general, secure solutions and services directorate
at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, responsible for applied research,
architecture, engineering and development of secure cryptographic solutions.
Ms. Walshe was previously director of cryptographic security and systems
development, responsible for evaluating the security of cryptographic
products, providing cryptographic advice and guidance, and modernizing the
Government of Canada’s classified infrastructure.
Since joining CSE in 2003, Ms. Walshe has served in positions across the
organization, including as a Mathematician in the IT Security program, where
she conducted applied research in cryptography and provided advice and
guidance on the use of cryptographic algorithms by the Government of Canada.
In subsequent roles in management and technical direction, she has had the
opportunity to lead mathematicians and computer scientists in developing
complex solutions.
Ms. Walshe holds B.Sc. & M.Sc. degrees in Mathematics from the University of
Victoria.
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MICHELE MOSCA
Co-founder and chief executive, evolutionQ
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MICHELE MOSCA
Co-founder and chief executive, evolutionQ
May 19th 2022
* 11:20 am -11:50 am
Will we see unintended consequences from quantum? How do we mitigate risk
with dual technologies?
Michele Mosca is co-founder and chief executive of evolutionQ, which provides
products and services that enable organizations to evolve their
quantum-vulnerable systems and practices to quantum-safe ones. He is globally
recognized for his drive to help academia, industry and government prepare
our cyber systems to be safe in an era with quantum computers. He is a
founder of the ETSI-IQC workshop series in Quantum-Safe Cryptography. He
serves as Chair of the board of Quantum Industry Canada, and Director of
Quantum-Safe Canada.
He is a founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing, professor in the
department of combinatorics & optimization at the University of Waterloo, and
a founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
He worked on cryptography during his bachelor’s (Waterloo) and master’s
(Oxford) and obtained his doctorate (Oxford) in Quantum Computer Algorithms.
Dr Mosca’s awards and honours include 2010 Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013), SJU Fr. Norm Choate Lifetime
Achievement Award (2017), and a Knighthood (Cavaliere) in the Order of Merit
of the Italian Republic (2018).
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JAYA BALOO
Chief information security officer, Avast
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JAYA BALOO
Chief information security officer, Avast
May 19th 2022
* 11:20 am -11:50 am
Will we see unintended consequences from quantum? How do we mitigate risk
with dual technologies?
Jaya Baloo is Avast’s chief information security officer (CISO) and joined
Avast in October 2019. Previously, Ms. Baloo held the position of CISO at
KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands, where she
established and led its security team whose best practices in strategy,
policy, and security operations are today recognized as world leading. Prior
to this, she also held the position of practice lead lawful interception at
Verizon, and worked at France Telecom as a technical security specialist.
Ms. Baloo is formally recognized within the list of top 100 CISOs globally
and ranks among the top 100 security influencers worldwide. In 2019, she was
also selected as one of the fifty most inspiring women in the Netherlands by
Inspiring Fifty, a non-profit aiming to raise diversity in technology by
making female role models in technology more visible.
Ms. Baloo has been working in the field of information security, with a focus
on secure network architecture, for over 20 years and sits on the advisory
boards of the NL’s National Cyber Security Centre, PQCrypto and the EU
Quantum Flagship’s Strategic Advisory Board. She serves on the audit
committee of TIIN capital, a cybersecurity fund, and is also a member of the
IT Committee of Sociale Verzekeringsbank. She is a board member of the
cybersecurity firm NIXU in Finland. Since 2021 she is also a board member of
the RvT of the Dutch Broadcasting station, the NOS.
Ms. Baloo has spoken widely at high profile conferences such as RSA, TEDx and
Codemotion on topics including Lawful Interception, VoIP ; Mobile Security,
Cryptography, and Quantum Communications Networks. Additionally, Ms. Baloo is
a faculty member of the Singularity University since 2017, where she
regularly lectures.
