Toby has worked in quantum computing for over 20 years, with expertise in quantum information theory and quantum complexity. He holds a PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and is Professor of Quantum Information at University College London. Toby was awarded a Whitehead Prize in 2019 by the London Mathematical Society. He has held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and co-founded Phasecraft to help bring practical quantum computing closer to reality.

Murray Thom, VP of Quantum Technology Evangelism at D-Wave, has more than 20 years of experience in the quantum computing industry. A globally recognized speaker and thought leader, Murray helps businesses and organizations around the world understand quantum computing and the transformational impact it can have for them today. In previous roles at D-Wave, he was responsible for the development and delivery of the Leap quantum cloud service and the Ocean open-source tools. Murray has led teams engaged in customer projects related to applications, algorithms, and performance testing. He has even assembled a few early quantum computers by hand.

Samantha Mabey is the Director of Product Marketing for the Data Security Solutions at Entrust, where she oversees marketing strategy and communications for the cryptographic security solutions, as well as leads the efforts around Zero Trust and Post Quantum. She regularly participates in industry events and engages with industry experts on critical topics in cybersecurity, digital trust, and post quantum preparedness.

Scott Genin is the Vice President of Materials Discovery at OTI Lumionics Inc., where he manages the computational design and synthesis of novel materials for organic light emitting diodes. As part of his role, he leads the development of algorithms to simulate molecules and material properties on quantum computers. Scott has a B.A.Sc in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from Queen’s University and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Scott previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry prior to joining OTI.

Laurence Coldicott has 15+ years experience of curating the content for some of the most successful emerging technology expos and conferences in the world. These include: CES, London Tech Week, AfricaCom, AI Summit and TV Connect. 

Laurence currently leads the production for the Quantum.Tech global series of events. These events bring together the global quantum community to discuss the opportunities of not just quantum computing but quantum sensing, communication, cryptography. The events have been running since 2019; and our next event will be bringing 1000+ attendees from Fortune 500 companies, government and tech to Boston in June 2026.

Want to dive deeper? Don’t miss the Cisco Quantum Summit, happening September 30 and October 1: https://research.cisco.com/quantum-summit.

Vijoy Pandey is GM and Senior Vice President of Outshift by Cisco, leading the company's internal incubation engine that delivers what's next and new for Cisco. Outshift focuses on emerging technologies that target adjacent markets and personas, with current initiatives spanning AI-enabled infrastructure, quantum networking, and next-generation infrastructure solutions.

Outshift operates as a series of startup-like teams inside Cisco, rapidly validating which emerging technologies can become meaningful businesses for the company's future. Under Vijoy's leadership, these teams work across three key layers: agentic AI, next-gen infrastructure, quantum networking, and more. This model allows Outshift to move quickly and test multiple opportunities simultaneously while leveraging Cisco's enterprise strengths and established processes.

Vijoy oversees a broader strategic scope that includes several critical Cisco-wide initiatives. He also leads Cisco Research, driving foundational research across quantum networking, security, observability, and emerging technologies. He directs Cisco's Open Source initiatives and the Developer Network (DevNet), which leads API consistency and programmability across Cisco's portfolio while pioneering AI-native infrastructure tools. Additionally, he co-chairs Cisco's Responsible AI committee.

Vijoy holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis, and is an inventor on over 80 patents in cloud computing, AI/ML, and distributed systems. Through his leadership of Outshift, Vijoy continues to guide Cisco's exploration of emerging technologies, ensuring the company can move quickly to capture opportunities in new markets before they fully mature.

Himadri Majumdar is the Co-founder and CEO of SemiQon. SemiQon builds silicon-based quantum processors for the million-qubit era and delivers cryogenic CMOS chips for critical technologies. Prior to co-founding SemiQon he was the Program Manager for Quantum Technologies at VTT where he led both national and European strategic initiatives. His ambition is to see SemiQon, and quantum technology in general, becoming a Finnish and global success story through cooperation and strategic partnerships. Himadri is trained as an experimental physicist and has 20 years of experience in innovation and innovation management.

