Quantum World Congress 2022 | Connected DMV | 29 November 2022 | Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

This event is the first-ever gathering of its kind – connecting the world’s quantum ecosystem. Cross-sector, multi-disciplinary leaders and participants from around the world will gather to explore this groundbreaking field. This event welcomes quantum technology visionaries, policymakers, researchers, business and investment leaders, educators, and students to discuss and showcase major developments in quantum solutions, research, education, workforce, thought leadership, policy, business, and investment. Technology builders and buyers will also discuss national and global progress as well as challenges and opportunities in the development of quantum computing, sensing, communications, and materials.

It’s a net-new, large-scale, cross-sector, multi-domain event connecting research, innovation, investment, business, and government agencies with universities, labs, start-ups, and end-users. The event showcases major trends in quantum solutions, research, education, workforce, thought leadership, policy, business, and investments.

Why You Should Attend:
• Connect
With stakeholders, decision-makers, and future developers of quantum technology - including policymakers, researchers, business and investment leaders, and students.

• Collaborate
On major trends in quantum solutions, research, education, workforce, thought leadership, policy, and business and investment.

• Learn
From presenters and thought leaders who will lead genuine discussions about the real-world challenges, innovations, applications, manufacturing, and emerging technologies in a new reality.

2022 Speakers

ANNE NEUBERGER
Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology

National Security Council
The White House

Dr. Darryll Pines
President, University of Maryland

Dr. Laurie Locascio
Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Gilbert Herrera
Director of Research, National Security Agency

Dr. Charles Tahan
Assistant Director, Quantum Information Science, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Dr. Cathy Foley
Chief Scientist, Australia

Dr. Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)

Dr. David Awschalom
Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange

Dr. Christopher Monroe
Founder and Chief Scientist, IonQ, Fellow, JQI and QuICS

Dr. Michelle Simmons
Director of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, Australian Research Council

Dr. Jake Taylor
Chief Science Officer, Riverlane, Fellow, NIST and JQI

Dr. Jay Lowell
Chief Scientist, Boeing Disruptive Computing and Networks

Dr. Lene Oddershede
Senior Vice President, Natural & Technical Sciences; Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation

Dr. Geneviève Tanguay
Vice President of Research, National Research Council of Canada

Jack Hidary
CEO, Sandbox AQ

Dr. Chad Rigetti
CEO, Rigetti Computing, Inc.

Adm. Michael S. Rogers
U.S. Navy, Ret., Senior Advisor, Rigetti Computing, Inc.

Whurley
Founder & CEO, Strangeworks

Dr. Jay Gambetta
Vice President of Quantum, IBM

Scott Faris
CEO, ColdQuanta

Dr. Johnpierre Paglione
Professor and Director, Maryland Quantum Materials Center, University of Maryland

Tony Uttley
President and Chief Operating Officer, Quantinuum

Bob Sutor
Vice President and Chief Quantum Advocate, ColdQuanta

Dr. Andrew White
Director, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)

Dr. James Rabeau
Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform Lead, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr. Lara Jehi
Chief Research Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Former Senator Bob Corker
Former U.S. Senator, Tennessee

Hon. Tim Kelly
Mayor, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dr. Robert Atkinson
Founder & President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Dr. Tyrel M. McQueen
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Falecia Williams
President, Prince George’s Community College

Stu Solomon
President and CEO, Connected DMV

George Thomas
Director, Potomac Quantum Innovation Center, Chief Innovation Officer, Connected DMV

Dr. Steven Angle
Chancellor, University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Sarah Bauder
Vice President, Development & Workforce Initiatives, NEXTversity Initiative Lead, Connected DMV

Dr. Nathan Bishop
Technical Program Manager, Intel

Dr. Gerald Borsuk
Associate Director of Research for Systems, Naval Research Laboratory

Dr. Russell Ceballos
Curriculum and Education Partnership Liaison, Chicago Quantum Exchange

Alex Challans
CEO, The Quantum Insider

Alexander Condello
Director of Algorithms, Performance, and Tools, D-Wave Systems Inc.

La Vida Cooper
Executive Director, Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Raymond Cron
CEO, Switzerland Innovation

DR. LUCA DELLANTONIO
Fellow, Institute for Quantum Computing

David Dorsey
Partner, 11.2 Capital

Carl Dukatz
Quantum Program Lead, Principal Director, Accenture

Dr. Duncan Earl
President and Chief Technology Officer, Qubitekk

Dr. Tomasz Durakiewicz
Program Director, Condensed Matter Physics, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation

Dr. Emily Edwards
Executive Director and Lead, Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center, University of Illinois

Dr. Fredrik Fatemi
Associate Director & Branch Chief for Quantum Sciences, Army Research Laboratory

Doug Finke
Managing Editor, Quantum Computing Report

Idalia Friedson
Chief of Staff, Rigetti Computing Inc.

