Quantum.Tech USA 2025
April 2025
Washington D.C.
Agenda Day 1
8:00 am - 8:40 am
EDT
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING
8:40 am - 8:45 am
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Welcome Address
8:45 am - 8:55 am
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Morning Chair's Opening Remarks
André M. König -
CEO,
Interference Advisors
8:55 am - 9:45 am
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Bringing Quantum Technologies to Fruition: A Coordinated Approach
Nasser Baghouty -
Chief Scientist,
NASA SCaN
Denise Caldwell - Division Director, National Science Foundation
Jalal Mapar - Sr Advisor for Emerging Technologies, Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate
Geetha Senthil - Program Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Corey Stambaugh - Sr. Policy Advisor for the National Quantum Coordination Office, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Quantum enabled technologies, from computers to networks and sensors, can provide enhanced performance for a range of applications. However, bringing promising R&D from the lab to field, and finally to market, takes time and resources. In the near-term, sensors appear to hold the greatest potential for deployment. In the United States, the National Quantum Initiative Act calls on federal agencies to support the development of programs that can accelerate this transition. An important element of this is coordination that connects the quantum research community with potential end users. to facilitate effective adoption and deployment of these quantum technologies and building the new generation of QIS workforce.
This Panel will provide an overview of federal efforts to bring quantum technologies to fruition.
This Panel will provide an overview of federal efforts to bring quantum technologies to fruition.
Jalal Mapar
Sr Advisor for Emerging TechnologiesDepartment of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate
Corey Stambaugh
Sr. Policy Advisor for the National Quantum Coordination OfficeWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy
9:45 am - 10:45 am
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Fortune 500 Enterprise Adoption Panel, Pushing Quantum adoption beyond the 101
Peter Bordow -
SVP, Principal Architect & Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Systems & Emerging Technology Leader,
Wells Fargo
Steve Flinter - Vice President AI and Machine Learning, Mastercard
Leigh Lapworth - Fellow, Computational Science, Rolls-Royce
Jay Lowell - Senior Technical Fellow, Boeing
Robert Sutor - Vice President, Corporate Development, ColdQuanta
This panel brings together some of the global leaders in Quantum computing from major enterprises.
They will be discussing where quantum lies halfway through 2022 asking;
- How far off is a real quantum advantage for enterprises?
- How are they scaling up their Quantum teams?
- Are they seeing customer advantage from adopting Quantum solutions?
- Is quantum technology now being taken seriously in the boardroom?
Peter Bordow
SVP, Principal Architect & Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Systems & Emerging Technology LeaderWells Fargo
10:45 am - 11:25 am
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NETWORKING BREAK
11:25 am - 11:45 am
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Resurfacing the Computable in Pharmaceutical R&D
Hal Stern -
VP & CIO R&D,
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
11:45 am - 12:55 pm
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Panel Discussion: The Path to Commercialization: A roadmap update from the leading processor providers
Jerry M. Chow -
IBM Fellow and Director of Quantum Infrastructure,
IBM
Doug Finke - Managing Editor, Quantum Computing Report
Rob Hays - CEO and President, Atom Computing
Florian Neukart - Chief Product Officer, Terra Quantum
Murray Thom - Vice President of Product Management, D-Wave
Tony Uttley - President and COO, Quantinuum
Always a highlight of Quantum.Tech this session brings together the tech’s global leaders where they will be showcasing their latest offerings. Each speaker has 15 minutes to provide an insight into;
- What are the real-world solutions quantum can provide for enterprises?
- Is the hardware there yet?
- Where are we along the NISQ era?
- How are these organizations working with software providers?
12:55 pm - 1:55 pm
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NETWORKING LUNCH & “LUNCH AND LEARN” SESSIONS
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Lunch and Learn: Managing High-Performance Classical and Quantum Workflows with Covalent
Will Cunningham -
Head of Quantum Software,
Agnostiq
Covalent is an open-source Pythonic workflow tool designed for quantum and high performance computing applications. Covalent is designed for pre-production R&D workflows where rapid iteration and exploratory work is the focus. Attendees will learn how to construct and deploy workflows in heterogeneous environments, how to visualize and communicate complex task dependencies, and how quantum computers fit into the broader computing landscape. Learn more about Covalent at https://covalent.xyz.