 SemiQon’s mission is to realize the promise of quantum computing by delivering scalability through powerful, resilient, and cost-effective quantum processors. SemiQon’s technology builds upon decades of development and know-how from the semiconductor industry, making its quantum integrated circuits and other components commercially competitive and well-suited for mass-manufacturing. SemiQon’s world’s best cryogenically optimized CMOS has wide-ranging applications in critical technologies, including quantum, space and beyond.

Dr. Marcus Doherty CSM is a scientist, educator, entrepreneur and soldier. As an entrepreneur, he is a co-founder and the Chief Scientific Officer of Quantum Brilliance Pty Ltd—the global company leading the development of quantum microprocessors based upon diamond that will make quantum computing ubiquitous. As a scientist and educator, he is the Head of the Diamond Quantum Science and Technology Laboratory at the Australian National University, and internationally recognised expert in the physics of defects in semiconductors. As an educator, he is the architect of various graduate courses related to quantum science, technology and industry. As a soldier, he currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel within the Future Land Warfare Branch of Army Headquarters, where he leads the implementation of Army’s Quantum Technology Roadmap.

 István Szilveszter is a Software Engineer at Equal1, specializing in software frameworks and compilers for quantum computers. He began his career in 2014 at the silicon startup Movidius (later acquired by Intel), where he developed software frameworks and compilers for AI engines and became one of the architects of the Intel NPU compiler. In 2024, he joined Equal1 to bring his expertise in high-performance computing and compiler design to the next generation of quantum systems. 

The conversation dives into making quantum advantage more accessible, the role of hardware-specific algorithms, and why cultivating a diverse talent pool is key to accelerating the field. 

Daniel Volz is co-founder and CEO of Kipu Quantum GmbH, a quantum computing startup with the mission to shorten the waiting time for industrial quantum advantage for end users by leveraging application- and hardware-specific algorithms.
 
Before, he gathered one-of-kind insights into the industrial user’s perspective on and needs for quantum computing solutions. Daniel served as a project lead with BASF SE, the world's largest chemical producer & chemical research company, working on the strategic impact of quantum computing and other corporate development related topics. Beyond chemicals, during his time as a senior consultant in McKinsey's Frankfurt office, he built up McKinsey's quantum computing capabilities and consulted clients in verticals such as chemicals, pharma, oil & gas, banking, automotive and electronics.
 
In his twenties, he spent more than eight years co-building a specialty chemicals start-up company as the first non-founder employee (hightech and electronic chemicals). During this journey, he mastered areas from R&D to managing projects and teams of various sizes. As team lead, he build up a chemistry lab and lead a diverse team of more than 20. He also tapped into product development and strategic marketing to reach market readiness for deep-blue TADF technology, which is commercialized in OLED displays to drastically decrease the power consumption of hand-held devices and enable better displays.
 
Daniel holds a PhD in chemistry from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology & the Karlsruhe School of Optics and photonics. He started his professional career as a freelance journalist on the mission to break down science into something reader's could enjoy with their morning coffee.

The trio dives into the challenges of separating hype from reality in quantum computing, the urgent need to futureproof cryptographic systems, and how to build resilience through Zero Trust principles. Garland also shares strategies for raising awareness across industries, spotlighting the importance of education and clear communication as we transition toward Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

From Shor’s and Grover’s algorithms to actionable insights for today’s security leaders, this episode is all about navigating the now, while preparing for what’s next.

Garland Garris is Accenture Federal Services' Cyber Resilience Lead where he leads Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, Zero Trust and Cloud Security.  He has authored numerous reports on Quantum Security, most recently Crypto-agility: Preparing for Post Quantum Cryptography. Garris is a former cybersecurity senior leader with the FBI where he worked as a Computer Scientist and is one of the founders of the FBI’s Insider Threat Office.  He has 30 years of professional experience, 15 of which were served within national security agencies.

They explore the accelerating trajectory of Quantum Computing, including the rising private venture interest, and how hybrid approaches are advancing both materials science and energy efficiency. From distributed quantum sensor networks to diverse quantum architectures, the conversation highlights how interdisciplinary expertise is driving innovation across the field.