Dr. Noel Goddard
CEO, Qunnect

Dr. Karla Hagan
Senior Policy Advisor, Science and Innovation, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, British Embassy

Dr. Joseph Hagmann
Quantum Technology Specialist, MITRE

Dr. Marilyn Hamilton
Dean of Academic Affairs, The University of the District of Columbia Community College

Mark Hannum
K-12 Program Manager, American Association of Physics Teachers, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Dr. Charles Harry
Associate Research Professor, School of Public Policy; Director, GoTech; Senior Research Associate, Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland

Dr. Michael Hayduk
Deputy Director, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Dr. Arthur Herman
Director, Quantum Alliance Initiative, Hudson Institute

Robert Heverly
Associate Professor, Albany Law School

Dr. Bruno Huttner
Director of Strategic Quantum Initiatives, Quantum Key Distribution Evangelist, ID Quantique SA

Dr. Alex Keesling
CEO, QuEra

Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick
Research Assistant Professor and Acting Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University

ANDRÉ M. KÖNIG
Publisher, OneQuantum

Kaniah Konkoly-Thege
Chief Legal Officer, Quantinuum

Dr. Randy Kuang
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Quantropi Inc.

Piotr Kulczakowicz
Director, Quantum Startup Foundry, University of Maryland

Denis Mandich
Chief Technology Officer, Qrypt

Dr. Bonnie Marlow
Quantum Sensors Group Leader, MITRE

Dr. Andre Marshall
Vice President, Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact, George Mason University

Ryan McKenney
Associate, Privacy and Technology Transactions Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP

Rima Oueid
Commercialization Executive, Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Kevin Peters
Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer, National Quantum Literacy Network

Dr. Nicholas A. Peters
Section Head & Distinguished Research and Development Staff, The Quantum Information Science Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Marco Pistoia
Managing Director, Head of Global Technology Applied Research, JP Morgan Chase

John Prisco
CEO, Safe Quantum, Inc.

Michael Redding
Chief Technology Officer, Quantropi Inc.

Dr. Jessica Rosenberg
Associate Professor; Director of Education, Quantum Science and Engineering Center, George Mason University

Denise Ruffner
President, Women in Quantum

Dr. Daniel Sachs
Executive Director, Deep Tech Ventures, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago

Dr. Christopher Savoie
CEO, Zapata Computing, Inc.

Susan Schwamberger
Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President of Operations, Quantinuum

Allison Schwartz
Global Government Relations & Public Affairs Leaders, D-Wave Systems Inc.

Donn Silberman
Founding Director, The Optics Institute of Southern California

Amanda Stein
CEO, Quantum Catalyzer (Q-CAT)

Paul Stimers
Founder, Quantum Industry Coalition

Connor Teague
President, Quantum Futures

Dr. Peter Turner
CEO, Sydney Quantum Academy

Prachi J. Vakharia
Co-Founder, Womanium

Valerie Vasquez
Director of Government Affairs, SandboxAQ

Dr. Patrick Vora
Associate Professor and Director, Quantum Science and Engineering Center, George Mason University

David Wade
President and CEO, Chattanooga Electric Power Board

Dr. Ron Walsworth
Co-Founder, Quantum Catalyzer (Q-CAT)

Dr. Kate Weber
Interim Global Lead for Emerging Technology Policy, Google

Dr. Yaakov Weinstein
Physicist, The MITRE Corporation

Kevin Wolf
Partner, Akin Gump

Dr. Ruoyi Zhou
Director, IBM Discovery Accelerator, Cleveland Clinic

Alexandra Fuentes
Manager, STEAM & Computer Science, Fairfax County Public Schools

Dr. John Paul Sawyer
Interim Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance; Director, Strategic Research Initiatives, University of Maryland

Lamont Silves
Head of Government Solutions, IonQ

2022 Sponsors

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA:

• Fairfax County Economic Development Authority
• Virginia Economic Development Partnership
• Alexandria Economic Development Partnership
• Arlington Economic Development
• City of Falls Church
• City of Fairfax Virginia
• Fauquier County
• Loudoun County Economic Development
• City of Manassas
• Manassas Park
• Prince William County

STATE OF MARYLAND:
• Maryland Department of Commerce
• Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
• Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation

PRESENTING:
• The University of Maryland
• Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance
• Boeing
• Quantinuum

CHAMPION:
• ColdQuanta

FRONTIER:
• EPB
• IonQ
• Orrick
• Quantum Economic Development Consortium
• Quantum Industry Coalition
• Qubitekk
• Rigetti

IN-KIND:
• K&L Gates
• National Security Institute at George Mason University
• Destination DC
• Washington DC Economic Partnership

SUPPORTING:
• Morgan State University
• Howard University
• Quantum Startup Foundry
• Joint Quantum Institute