INNOVATION AND ECOSYSTEM DAY 1

Quantum technologies are rapidly developing global industries. The necessary innovation and market development have to be supported by appropriate global standards. How will we ensure timely development of appropriate standards for the quantum world?

John Devaney

Quantum Standards Manager
NPL

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• The talk will provide an overview of Covesion’s wavelength conversion technology

• Give examples of use in quantum applications

• Summarise the development of solutions that are key for the quantum supply chain

Stuart Coomber

Global Head of OEM Sales
Covesion

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Q-Alchemy offers a unique and powerful way to copy data into a quantum processor, enabling applications to be solvable on today’s hardware. We think quantum computing end-to-end, the brand Q-Alchemy fuses real-world applications with real-world hardware. QAlchemy is a SaaS offering and a registered trademark (DE) of data cybernetics, a German based technology & research start-up, where deep expertise meets practical hands-on solutions.

I will talk about:

• Why do we need to copy data into quantum? Why this is a challenge? A motivation.

• How do we solve this challenge? The high-level logic behind our (patent pending) approach.

• A (live) demo of the SaaS Q-Alchemy.

• Q&A

Carsten Blank

Co-Founder and CEO
Q-Alchemy

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On May 25, 1961, US President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending Americans to the moon by the end of the decade. Eight years later, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.

In making his initial announcement before a Joint Session of Congress, Kennedy stated:

I believe we possess all the resources and talents necessary. But the facts of the matter are that we have never made the national decisions or marshaled the national resources required for such leadership. We have never specified long-range goals on an urgent time schedule, or managed our resources and our time so as to insure their fulfillment.

We need to do the same for quantum computing, and we need to do it together with international parties such as those in the AUKUS partnership.

The moon program had three development phases: Mercury, Gemini, and then finally, Apollo itself. The phases overlapped, and each had specific goals for innovation that would lead to the final success. If our goal is to have quantum computing systems with Practical Quantum Advantage, systems capable of solving hard problems of great importance to society, we must structure our quantum computing program in the same way. Instead, we continue to see public and private investments focused on the early parts of the very first stage. Put in space terms, we have dozens of companies developing small engines for the Mercury Redstone rocket. Many of these will fail. Even worse, they are not spending the time, money, and intellectual resources on the technology we will need later in the program.

In this talk, I will outline the phases and steps necessary for achieving a "quantum computing moon landing." It's not a moonshot, it's a plan for success among government agencies and private companies.

Bob Sutor

VP and Practice Leader, Emerging Techologies
Futurum Group

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