Dr. Narang is a Professor in Physical Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA with an interdisciplinary group spanning areas of physics, chemistry, and engineering. Prior to moving to UCLA, she was an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Science at Harvard University. Before starting on the Harvard faculty in 2017, Dr. Narang was an Environmental Fellow at HUCE, and worked as a research scholar in condensed matter theory in the Department of Physics at MIT. She received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech. Her group works on theoretical and computational quantum materials, non-equilibrium dynamics, and quantum information science. Narang’s work has been recognized by many awards and special designations, Narang’s work has been recognized by many awards and special designations, including the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in Physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from the American Physical Society, 2023 ONR Young Investigator Award, 2022 Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society, Mildred Dresselhaus Prize, Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a Max Planck Sabbatical Award from the Max Planck Society, and the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics all in 2021, an NSF CAREER Award in 2020, being named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Top Innovator by MIT Tech Review (MIT TR35), and a leading young scientist by the World Economic Forum in 2018.

In 2017, Dr. Narang was named by Forbes Magazine on their “30under30” list for her work in atom-by-atom quantum engineering, that is, designing materials at the smallest scale, using single atoms, to enable the leap to quantum technologies. Dr. Narang has held leadership roles in a DOE EFRC ‘Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits’, DOE NQI Quantum Science Center, and the NSF ERC ‘Center for Quantum Networks’, among others. Her continued service to the science community includes chairing the Gordon Conference on Ultrafast and Cooperative Phenomena, Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting (2022) and the MRS-Kavli Foundation Future of Materials Workshop: Computational Materials Science (2021), organizing APS, Optica (OSA), and SPIE symposia, and a leadership role in APS’ Division of Materials Physics. Narang is an Associate Editor at ACS Nano of the American Chemical Society, an Associate Editor at Applied Physics Letters of the American Institute of Physics, and the Editorial Advisory Boards of Nano Letters and Advanced Photonics. 

The conversation explores building inclusive career pipelines, preparing future-ready learners for tech roles, and how ActivateWork’s unique approach delivers triple wins for employers, candidates, and communities. 

They also discuss sustaining rapid industry growth and Helen’s broader efforts to create a more racially diverse and inclusive economy through CEO-led collaboration. 

Helen Young Hayes is the founder and CEO of ActivateWork, whose mission is to help under-served individuals achieve their fullest potential through the dignity of work. ActivateWork is the culmination of Helen's past for-profit and nonprofit experience--harnessing the power of business to achieve profound social impact. By providing access to and training for successful careers, ActivateWork moves individuals to self-sufficiency, creating triple wins for employers, placements, and the community. ActivateWork’s employer partners benefit from highly vetted employees who demonstrate work ethic, initiative, and follow-through.  ActivateWork’s clients experience more than a three-fold increase in average annual income upon placement. 

 In 2020 Helen launched ActivateWork’s tuition-free IT program powered by Per Scholas. Through rigorous training, professional development, and robust employer connections, ActivateWork prepares individuals traditionally underrepresented in technology for high-growth careers in the industry. ActivateWork was founded as a collaboration with Per Scholas, a national organization that has trained and placed over 17,000 individuals from underserved communities into 1700+ employers in 20 cities.

 Also in 2020, Helen founded and launched the Colorado Inclusive Economy Movement, a CEO-led movement of design, action, and accountability to build the nation’s most racially diverse and inclusive economy. Comprising 134 leaders from business, nonprofits, education and government, CIE commits to creating change: change in self, change for others, and change in recruiting, hiring, retention, promotion and pay practices to build multicultural organizations from the top-down, bottom-up and inside-out.

 Helen is a 20-year veteran of the financial industry.  She was Portfolio Manager of the flagship Janus Worldwide and Janus Overseas Funds at Janus Henderson Investors, an asset management company headquartered in Denver, Colorado.  She also served as Managing Director of Investments, heading up the 100-person research and investment arm of Janus Capital, encompassing equities, fixed income, money market, and trading. 

 A prominent investor in overseas equities, Helen was a pioneer in bottom-up, fundamental stock-picking in international markets. She is credited with bringing growth style investing to foreign markets.  Helen was the Morningstar International Manager of the Year in 1997 and was a repeat Barron’s Manager of the Year winner. 

