Day 1
December 8, 2020
Business Track
Eric Schmidt on the Early Strategic Decisions and Future of Quantum Computing
Kia Kokalitcheva, Eric Schmidt
Axios, Schmidt Futures
The Power of Quantum Computers
Andrew Childs
Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Maryland
Igniting the Quantum Ecosystem
Zaira Nazario
IBM
The Measurement in the Middle – Algorithm Development on Honeywell’s Quantum Computer
Ross Duncan
Cambridge Quantum Computing
Investment Trends in Quantum Computing
Jason Palmer, Thomas d’Halluin, Tomer Diari, Andrew Schoen, Margaret Wu
The Economist, Airbus Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, NEA, Georgian
Demo Track
QC Ware Forge – Delivering Performance
Fabio Sanches, Sean J. Weinberg, Natalie Parham
QC Ware
Orquestra: Quantum-Ready Workflows for ML and Optimization
Alejandro Perdomo Ortiz
Zapata
The Future of Quantum Software in the Cloud
Blake Johnson
IBM
New Tools for Quantum Algorithms Research
Alan Ho
Google Quantum AI
Demonstrations of Honeywell’s Differentiated Technology
Brian Neyenhuis, Wojciech Burkott, Jules Tilly
Honeywell Quantum Solutions, BEIT, Rahko
Future-Proofing Your Quantum Development with Q# and QIR
Stefan Wernli
Microsoft
Women in Quantum Computing
Denise Ruffner, Patty Lee, Jessica Pointing, Catherine McGeoch
IonQ, Honeywell Quantum Solutions, University of Oxford, D-Wave
QML and Ethics
Sophia Chen, Faye Wattleton, Kate Weber, Katie Pizzolato
Eeroq, Google
Quantum Computing and Environmental Sustainability
Bryan Walsh, Jean-Francois Bobier, Michael Marthaler, Mark Daly
Axios, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH, BloombergNEF
Quantum Gaming
Dean Takahashi, Christopher Cantwell, James Wootton, Prof. Sabrina Maniscalco
VentureBeat, Quantum Realm Games, IBM Quantum, Algorithmiq Ltd
Day 2
December 9, 2020
Fireside Chat with John Preskill
Jennifer Ouellette, John Preskill
Ars Technica, Caltech
Quantum Information Science at the Air Force Research Laboratory
Michael Hayduk
Air Force Research Laboratory
Building a Practical Error-Corrected Quantum Computer in 10 Years
Alan Ho, Julian Kelly, Yu Chen, Anthony Megrant
Google Quantum AI
Advancing Quantum with Our Partners: A View of the Road Ahead from IBM
Anthony Annunziata
IBM
Shaping the Future of Quantum Computing
Tony Uttley, Ilyas Khan, Christopher Savoie
Honeywell Quantum Solutions, Cambridge Quantum Computing, Zapata Computing
10 things to know about quantum computing on AWS
Nadia Carlsten
AWS
Day 3
December 10, 2020
Government Track
Quantum Education
Tim Lawrence
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL Overview and AFWERX Summary
Brigadier General Heather L. Pringle, Mr. Jack L. Blackhurst
Air Force Research Laboratory
Quantum Information Science in the Department of Energy Office of Science
Thomas F. Russell
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science
Quantum Computing in the UK Government Funding Initiatives
Roger Mckinlay
UK Research and Innovation
How quantum computing can work with AI, 5G lasers to complete smart manufacturing and open the era of Society 5.0
Dr. Koji Yasui
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Discussing Singapore’s Current Quantum Eco-system
Alexander Ling
Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore
Industry Track
Quantum Research at Goldman Sachs: Working backwards to find quantum advantage
Will Zeng
Goldman Sachs
BBVA Quantum-Ready journey, towards a Corporate Quantum Mindset
Dr. Andrea Cadarso Robolledo, Carlos Kuchkovsky Jimenez, Escolástico Sánchez
BBVA
Automotive industry panel
Richard Waters, Takanori Ide, Joydip Ghosh, Oliver Wick, Florian Neukart
Financial Times, AISIN Group, Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Co., BMW Research and Innovation, Volkswagen
Aerospace Industry Panel
Frederic Lardinois, Jay Lowell, Thomas Ohki, Thierry Botter
TechCrunch, Boeing, Raytheon, Airbus
Quantum Computing & Materials Discovery
Clara Moskowitz, Christian Gogolin, Qi Gao, Thomas Eckl
Scientific American, Covestro Deutschland AG, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Science & Innovation Center, Robert Bosch GmbH
Quantum computing research at ExxonMobil
Amy Herhold
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
Pioneering a Viable Quantum Computing Approach at BP
Jhonathan Romero Fontalvo, Corneliu Buda, Clena Abuan
Zapata, British Petroleum
Pre-competitive alliances in pharma: looking for the right use cases
Brian Martin, John Wise, Celia Merzbacher
AbbVie, Pistoia Alliance, SRI International
QC in Pharma: industry perspective
Alex Knapp, Martin Strahm, Emir Roach, Govinda Bhisetti, Biogen
Forbes, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Takeda Pharmaceuticals,
QC in Pharma: vendor perspective
Alex Knapp, Benno Broer, Carl Dukatz, Mark Fingerhuth, Hans Melo
Forbes, Qu&Co, Accenture, ProteinQure, Menten Al, Inc.
Tech Track
Quantum Computing Leadership
Grazia Vittadini, Marc Fisher
Airbus
Fireside Chat with Umesh Vazirani
Adrian Cho, Umesh Vazirani
Science Magazine, UC Berkeley
AMA wtih a Quantum Computing Superhero
Scott Aaronson
The University of Texas at Austin
Optimal Protocols in Quantum Annealing and QAOA Problems
Alexey Gorshkov
NIST and University of Maryland
Quantum Natural Language Processing
Bob Coecke
University of Oxford, Cambridge Quantum Computing
Cost-Function-Dependent Barren Plateaus in Shallow Quantum Neural Networks
Patrick Coles
Los Alamos National Laboratory
USRA-Q2B Applied NISQ Computing Award competition and winner
Davide Venturelli, Aram Harrow
USRA, MIT
Noise-Resilient Implementation of a Quantum Nearest Centroid Algorithm
Sonika Johri
IonQ
Quantum Simulations of the Lithium Superoxide Dimer Rearrangement
Gavin Jones
IBM Quantum
How to achieve the largest scale fermionic quantum simulations on a NISQ computer
Zhang Jiang, Nick Rubin
QC Stack Track
Accelerate your next innovation with Keysight Quantum Solutions
José Luis Pino, Eric Holland, Diego Riste, Philip Krantz
Keysight Technologies
NL perspective on quantum computing venturing
Freeke Heijman, Benno Broer, Adriaan Rol, Ton van’t Noordende
Quantum Delta Netherlands, Qu&Co, Orange Quantum Systems, Company Quantum Delta // PHX
Exploiting Mid-circuit Measurement and Quibit Reuse to Simulate Large Quantum Systems
Michael Foss-Feig
Honeywell Quantum Solutions (HQS)
Carbon Nanotubes for Quantum Computing
Pierre Desjardins, Matthieu Desjardins
C12 Quantum Electronics
Connecting Qubits to Quantum Algorithms
Sadik Hafizovic, Jan Benhelm
Zurich Instruments
An Application Benchmark for Quantum Optimization
Yudong Cao, Travis Scholten
Zapata, IBM Quantum
Tackling Questions in Chemistry with Quantum Computers
Jamie Garcia
IBM
Social Track