MODERATED BY
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LUDWIG SIEGELE
European business editor, The Economist
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LUDWIG SIEGELE
European business editor, The Economist
May 19th 2022
* 11:20 am -11:50 am
Will we see unintended consequences from quantum? How do we mitigate risk
with dual technologies?
Ludwig Siegele joined The Economist as US technology correspondent in 1998.
In 2003 he moved to Berlin as the newspaper’s Germany correspondent, before
relocating to London in 2008 to cover the IT industry. In 2019 he returned to
San Francisco as US technology editor, before moving again to Berlin as
European business editor in early 2022.
Mr Siegele started his journalistic career in 1990 as the Paris business
correspondent of Die Zeit, a German weekly. In 1995 he moved from France to
California to write about the internet for several German publications. He
holds a degree in economics and political science from Cologne University and
degrees in journalism from the Kölner Journalistenschule and the Centre de
Formation des Journalists (CFJ) in Paris. He is also co-author of a book on
SAP (“Matrix der Welt – SAP und der neue globale Kapitalismus”). From
November 2018 to March 2019 Mr Siegele was Mercator Technology Fellow at the
policy-planning unit of the German Foreign Office in Berlin.
11:55 am -12:25 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE QUANTUM WORKFORCE—HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE
MORE DIVERSITY IN THE FIELD AND LEARN FROM OUR PREVIOUS MISTAKES?
To ensure an ethical and fair future for quantum computing, it is critical that
voices from all backgrounds contribute to research and development efforts
happening today. What can be done to attract more women to the field and why is
this so important? How breaking down the barriers to participation of girls in
STEM and making physics more accessible to all will help the quantum revolution
succeed.
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MAI ALOWAISH
Chief data and innovation officer, Gulf Bank
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MAI ALOWAISH
Chief data and innovation officer, Gulf Bank
May 17th 2022
* 04:45 pm -5:00 pm
“Pour yourself a cup of ambition”: who should you designate as your
quantum champions and what should they be charged with achieving?
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
Mai AlOwaish is the chief data & innovation officer at Gulf Bank. She is a
seasoned information systems and data analytics expert with 20 years of
experience between Kuwait and the United States where she spearheaded a
variety of data analytics and e-commerce initiatives and enabled digital
transformation for financial institutions, retailers, airlines, and more. Ms.
AlOwaish is a published author, speaker, an award winner, and also a current
board member in the Digital Analytics Association.
In her current position, she leads the data and innovation practice in Gulf
Bank and oversees the digital transformation initiatives and implementation
of data science and analytics use cases.
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DR ARACELI VENEGAS-GOMEZ
Founder and chief executive, QURECA Ltd.
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DR ARACELI VENEGAS-GOMEZ
Founder and chief executive, QURECA Ltd.
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
Dr Araceli Venegas-Gomez spent several years working for Airbus in Germany
and France as an aerospace engineer, before falling in love with quantum
mechanics. She then decided to follow her passion for physics, and moved to
Scotland to pursue a PhD in quantum simulation at the University of
Strathclyde. Following discussions with the different quantum stakeholders
she had over the last years, Dr Gomez identified the need to bridge the gap
between businesses and academia, as well as to raise the quantum awareness to
the general public. Continuing her work on outreach advocating quantum
technologies, she was named the “quantum ambassador”, after winning the
Optical Society Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting fellowship in 2019.
Dr Gomez founded her own company called QURECA (Quantum Resources and
Careers) to create a link between the different stakeholders in the quantum
community through a common language, and to generate global opportunities
with quantum technologies. QURECA provides a range of professional services,
business development, and the solution to the quantum workforce skills
bottleneck: the first online platform for quantum training and resourcing, to
support individuals and businesses to be part of the quantum revolution.
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ANISHA MUSTI
Co-founder and chief executive, Q-munity
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ANISHA MUSTI
Co-founder and chief executive, Q-munity
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
A 16 year old with a passion for problem solving. I became frustrated by the
poor ecosystems in healthcare and quantum information science, and now
dedicate my time to solving these issues.