 In 2018, Helen was selected as one of the Denver Business Journal's Outstanding Women in Business for her leadership at ActivateWork Workforce Solutions.  Additionally, Helen was honored by Girl Scouts of Colorado as a 2019 Woman of Distinction.  In 2020 Helen was named the GlobalMindED Inclusive Leader Award Winner 2020 for the Nonprofit Sector.  In 2021 she received the Talent Champion of the Year Award from the Colorado Technology Association and was a Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business. In 2022 Helen was an Entrepreneur of the Year Alternate by Colorado Biz magazine.

The conversation also covers:

• How quantum algorithms are evolving: from theory to real-world application
• The role of scaled particle entanglement and GHZ states
• Why the ideal quantum modality may vary by use case
• Quantum computing’s growing impact on fields like chemistry
• And whether quantum’s trajectory can match the momentum of AI and machine learning

2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year in quantum, and this episode breaks down what that really means.

• Quantum time and motion precision
• The potential of distributed quantum computing and networking
• Maintaining public trust amidst bold (and occasionally flawed) tech claims
• A global survey of the major players pushing the boundaries in quantum tech

Whether you're a quantum researcher or just curious about what’s next, this episode offers both perspective and foresight on where quantum is headed—and what it’ll take to get there.
Tune in now. The quantum future isn’t waiting.

Dr. Bob Sutor has been a technical leader and executive in the IT industry for over 40 years.

 Bob’s industry role is to advance quantum technologies by building strong business, partner, technical, and educational ecosystems. The singular goal is to evolve quantum to help solve some of the critical computational problems facing society today. Bob is widely quoted in the press, delivers conference keynotes, and works with industry analysts and investors to accelerate understanding and adoption of quantum technologies.

 Sutor is now Vice President and Chief Quantum Advocate at Infleqtion / ColdQuanta, a hardware and software company working on quantum computing and sensing. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo (New York, USA).

More than two decades of Bob’s career were spent in IBM Research in New York. During his time there, he worked on or led efforts in symbolic mathematical computation, optimization, AI, blockchain, and quantum computing. He was also an executive on the software side of the IBM business in areas including middleware, software on Linux, mobile, open source, and emerging industry standards.

Bob is a theoretical mathematician by training, has a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.

 He’s the author of a book about quantum computing called Dancing with Qubits which was published in 2019. He is also the author of the 2021 book Dancing with Python, an introduction to Python coding for classical and quantum computing.

 Areas in which he’s worked: quantum computing, AI, blockchain, mathematics and mathematical software, Linux, open source, standards management, product management and marketing, computer algebra, and web standards.

 Learn more:  https://youtu.be/JmnZVhQc-H8

Yuval Boger is the CMO of QuEra, the leader in neutral atom quantum computers. In his career, he has served as CEO and CMO of frontier-tech companies in markets including quantum computing software, wireless power, and virtual reality. His "Superposition Guy's Podcast" hosts CEOs and other thought leaders in quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum communications to discuss business and technical aspects that impact the quantum ecosystem.

Don’t miss this deep dive into the intersection of enterprise messaging, encryption, and what’s next in quantum-secure tech.

Anurag Lal is the President and CEO of NetSfere. With more than 25 years of experience in technology, cybersecurity, ransomware, broadband and mobile security services, Lal leads a team of talented innovators who are creating secure and trusted enterprise-grade workplace communication technology to equip the enterprise with world-class secure communication solutions. Lal is an expert on global cybersecurity innovations, policies, and risks. 

Join us as we explore how this innovation could lead to million-qubit quantum systems, unlocking breakthroughs from self-healing materials to environmental solutions. Could Majorana 1 be the transistor of the quantum age? Patrick and Ciprian break it all down—tune in to find out!

💡 Topics include:
🔹 The challenge of balancing temperature—keeping qubits cold while maintaining warm-enough electronics
🔹 Cryostat development & optimization
🔹 Quantum 2.0 and the path to logical, error-corrected qubits
🔹 Qubit fidelity and the quest for a standalone quantum computer

Tune in to hear insights from the forefront of quantum technology! 🎧✨

Brendan Barry is the CTO of Equal1. With experience in developing highly complex AI solutions, Brendan oversees the team that is bringing the company’s silicon quantum strategy to the next phase.