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Stream A Chair's Remarks Dr. Jennifer Strabley - Senior Director of Offering Management, Quantinuum
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Use case by VW Group and Terra Quantum AG: Leveraging hybrid quantum computing to generate business advantage in the automotive industry Karan Pinto - Head of Growth and Product, Terra QuantumDavid Von Dollen - Head of AI for Enterprise Data Management IT, Volkswagen Group of America
Volkswagen Group Data Lab has joined forces with Terra Quantum, a Quantum-as-a-Service company, to collaborate on hybrid quantum applications for the automotive industry. In this workshop session, David van Dollen, Head of AI for Enterprise Data Management IT at Volkswagen Group of America, and Karan Pinto, Head of Growth & Product at Terra Quantum AG, will be sharing insights on how they applied a hybrid quantum computing approach and showcased potential business benefit for the company in two use cases: workflow scheduling and enhanced image recognition systems. They will discuss the projects, aspects of the scope and research areas covered, and share their insights on results and lessons learned. In their presentation they will also make an effort to point out overall challenges and opportunities for quantum and quantum inspired computing in the current NISQ era.
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:20 pm - 2:45 pm Taking automotive quantum POCs to production Dr. Helmut Katzgraber - Senior Practice Manager, Amazon Quantum Solutions LabMarcin Ziolkowski - Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Expert, Data Scientist, BMW Group
The mission of the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab is to help AWS customers accelerate their use of quantum technologies in their products and operations. We strive to build scalable, hardware-agnostic solutions today, while preparing our customers for a fault-tolerant quantum future. In 2021, AWS teamed up with the BMW Group to identify the best quantum use cases in the automotive industry via an open quantum challenge. In this presentation we will explain how one of the hardest challenge problems, optimizing robot motion planning for automotive assembly, was solved at scale with the help of AWS, while also looking to a quantum future. Additionally, we will provide an overview of quantum efforts at Amazon.
Marcin Ziolkowski
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Expert, Data ScientistBMW Group
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Panel Discussion: Realism vs Idealism: A practical view of the current state of quantum computing in pharma Kam Chana - Director of Computational Platforms, MerckElica Kyoseva - Quantum Computing Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Peter Clark - Head of Computational Science & Engineering, Janssen R&D, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Brian Martin - Head of AI – The RAIDERS Research & Development, Information Research, AbbVie
Christopher Savoie - Founder & CEO, Zapata Computing
- Beyond all the hype about drug discovery; where does quantum in pharma actually stand?
- What can Quantum computing help pharmaceutical companies achieve?
- How is Quantum helping with workflow optimization?
- Will Quantum drive advantage when it comes to the next big breakthrough in life sciences?
Peter Clark
Head of Computational Science & Engineering, Janssen R&DThe Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Stream B Chair's Remarks Najwa Sidqi - Knowledge Transfer Manager in Quantum Technologies, KTN
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Panel Discussion: How Quantum Algorithms are driving the future of financial services Peter Bordow - SVP, Principal Architect & Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Systems & Emerging Technology Leader, Wells FargoEsperanza Cuenca Gómez - Head of Strategy & Outreach, Multiverse Computing
William Hurley - Founder & CEO, Strangeworks
Haim Israel - Managing Director of Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Najwa Sidqi - Knowledge Transfer Manager in Quantum Technologies, KTN
- What are the potential applications of quantum computing in financial services?
- What impact is quantum computing having on operational workflows?
- Does Quantum have the potential to impact the computer?
- How many QuBits are needed to make a real difference to financial services?
- Is Quantum as a Service the way forward for banks and insurers?
