Empowering Quantum, AI & HPC at Enterprise Scale

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June 25 - 26 2026 | Encore Boston Harbor | Boston, United States

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2026 Agenda

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At Quantum.Tech World, we are uniting key visionaries in quantum across Pharma, Finance, Aerospace & Defence, Energy, Sensing, and more. These speakers will share real-world case studies, providing practical insights on how quantum technologies are solving industry challenges today.

Paul Dabbar

Deputy Secretary
Department of Commerce

Maura Healey

Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Ethan Klein

United States Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Michael Elmore

SVP and Global Chief Information Security Officer
GlaxoSmithKline PLC

Kimberly Budil

Director
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Rich Baich

SVP and CISO
AT&T

John Martinis

CTO and Co Founder
Qolab

Peter Shor

Applied Mathematics Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

John Licata

Innovation Officer and Quantum Lead
ServiceNow

Tony Lowe

CEO
Delta.g

Jesper Møller Sørensen

Ambassador of Denmark to the United States
Royal Embassy of Denmark

Jyotsna Sharma

Program Director
Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy)

Nasser Barghouty

Retired NASA SCaN Chief Scientist
NASA HQ

Elizabeth Rothenberger

Senior Director Communications
FTI Consulting

Mariam Kiran

Group Lead for Quantum Communications and Networking
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Gregory Kanter

Director, Cyber
Quantum Computing Inc

Bob Wold

CEO
Quantum Rings, Inc

Steven Hubbard

Director, Quantum Initiative
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

Xiaojun Huang

Chief Engineer, Modeling, Optimization and Data Science
ExxonMobil

Tanner Crowder

Senior Technical Advisor to the Office of Advanced Scientific Research Computing
Department of Energy

Nima Leclerc

Principal Investigator and Quantum Research Scientist
MITRE

Mingzhao Liu

Senior Scientist
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chris Barton

Founder
Shazam

Joe Spencer

Key Account Manager
Global Quantum Intelligence

Barbara Widholm

VP, Emerging Technology
State Street

Zac Ward

Section Head, Nanomaterials Synthesis
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Xu Han

Scientist
Argonne National Laboratory

Michael Cuthbert

Director
National Quantum Computing Centre

Mihir Bhaskar

SVP, Research & Decelopment
IONQ

Craig Farrell

Quantum, Blockchain and Financial Services Product
EY

Scott Crowder

Vice President, IBM Quantum Adoption
IBM

Alexandra Kelley

Staff Correspondent
Nextgov

Michael Dascal

Vice President, Quantum Product
Fidelity

Andre Koenig

CEO
Global Quantum Intelligence

Najwa Sidqi

Quantum cluster manager
National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC)

Tal David

Chief Executive Officer
Quantum Art.

Alexey Galda

Associate Scientific Director, Quantum Algorithms and Applications
Moderna

Rick Mukherjee

UTC Quantum Center Director
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Satya Bajpai

Managing Director, Quantum & Tech Investment Banking
BTIG

Michael Stivaktakis

Quantum & AI Researcher
Merck

Jean-Sébastien Pegon

Head of Sales, Quantum Safe Security (Western Europe & Americas)
IDQ

Maik Hassel

Director, Product
Photonic Inc.

Gilles Trachsel

Area Vice President - EMEA and India
QuintessenceLabs

Sumit Kapur

CEO
Zapata Quantum

Denise Ruffner

Co Founder
DiviQ

Brian Bernsee

SVP - Head of Cyber Security Architecture and Engineering
Northern Trust

Adrian Stanger

Cybersecurity Directorate Senior Cryptographic Authority
NSA

Henning Soller

Partner
Mckinsey & Co

Jai Singh Arun

Head of Product Management & Strategy, IBM Quantum Safe & Crypto-Agility Product
IBM Software

Satyam Priyadarshy

CEO
Reignite Future

Lara Jehi

Chief Research Information Officer
Cleveland Clinic

Saif Rayyan

Quantum Computing Evangelist - Americas
Fujitsu Research of America

Prachi Vakharia

President & Co-founder
Wiser

Matt Keefe

Senior Manager
THALES

Mark Johnson

SVP Gate Model Products and Technologies
D-Wave Quantum

John Glennon

Quantum Applications Engineer
Classiq

Clay Almy

Head of Growth
Global Quantum Intelligence

Jay Lowell

Senior Technical Fellow
Boeing

Olivier Tonneau

Partner
Quantonation

Bruno Sangle-Ferriere

CEO
Marbeuf Conseil et Recherche

Charles Foley

CEO
MemQ

Yuki Arbel

VP Product
Qiz Security

Michael Crair

Vice Provost for Research
Yale University

YC Choy

Director International and Quantum Policy & Strategy
Ministry of Digital Development and Information