My work includes an algorithm to detect Parkinson’s disease and founding
Q-munity, a company training 10,000+ indivduals worldwide to join the quantum
workforce.
Now, I’m working at the Shabani Quantum Materials Lab to investigate the
impact of novel qubits on quantum teleportation.
Recently, I’ve built an app, Mwana, to decrease child mortality in rural
Nigeria via SMS-based healthcare tips.
My other work extends to machine learning, further quantum research, growth
marketing, and consulting.
Learn more www.anishamusti.com
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CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Host, Quantum Tech Podcast
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CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Host, Quantum Tech Podcast
May 17th 2022
* 05:10 pm -5:35 pm
Debate: “Baby it’s cold out there”. How do we avoid a quantum winter?
May 18th 2022
* 02:30 pm -2:55 pm
Panel discussion: how do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way
to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?
May 19th 2022
* 11:55 am -12:25 pm
Panel discussion: building an inclusive quantum workforce—how can we
encourage more diversity in the field and learn from our previous
mistakes?
Christopher Bishop is a technology futurist, TEDx speaker, LinkedIn Learning
instructor and former IBMer. He is passionate about the power of emerging
technologies to positively transform business and culture, especially quantum
information science. Mr Bishop performed the role of Master of Ceremonies at
four Inside Quantum Technology virtual events as well as the most recent
hybrid version held in New York City in November 2021. He also moderated a
panel on “Building a quantum competent workforce.”
Twice a month, Mr Bishop interviews C-suite executives at leading quantum
companies for his Quantum Tech Pod. Guests have included Chad Rigetti,
(founder and chief executive, Rigetti Computing), Pete Shadbolt (chief
scientific officer, PsiQuantum), whurley (chief executive, strangeworks), and
Ilana Wisby (chief executive, Oxford Quantum Circuits). It is available on
Apple Music and Spotify.
Mr Bishop is also a member of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium
(QEDC) and participates in the Workforce Technology Advisory Committee. In
addition, he has contributed to numerous quantum events as a moderator and
panelist including Quantum London’s “The People That Keep The Qubits
Spinning” (June 2021), “Quantum AI and ML” for Transform Industry (Sept
2021), the launch of the Quantum Strategy Institute (Sept 2021) and two
Washington D.C Quantum Meetups (Oct and Nov, 2021).
12:30 pm -1:00 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES FOR NATIONAL SUCCESS: EXPLORING THE
ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL BENEFITS OF SUPPORTING THE FLOURISHING QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM
How and when will national bets into quantum pay off for society? What will the
future look like when quantum technologies are in our everyday lives?
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NEIL ABROUG
Head of the French National Quantum Strategy, Secrétariat général pour
l'investissement (SGPI)
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NEIL ABROUG
Head of the French National Quantum Strategy, Secrétariat général pour
l'investissement (SGPI)
May 19th 2022
* 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Panel discussion: strategic imperatives for national success: exploring
the economic and societal benefits of supporting the flourishing quantum
ecosystem
Neil Abroug is the head of the French National Quantum Strategy having a 1.8
Billion EUR investment portfolio. He began his career as a research engineer
and project manager at CEA in the field of Industry 4.0. In 2018, he joined
the Directorate General for Enterprises at the French Ministry of Economic
Affairs where he contributed to setting up the national quantum agenda. In
particular, he was the rapporteur of the parliamentary report “Quantum: the
technological shift that France will not miss”. Mr. Abroug is a Dr. Engineer
in applied mathematics. He also graduated in Innovation Management and
Competitive Intelligence.
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PAUL M. DABBAR
Co-founder and chief executive, Bohr Quantum Technology
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PAUL M. DABBAR
Co-founder and chief executive, Bohr Quantum Technology
May 17th 2022
* 05:35 pm -6:05 pm
Panel discussion: is there money to be made from quantum today? Who will
profit from selling shovels to the miners before they find gold?