Peter Bordow
SVP, Principal Architect & Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Systems & Emerging Technology LeaderWells Fargo
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
2:50 pm - 3:25 pm Quantum in 2022: The Transforming World Haim Israel - Managing Director of Research, Bank of America Merrill LynchWe 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 Moor’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.
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
3:25 pm - 3:45 pm Quantum Machine Learning Dr. Elton Zhu - Quantum Research Scientist, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
Stream C: Secure Communications and Cryptography
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Stream C Chair's Remarks Doug Finke - Managing Editor, Quantum Computing ReportStream C: Secure Communications and Cryptography
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm London quantum Metro Network Trial Andrew Lord - Senior Manager, Optical Research, BT
Stream C: Secure Communications and Cryptography
2:20 pm - 3:15 pm Quantum Key Distribution vs. Post Quantum Cryptography vs. TrUE Quantum Encryption: Who is the Betamax, who is the VCR, and who is the DVD? Brian Miles - Principal Member of Technical Staff, AT&TVenkata Josyula - Director, Technology, Verizon
Doug Finke - Managing Editor, Quantum Computing Report
Andrew Lord - Senior Manager, Optical Research, BT
Michele Mosca - CEO, evolutionQ
Michael Redding - CTO, Quantropi
- What is the future of quantum communications?
- How far off are we from the quantum internet?
- Can we make quantum communications secure?
- What platform will become dominate the future of Quantum communications?
- Is the software there yet to ensure QKD has a successful rollout?
- Should we expect to see interoperability between telcos; and the onset of telco federation models?
Stream C: Secure Communications and Cryptography
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Cryptography Showcase: 2 Communications and Cryptography solutions providers showcase their innovations Vincent Berk - Chief Strategy Officer, Quantum XchangeNick Kuang - Director of Operations, Quantropi
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
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NETWORKING BREAK
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
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Classiq Coding Competition Results
Yuval Boger -
Chief Marketing Officer,
Classiq
Nir Minerbi - CEO, Classiq
Classiq will announce the winners of the Classiq Coding Competition, a quantum software competition where contestants compete to create highly-efficient quantum circuits for problems in chemistry, optimization, finance and more
4:25 pm - 5:10 pm
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International Quantum Initiatives Panel Discussion: Global use cases of how government, industry and researchers are collaborating to drive quantum innovation
Thierry Botter -
Executive Director,
European Quantum Industry Consortium
Roger McKinlay - Challenge Director, Quantum Technologies, UK Innovation & Research
Celia Merzbacher - Executive Director, Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
Bob Sorensen - Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Analyst for Quantum Computing, Hyperion Research
Tatjana Wilk - Lead MQV-Outreach & General Manager, Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology
- Understanding how governments are funding innovation at a domestic level
- Are we seeing private and public partnerships between government and Quantum scale ups?
- How are national governments harnessing local talent at academic institutions?
- Geo-politically are we beginning to see alliances between different nations and regions Quantum initiatives?
- How do governments help create a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship?
- How can we avoid Quantum Nationalism?
Bob Sorensen
Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Analyst for Quantum ComputingHyperion Research
Tatjana Wilk
Lead MQV-Outreach & General ManagerMunich Center for Quantum Science and Technology
5:10 pm - 6:00 pm
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Lessons Learned: How these Quantum CEOs built their companies and cultures
John Hynes -
CFO,
QC Ware
André M. König - CEO, Interference Advisors
Georges-Olivier Reymond - CEO, Pasqal
Tony Uttley - President and COO, Quantinuum
Ilana Wisby - CEO, Oxford Quantum Circuits
The quantum industry is growing exponentially. As the technology continues to develop and we see more quantum adoption; how are these leaders staying ahead of the curve?
- How are they scaling up their organizations whilst retaining a culture of innovation?
- Build, buy or partner – how do these start ups and scale ups take on the tech giants?
- Where do they see the future revenue coming from?
- Are IPOs and SPACs the next steps for these organizations?
- How do they source their talent?