Guy Etgar

VP, North America
Heqa Security

Joe Young

Global Sales, Quantum Security
IonQ

Yuval Boger

Chief Commercial Officer
QuEra Computing

Tommaso Occhipinti

CEO
QTI

Jeremy Raley

Fellow
L3Harris Technologies

Ryan Bennink

Quantum Science Center Deputy Director and Quantum Computational Science Group L
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Matthijs Rijlaarsdam

CEO
QuantWare

Nate Ferraro

Deputy Head, Theory Department
Princeton Plasma Physics Library

Bob Sutor

CEO
Sutor Group Intelligence and Advisory

Wyatt Khosrowshahi

Investor
Castle Island Ventures

Evan Kubes

President
Resonance (The Quantum Insider)

Babak Emami

Senior Quantum Data Scientist
Quantum Computing Inc.

Damien Petty

Partner
Morpheus Ventures

David Wade

CEO
EPB

Nalneesh Gaur

Principal
PwC

Garfield Jones

SVP Global Strategy and Research
QuSecure

Kris Naudts

Founder and Managing Partner
Firgun Ventures

Stephen Harper

Quantum Information Science Engineering Lead
Accenture Federal Services

Juliette Peyronnet

General Manager (US)
Alice and Bob

Aleena Taufiq

Senior AI Product Manager
Verizon

Manfred Rieck

VP
Deutsche Bahn

Sarah McCarthy

Quantum Readiness Lead
Citi

Elise Morgan

Dean, College of Engineering
Boston University

Ali Passian

Senior Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Brian Martin

Chief AI Product Owner, Senior Research Fellow
AbbVie

Anastasia Marchenkova

CEO and Co Founder
Marqov

Karnika Yashwant

Founder and VC
KEY Difference

Sierra Clouse

Managing Partner
Barclo Venture Studio

Bruce Schneier

Advisor
American Binary

Danna Freedman

Quantum Director
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

John -Richard ORDÓÑEZ-VARELA

Smart Monitoring & Quantum Tech Leader
TotalEnergies

Suja Viswesan

Vice President
IBM

Omar Amer

Applied Research Lead | VP
JPMorganChase

Dani Couger

Quantum Lead
Lockheed Martin

Brian LaMacchia

Advisor
American Binary

Emir Roach

Head of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs
Natera

David Kistin

Manager
Sandia National Laboratories

Leonard Newman

Chief Technology Officer
TekSynap

Whitfield Whit Diffie

Advisor
American Binary

Bert De Jong

Director Quantum Systems Accelerator - National Quantum Initiative
Berkeley Lab

Chris Hickman

Chief Security Officer
Keyfactor

Andrew McElroy

CTO and Co-Founder
American Binary

Joe Queenan

CEO
Qlocity

Colton Dillion

Co Founder and CEO
Postquant Labs

Yudong Cao

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Zapata Quantum

Simon Pamplin

Chief Technology Officer
Certes Networks

Mikhail Lukin

Co-Director of the Quantum Science and Engineering Initiative
Harvard University

Karl Mueller

Director
Ames National Laboratory

Seiji Yunoki

Chief Scientist, Computational Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory
RIKEN

Neil Abroug

Quantum Technologies Manager
Inria

Will Oliver

Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John Farrell

Associate Laboratory Director
National Laboratory of the Rockies

Eleanor Rieffel

Professor
Queensland Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance.

Fern Watson

Manager, Emerging Tech and Research
FCA

Kathleen Amm

Director
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Timothy Burt

Scientist
L3 Harris

Micah Stoutimore

QBI Managing Director
DARPA

Bilge Koroglu

Applied Artificial Intelligence and Research and Development Director
Yapi Kredi Teknoloji A.S.