May 19th 2022
* 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Panel discussion: strategic imperatives for national success: exploring
the economic and societal benefits of supporting the flourishing quantum
ecosystem
The Honorable Paul M. Dabbar is co-founder and chief executive of Bohr
Quantum Technology, a company focused on developing networking technologies
for the emerging quantum internet. He is also a distinguished visiting fellow
at Columbia University.
Prior to that, he was Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of
Energy, leading the department’s efforts in fundamental energy, science, and
commercialization of technologies. He managed 65,000 people and deployed 15
billion dollars per annum at the 17 national labs, U.S. universities, and
international collaborations including at CERN. While Under Secretary, he led
the five-times increase in quantum research budget at the department. He
helped draft the National Quantum Initiative Act and testified before
Congress in support of the legislation. Subsequently he managed the creation
of the five National Quantum Initiative Centers. He also generated the
quantum internet blueprint project, and was a co-author of the published
plan. Previously he also worked at J.P.Morgan and was a nuclear submarine
officer.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the
Wall Street Journal. He has also traveled to the geographic North and South
Poles: to the North Pole by submarine to conduct environmental research while
in the U.S. Navy and to the South Pole in support of high energy physics
missions at South Pole Station.
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KARINA ANGELIEVA
Deputy minister of innovation and growth, Government of Republic of Bulgaria
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KARINA ANGELIEVA
Deputy minister of innovation and growth, Government of Republic of Bulgaria
May 19th 2022
* 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Panel discussion: strategic imperatives for national success: exploring
the economic and societal benefits of supporting the flourishing quantum
ecosystem
Karina Angelieva is a former counselor, head of sector education and research
at the permanent representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the EU. She
holds master degrees in European integration and in contemporary history from
Sofia University’s St. Kliment Ohridski. Previous positions held include
director-general of structural funds and international educational programs
at the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and director of the joint
innovation centre at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (JIC – BAS). She is a
founder of the Club of Young Scientists. In 2018 she was appointed deputy
minister of education and science of Bulgaria and she coordinated the
Bulgarian presidency of the EU in education and R&I.
In the first decade of 2000 Ms. Angelieva was involved in the coordination of
the 6th, 7th EU Framework Program for research and technological development
as well as Horizon 2020, overseeing the national contact network, organising
information days and training for representatives of academic and business
sector to boost their participation in the program. She led several projects
under PHARE on the topic of overall modernisation of the research system in
Bulgaria and later she coordinated PSF peer review of the R&I in Bulgaria
(2015). She has been always committed and devoted to work on complex analysis
and to provide recommendations for the introduction of modern European and
global practices in policy management and design, program financing and
capacity building on a national level.
Ms. Angelieva has extensive expertise and practical experience in the field
of research and innovation, including the coordination, preparation and
management of projects related to the development and deployment of new
applications and services in the field of technology transfer, inter sectoral
partnership ‘industry-academy’ and others. In her current role, she is
responsible for the implementation of innovation policies and funding,
including recovery and resilience plan, European investment and structural
funds, Horizon Europe and others. She is a member of the Commission Board of
the Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange (Bulgarian
Fulbright Commission). In 2022 she joined the executive board of the European
Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructures.
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OSCAR DIEZ
Head of sector quantum computing, European Commission
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OSCAR DIEZ
Head of sector quantum computing, European Commission
May 19th 2022
* 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Panel discussion: strategic imperatives for national success: exploring
the economic and societal benefits of supporting the flourishing quantum
ecosystem
Dr. Oscar Diez is the head of quantum computing at the European Commission
(EC), the executive branch of the European Union (EU). Previously, Dr. Diez
was head of datacentre at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in London. He
holds a PhD in Computer Science from Universidad Politécnica in Madrid and a
Master’s degree in Open eGovernment from the University of Stockholm.
