Venue
Capital One Hall
Capital One Hall, 7750 Capital One Tower Rd., Tysons, VA 22101

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Event Date Tue Sep 26 EDT - Thu Sep 28 EDT (about 1 year ago)
Location Capital One Hall
7750 Capital One Tower Rd., Tysons, VA 22101
Region Americas
Details

It is the premier global quantum conference – connecting the world’s quantum ecosystem, including the brightest researchers, innovators, technology developers, legislators, and industry experts – to accelerate the value of the growing quantum industry.

A premier global event that shapes and drives the transformation towards a quantum-powered future, this highly anticipated conference, exposition, and networking extravaganza will unite visionaries and experts from all corners of the quantum ecosystem.

Together, we will tackle urgent challenges, delve into emerging trends, and exchange valuable insights that will propel the acceleration and commercialization of quantum technologies.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

ALEXIS BONNELL
Chief Information Officer and Director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. David Bray
Loomis Council Co-Chair and Distinguished Fellow, The Henry L. Stimson Center
Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Business Executives for National Security

Peter Chapman
President & CEO, IonQ

A.C. CHARANIA
Chief Technologist, NASA

Dr. Stacey Dixon
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Cathy Foley
Chief Scientist, Australia

Jay Gambetta
IBM Fellow and VP of IBM Quantum Computing

DR. ERWIN GIANCHANDANI
Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, U.S. National Science Foundation

DR. KRISTIN GILKES
Global Innovation Quantum Leader, EY

Ambassador Mikko Hautala
Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the United States of America

Freeke Heijman
Co-Founder and Director of Ecosystem Development, Quantum Delta Netherlands

Dr. Arthur Herman
Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative, Hudson Institute

Dr. Peter Highnam
Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

Dr. Lara Jehi
Chief Research Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Anne Khademian
Executive Director, The Universities at Shady Grove

Dr. Jungsang Kim
Co-Founder and CTO, IonQ

Dr. James Kushmerick
Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Dr. John 'jay' Lowell
Principal Senior Technical Fellow, Disruptive Computing and Networks, The Boeing Company

Dr. Bonnie Marlow
Group Leader - Quantum Sensors, The MITRE Corporation

Hiroki Matsuo
Vice-Minister / Secretary General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan

Pam Melroy
Deputy Administrator, NASA (Col, USAF, Ret.)

DR. CELIA MERZBACHER
QED-C Executive Director, SRI International

Tom Newby
Head of the Office for Quantum, United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Seizo Onoe
Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Dr. Darryll Pines
President, The University of Maryland

DR. Marco Pistoia
Head of Global Technology Applied Research, JP Morgan Chase

Matthew Scholl
Chief of the Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)

Dr. Anthony Scriffignano
Loomis Council Member & Distinguished Fellow, The Henry L. Stimson Center

Vice Admiral Robert Sharp (Ret.)
Vice Admiral (Ret.), United States Navy

Paul Stimers
Executive Director, Quantum Industry Coalition and Partner, Holland & Knight

Dr. Krysta Svore
Distinguished Engineer, VP Advanced Quantum Development, Microsoft

STU SOLOMON
President & CEO, Connected DMV

Dr. Charles Tahan
Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science (QIS) and the Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO), The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

GEORGE THOMAS
Chief Innovation Officer, Connected DMV and Director, Potomac Quantum Innovation Center

Dr. Peter Turner
CEO, Sydney Quantum Academy

DR. GREGORY WASHINGTON
President, George Mason University

Whurley (william Hurley)
Founder and CEO, Strangeworks

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

BHAVANI AMIRTHALINGAM
Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Technology Officer, Ameren Services

Inbar Badian
Sr. Strategy & Product Innovation Manager, CTO Office, Microsoft Security

Dr. Gilad Ben-Shach
Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Quantum Machines

Dr. Michael Biercuk
CEO & Founder, Q-CTRL

Dr. Laura Biven
Lead, Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies, Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Dr. Joe Broz
Vice President for Quantum Growth, IBM

Dr. Jeffrey Buchsbaum
Medical Officer and Program Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Ebba Carbonnier
Director, Swedish Quantum Life Science Centre, Karolinska Institutet

Vishal Chatrath
CEO and Co-Founder, QuantrolOx

Dr. Lily Chen
Mathematician and Project Leader of Cryptographic Technology Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Dr. Yoonchae Cheong
Director, Korea-U.S. Quantum Technology Cooperation Center

Joshua Cohen
Director of Cyber Security, Economic and Trade Office, The Embassy of Israel