Lekshmy Sankar

Quantum Security Lead
KPMG LLP

Phil Smith

Technology Integration Leader, Q-NEXT
Argonne National Laboratory

Kartheek Solipuram

Associate Director, Expert Technologist
EY

Peter Bordow

Distinguished Engineer and Managing Director
Wells Fargo

Aaron Kemp

Quantum Lead
KPMG LLP

Matthew Cimaglia

Founder, Managing Partner
Quantum Coast Capital

Steve Suarez

Chief Executive Officer
Horizon X

Escolástico Sánchez Martínez

Executive Director
BBVA

Marti S. Head

Associate Vice President, Center for Research Acceleration by Digital Innovation
Amgen

Aparna Prabhakar

SVP Strategy and Sustainability
Schneider Electric

Anna Grassellino

Senior Scientist, Director of Superconducting Quantum Materials & Systems Center
SQMS DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center

Mollie Schwartz

Quantum Enabled Communication
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Jeff Nelson

Director, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Sandia National Laboratories

Zoran Krunic

Former Senior Manager, Data Science, Research & Development
Amgen

Dawn Wood

Principal Engineer
BAE Systems

Kristin Milchanowski

CAIDO
BMO

Celia Merzbacher

Associate Director
QED-C

Brian Miles

Principal Member of Tech Staff
AT&T

Qi Gao

Distinguished Scientist
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Tahereh Rezaei

PQC Scientist
Wells Fargo

Zac Dutton

Vice President, Defence Technology
RTX

Davide Venturelli

Associate Director
USRA

Geetha Senthil

Deputy Director and Office of Special Initiatives National Center of Advancing T
NCATS/NIH

Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio

Chief Information Officer
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

Kimberly D McGuire

Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA)
Brookhaven National Lab

Yaakov Weinstein

Chief Scientist of Quantum Technologies
MITRE

Jalal Mapar

Sr. Advisor For Emerging Technologies (Retired)
DHS S&T

Michael Hayduk

Deputy Director
Air Force Research Laboratory

Yancho Gerdjikov

Manager, Emerging Technologies
Nestlé

Manivannan Venkatesan

Advanced Technology (Digital) Lead
US Navy

Christopher Bishop

chief reinvention officer
Improvising careers

Lily Chen

Mathematician
NIST

Rajesh Patil

Chief Technology Officer
enQase

Jarmo Sareva

Consul General, Ambassador
Consulate General of Finland

Steven Menges

EVP
enQase

Kathy Yelick

Vice Chancellor for Research and Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor of EEC
UC Berkeley

Johanna Sepulveda

Chief Engineer - R&T Leader for Quantum Secure Communications & Optica
Airbus Space and Defence

Davide Corbelletto

Quantum Technology Specialist
Intesa Sanpaolo Spa

Charles Beyrouthy

Managing Partner
Forma Prime

Nobushige Oguri

Deputy Director Digital Infrastructure Solutions Development Division
Softbank

Christine Bakan

Group VP
Roche

Jerome Foret

Managing Director
Quantum Launchpad

Michael Baczyk

Investor
Heartcore Capital

Chad Hennings

3x Super Bowl Champion
Dallas Cowboys

Nobert Linke

Director
QLab

Peter Lemke

Senior Digital Science Associate
BP

Jens Dilling

Director
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Larry Deschaine

Team Lead - Data Sciences
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)

Arakawa Akihiko

Data Scientist
Chugai Pharmaceutical

Nadya Mason

Dean, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago

Ahmad Sheikh

Global Head, Molecular Profiling and Drug Delivery ACOS Distinguished Research
AbbVie

Rahul Deshpande

EVP and Global Head of R&D
MasterCard Worldwide

Wendy Shaw

Director Physical Sciences Division
Pacific Northwest National Lab

Justin Fanelli

Chief Technology Officer
United States Department of the Navy

James Kushmerick

Director Physical Measurement Laboratory
NIST

Erwin Gianchandani

Assistant Director, TIP Directorate
U.S. National Science Foundation

David Berkowitz

Assistant Director, MPS Directorate
U.S. National Science Foundation

Samuel Stein

Quantum Lead
Pacific Northwest National Lab

Steven Currall

Executive Director and Associate Vice Provost for Academic-Corporate Initiatives
Harvard University

Jalal Mapar

Sr. Advisor For Emerging Technologies (Retired)
DHS S&T

Alex Mitrov

Commercial Strategy & Partnerships Lead
Q*Bird

Susan Gregurick

Associate Director for Data Science
National Institutes of Health

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