MODERATED BY
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HAL HODSON
Asia technology correspondent, The Economist
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HAL HODSON
Asia technology correspondent, The Economist
May 19th 2022
* 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Panel discussion: strategic imperatives for national success: exploring
the economic and societal benefits of supporting the flourishing quantum
ecosystem
Hal Hodson is The Economist’s Asia technology correspondent, focusing on the
electronics manufacturing industry and the implications of tensions between
America and China. He joined the paper in 2016 as science and technology
correspondent, based in London. Before that he worked at New Scientist in
Boston and London. Hal graduated in 2010 from Trinity College Dublin with a
degree in astrophysics.
1:05 pm -1:20 pm BST
HOW DO WE REVAMP OUR ENCRYPTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATE A QUANTUM RESISTANCE
SCHEME?
Preparing for the threat of a man-in-the-middle attack on critical national
infrastructure: is quantum key distribution up to the job? How long will it take
to transition encryption infrastructure?
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TARO SHIMADA
President and chief executive, Toshiba Corporation
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TARO SHIMADA
President and chief executive, Toshiba Corporation
May 19th 2022
* 01:05 pm -1:20 pm
How do we revamp our encryption infrastructure and create a quantum
resistance scheme?
Taro Shimada joined Toshiba in October 2018 as corporate digital business
chief strategy officer. He has served as chief digital officer, responsible
for supporting Toshiba’s digital transformation and spearheading strategic
business creation and promotion, since April 2019. He was appointed chief
executive and representative director of Toshiba Data Corporation in February
2020, and president and chief executive of Toshiba Digital Solutions
Corporation in April 2020. In March 2022, he was appointed to take the reins
at Toshiba, as president and chief executive.
Mr. Shimada has a diverse background in hardware development, including
commercial aircraft; in process consultation, ranging from automobiles to
precision machinery design and heavy industry; and in product life cycle
management software. As an expert in factory automation, he advised many of
Japan’s leading global manufacturers on digitisation, and he remains an
advisor to the Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative, and to the IoT
Acceleration Lab. He has also contributed to the activities of Industrie 4.0
in Germany and Connected Industries in Japan.
He began his career in 1990 at ShinMaywa Industries Kobe, where he worked on
aircraft for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. In 1999 he joined Structural
Dynamics Research Corporation, a part of Siemens, and took on a series of
progressively senior posts at Siemens KK, and at Siemens HQ in Germany.
Immediately prior to joining Toshiba, Mr. Shimada was executive operating
officer at Siemens K.K. He has been a guest professor at Otemon Gakuin
University in Osaka, Japan.
Away from the office he relaxes by playing the drums, and enjoys all genres
of music.
1:25 pm -1:40 pm BST
CASE STUDY: NIST POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY STANDARDISATION
Quantum computers will undermine current cryptographic defences. This
presentation introduces the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardisation
project. It reviews the progress made in the past six years and provides an
update on the status. The presentation highlights challenges in standardising
post-quantum cryptography and discusses strategies for transition and adoption.
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DR LILY CHEN
Group leader of cryptographic technology, NIST
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DR LILY CHEN
Group leader of cryptographic technology, NIST
May 19th 2022
* 01:25 pm -1:40 pm
Case study: NIST Post-quantum cryptography standardisation
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Dr. Lily (Lidong) Chen is a mathematician and heads Cryptographic Technology
Group in Computer Security Division, NIST. Her team has been developing
cryptographic standards published in Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) and NIST Special Publications (SP). The team is currently devoted to
developing post-quantum cryptography standards, lightweight cryptography
standards for constrained environment, and approaches many advanced
cryptographic areas.
1:45 pm -2:05 pm BST
INTERVIEW: HARVEST NOW, DECRYPT LATER: WHAT ARE THE BAD ACTORS DOING TODAY AND
HOW DO SECURITY LEADERS PREPARE FOR THE STORM THAT IS COMING?
Encrypted data with intelligence longevity is increasingly likely to be stolen
under the expectation that they can eventually be decrypted. How do security
leaders mitigate the risk?