Jim Cook
Former VP of Strategic Engagement & Partnerships, The MITRE Corporation

Dr. Elif Kiesow Cortez
Researcher, Stanford University & NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks

Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Dr. Tommaso Demarie
CEO, Entropica Labs

Dr. Duncan Earl
President & CTO, Qubitekk

Dr. Rozhin Eskandarpour
Founder and CEO, Resilient Entanglement

Scott Faris
CEO, Infleqtion

Dr. Peter Fisher
Thomas A. Frank Professor of Physics, MIT

Victor Fong
Distinguished Engineer, Dell Technologies

Alexandra Fuentes
Program Manager, STEAM and Computer Science, Fairfax County Public Schools

Jonas Geust
Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO, Bluefors

Dr. Hrant Gharibyan
CEO & Founder, BlueQubit

Dr. Pranav Gokhale
Vice President of Quantum Software, Infleqtion

Dr. Joseph Hagmann
Quantum Device Physicist, The MITRE Corporation

Mark Hannum
Director, Quantum Information and Optics Research, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Jani Heikkinen
Head of Business Development, IQM Quantum Computers

Jonah Hill
Co-Founder & Managing Director, The LightBridge Group

Dr. Michael Howard
Chairman of the Board, World Energy Council

Sam Howell
Research Assistant, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security

Dr. Bruno Huttner
Director of Strategic Quantum Initiatives, ID Quantique

Jim Ingraham
VP Strategic Research, EPB of Chattanooga

Tahmid Islam
Assistant Vice President, Innovation & Technology, Citi

David Israel
Exploration and Space Communications Projects Division Architect and Principal Investigator for the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Chris Janson
Product Marketing Manager - Optical Networking, Nokia

André König
CEO, Global Quantum Intelligence
Chairman, OneQuantum

Kaniah Konkoly-Thege
Chief Legal Officer and Senior VP Government Relations, Quantinuum

Sean Kwak
CEO, Genesis Quantum Inc. & GQT Korea

Dr. Valtteri Lahtinen
Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder, Quanscient

John Levy
CEO, Chair, and Co-Founder, SEEQC

Florence Lewine
Policy Advisor, Office of Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy (CIRR), U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Christian Lowry
Senior Risk Analyst, National Risk Management Center, CISA

Cathal Mahon
Senior Scientific Lead, Novo Nordisk Foundation and Director, Innovation Center at NATO DIANA

Himadri Majumdar
CEO and Co-Founder, Semiqon

Nardo Manaloto
Managing Partner, Qubits Ventures

Denis Mandich
Chief Technology Officer, Qrypt

Rafael Martin-Cuevas
Senior Consultant, Quantum Computing, EY

Dr. Cezary Mazurek
Director, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

Corey McClelland
Chief Revenue Officer, Qubitekk, Inc.

Ryan McKenney
Director of Government Relations and General Counsel of Compliance, Quantinuum

Dr. Tyrel McQueen
Professor and Principal Investigator, Institute for Quantum Matter, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Aaron Miller
Founder & President, Quantum Opus

Dr. Raymond Newell
Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Rima Oueid
Senior Commercialization Executive, U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Hanhee Paik
Senior Research Scientist, IBM Quantum

Kalle Palomäki
Executive Director, Modulight

Simon Patkovic
VP Quantum-Safe Solutions, ID Quantique

Srimaye Peddinti
Student, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology

Jussi-Pekka Penttinen
CEO, CTO, Co-Founder, Vexlum

Dr. Max Perez
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Infleqtion

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

Nicholas Polk
Senior Advisor to the Federal Chief Information Security Officer, White House Office of Management and Budget

Pranay Prakash
CEO, Qubrid

Dylan Presman
Director for Budget and Assessment, White House Office of the National Cyber Director

Mika Prunnila
Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer, SemiQon

Dr. Pekka Pursula
Research Manager, VTT

Dr. Jeremy Renshaw
Senior Technical Executive, EPRI

Jim Ricotta
CEO & Chairman, Aliro Quantum

Dr. Albert Rigosi
Deputy Division Chief of the Quantum Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Juha Riippi
CEO, Quanscient

Buddy Rizer
Executive Director, Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

• EY
• IONQ
• Fairfax Country
• PSI Quantum
• Unicersity of Mary Land
• george Mason
• IBM Quantum
• Microsoft Azure
• Bluefors
• Blue Qubit
• Boeing
• Cleveland Clinic
• Quantum Network
• GSK
• IDQ
• Infleqtion
• Q-CTRL
• Quantinuum
• AEDP
• Prince William
• Virginia
• Atom Computing
• Berlin
• Business Finland
• Sandbox