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DR IAN LEVY OBE
Technical director, UK National Cyber Security Centre
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DR IAN LEVY OBE
Technical director, UK National Cyber Security Centre
May 19th 2022
* 01:45 pm -2:05 pm
Interview: Harvest now, decrypt later: what are the bad actors doing today
and how do security leaders prepare for the storm that is coming?
Dr Ian Levy became technical director of the National Cyber Security Centre
in October 2016, prior to which he was technical director of Cyber Security
and Resilience at GCHQ. Dr. Levy leads on developing defences to manage cyber
threats. This involves fostering technical innovation to find solutions that
can protect the UK from large scale cyber attacks, and day-to-day malicious
cyber activity.
MODERATED BY
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TIM CROSS
Technology editor, The Economist
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TIM CROSS
Technology editor, The Economist
May 19th 2022
* 01:45 pm -2:05 pm
Interview: Harvest now, decrypt later: what are the bad actors doing today
and how do security leaders prepare for the storm that is coming?
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Tim Cross joined The Economist as an intern in June 2004. He covered
business, and then transport, energy and the environment for the Britain
section, where he won the Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the
Year in 2005. Mr. Cross now works on the science section, covering, among
other things, astronomy, the space business, medicine, and science stories of
all kinds.
2:10 pm -2:30 pm BST
HARVEST NOW, DECRYPT LATER ATTACKS: UNDERSTANDING THE RISK LANDSCAPE AND
MITIGATION STRATEGIES
How to assess the real risk exposure and develop an effective mitigation
strategy today to help secure for tomorrow.
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PETER BORDOW
Senior vice president and post quantum cryptography, quantum systems &
emerging technology leader for information and cyber security, Wells Fargo
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PETER BORDOW
Senior vice president and post quantum cryptography, quantum systems &
emerging technology leader for information and cyber security, Wells Fargo
May 19th 2022
* 02:10 pm -2:30 pm
Harvest now, decrypt later attacks: understanding the risk landscape and
mitigation strategies
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Peter Bordow leads R&D, strategy, and ideation efforts across a cybersecurity
portfolio that also includes digital identity, privacy enhancing
technologies, and other innovation areas. Peter has over 30 years of
technology and thought leadership/ management experience across many
industries, has managed large research & development and innovation
technology projects, and holds eight US patents in the areas of classic and
quantum cryptography, digital identity, and advanced authentication.
2:35 pm -3:20 pm BST
PANEL DISCUSSION: IS THERE A QUANTUM ADVANTAGE IN THE CONSTANT GAME OF SECURITY
CAT AND MOUSE?
What are the consequences as quantum technology enables new ways to secure and
hack things? Net positive or negative for the good guys? Don’t panic.
Post-quantum cryptography v quantum key distribution: which is the safest bet?
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PETER BORDOW
Senior vice president and post quantum cryptography, quantum systems &
emerging technology leader for information and cyber security, Wells Fargo
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PETER BORDOW
Senior vice president and post quantum cryptography, quantum systems &
emerging technology leader for information and cyber security, Wells Fargo
May 19th 2022
* 02:10 pm -2:30 pm
Harvest now, decrypt later attacks: understanding the risk landscape and
mitigation strategies
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Peter Bordow leads R&D, strategy, and ideation efforts across a cybersecurity
portfolio that also includes digital identity, privacy enhancing
technologies, and other innovation areas. Peter has over 30 years of
technology and thought leadership/ management experience across many
industries, has managed large research & development and innovation
technology projects, and holds eight US patents in the areas of classic and
quantum cryptography, digital identity, and advanced authentication.
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DR ALI EL KAAFARANI
Co-founder and chief executive, PQShield
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DR ALI EL KAAFARANI
Co-founder and chief executive, PQShield
May 19th 2022
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Founder, chief executive and researcher at the Mathematical Institute,
University of Oxford, where he co-founded the cryptography group when he
joined in 2015. Prior to that, Dr. El Kaafarani was a research engineer at
the Cloud and Cybersecurity team at HP Labs. He holds a doctorate in
cryptography from the University of Bath, UK.
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DR LILY CHEN
Group leader of cryptographic technology, NIST
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DR LILY CHEN
Group leader of cryptographic technology, NIST
May 19th 2022
* 01:25 pm -1:40 pm
Case study: NIST Post-quantum cryptography standardisation
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Dr. Lily (Lidong) Chen is a mathematician and heads Cryptographic Technology
Group in Computer Security Division, NIST. Her team has been developing
cryptographic standards published in Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) and NIST Special Publications (SP). The team is currently devoted to
developing post-quantum cryptography standards, lightweight cryptography
standards for constrained environment, and approaches many advanced
cryptographic areas.
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DR ITAN BARMES
Quantum Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte
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DR ITAN BARMES
Quantum Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte
May 19th 2022
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Itan Barmes is a cryptography management and quantum security specialist at
the cyber team of Deloitte NL, and a project fellow at the World Economic
Forum. He focuses on the impact of quantum computing on cyber security and
assists his clients to safely transition to the post quantum era. Itan is
also involves in research activities to quantify the quantum risk to
blockchain, as well as performing resource estimations on how powerful
quantum computers need to become before they pose a threat to cryptography.
Dr Barnes has a PhD in quantum physics from the Vrije Universiteit in
Amsterdam where he conducted research on high precision spectroscopy.
MODERATED BY
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TIM CROSS
Technology editor, The Economist
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TIM CROSS
Technology editor, The Economist
May 19th 2022
* 01:45 pm -2:05 pm
Interview: Harvest now, decrypt later: what are the bad actors doing today
and how do security leaders prepare for the storm that is coming?
* 02:35 pm -3:20 pm
Panel discussion: is there a quantum advantage in the constant game of
security cat and mouse?
Tim Cross joined The Economist as an intern in June 2004. He covered
business, and then transport, energy and the environment for the Britain
section, where he won the Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the
Year in 2005. Mr. Cross now works on the science section, covering, among
other things, astronomy, the space business, medicine, and science stories of
all kinds.
3:25 pm -3:40 pm BST
Y2K LEVEL DISRUPTION WITHOUT THE LUXURY OF A DATE: HOW CAN WE BUY ENOUGH TIME
BEFORE THE SKY STARTS FALLING FOR SECURITY?
What action must be taken as the timeline to defend against quantum attacks and
the timeline for them being real begins to overlap?
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CHUCK BROOKS
Adjunct professor, Georgetown University
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CHUCK BROOKS
Adjunct professor, Georgetown University
May 19th 2022
* 03:25 pm -3:40 pm
Y2K level disruption without the luxury of a date: how can we buy enough
time before the sky starts falling for security?
Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International, is a globally
recognized thought leader and subject matter expert Cybersecurity and
Emerging Technologies. He is also adjunct faculty at Georgetown University’s
Graduate Applied Intelligence Program and the Graduate Cybersecurity Programs
where he teaches courses on risk management, homeland security, and
cybersecurity.
LinkedIn named Mr Brooks as one of “The Top 5 Tech People to Follow on
LinkedIn.” He was named as one of the world’s “10 Best Cyber Security and
Technology Experts” by Best Rated, as a “Top 50 Global Influencer in Risk,
Compliance,” by Thompson Reuters, “Best of The Word in Security” by CISO
Platform, and by IFSEC and Thinkers 360 as the “#2 Global Cybersecurity
Influencer.” He was featured in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 Onalytica “Who’s Who
in Cybersecurity” – as one of the top Influencers for cybersecurity. He was
also named one of the Top 5 Executives to Follow on Cybersecurity by
Executive Mosaic. He is also a cybersecurity expert for “The Network” at the
Washington Post, visiting editor at Homeland Security Today, expert for
Executive Mosaic/GovCon, and a contributor to FORBES.
He has a master’s degree in international relations from the University of
Chicago, a bachelor’s in political science from DePauw University, and a
certificate in International Law from The Hague Academy of International
Law.
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