Most recently, Brendan was Director of VPU (Vision Processing Unit) Development at Intel Movidius where he ensured the successful integration of Movidius’ key technology into Intel, proliferation of VPU technology into other Intel products, and development of next generation tools for AI, ISP and computer vision products. Prior to the Intel acquisition, as Vice President of Engineering at Movidius, Brendan led the development of three generations of Myriad products, including the successful introduction of AI, DSP and CV hardware engines and associated software development tools to harness the power efficient flexible architecture.

Brendan holds several patents in CV and DSP micro architecture and a Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, from Dublin City University.

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Equal1 is a global leader in quantum computing technology. Based in Ireland, Equal1’s team comprises some of the world’s leading quantum computing experts. Established five years ago, the company focuses on developing innovative and scalable Quantum System-on-Chip (QSoC) silicon technology. This unique approach allows Equal1 to design quantum processors using semiconductor technology, resulting in a smaller form factor compared to traditional quantum computing infrastructure. Equal1 is at the forefront of driving advancements in the field of quantum and shaping the future of computing.

The conversation delves into:

• The interplay between Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) and traditional hardware.
• How Material Science is driving quantum advancements.
• The importance of educating the next generation of quantum-native professionals.

As quantum technology accelerates, bridging the gap between classical and quantum computing is more crucial than ever. Tune in for an insightful discussion on how QC Ware is shaping the future of this revolutionary field.

Matt Johnson is the CEO and co-founder of QC Ware, a leading quantum computing software and services company. In addition to his role at QC Ware, Matt previously served on the governing board of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C). He earned his BS from the U.S. Air Force Academy, followed by five years of active-duty service. Afterward, he completed his MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Matt transitioned into finance, where he became a managing director in private equity at Apollo Management. Since co-founding QC Ware in 2014, Matt has been driving the company's mission to become the world’s premier quantum software provider.

From material modeling to the mind-bending mechanics of entanglement, this episode unpacks the core concepts shaping the future of computing. Whether you're a seasoned expert or just quantum-curious, this conversation will give you a fresh perspective on the science that’s revolutionizing technology.

•  What exactly is quantum entanglement?
•  How do we model materials at the quantum level?
•  Why does quantum computing matter for cybersecurity and beyond?

Tune in now and explore the future, one qubit at a time!

Could the future of computing blur the lines between machine intelligence and consciousness? Don’t miss this fascinating discussion that bridges cutting-edge science with the entrepreneurial spirit driving quantum innovation.

James Tagg is a serial entrepreneur and award-winning author. He was one of the original inventors of the touchscreen. He founded Truphone, the world’s first global mobile operator, made the first mobile phone call over the Internet and developed the eSIM. He holds over 200 patents. 

He studied Physics and Computer Science at Manchester University, Design at Lancaster University and Engineering at Cambridge University. Founded the Penrose Institute with Roger Penrose and his first book, Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?, explores the limits of artificial intelligence and the differences between humans and computers.  He is a founder and Chief Architect of World Mobile and his new venture Valis, is developing a quantum biocomputer. 

The conversation delves into the roles of quantum simulators and full quantum hardware, emphasizing how developers can use these tools to prototype and implement quantum algorithms. Mariia also shares strategies for guiding developers into the quantum realm, drawing on her extensive experience building resources and communities for quantum learners. She outlines Microsoft’s vision as a Quantum Platform Provider and its commitment to fostering innovation through Azure Quantum.

Finally, the discussion touches on reimagining problems for quantum optimization, showcasing the transformative potential of quantum computing in industries like logistics, finance, and healthcare. Mariia’s insights make this episode a must-listen for anyone interested in the future of computing. Don’t miss her book for a deeper dive into hands-on quantum programming.

Mariia Mykhailova is a principal software engineer at Azure Quantum, focusing on education and developer outreach. Mariia is the author and maintainer of the Quantum Katas project – an open-source collection of hands-on tutorials and exercises for learning quantum computing using Microsoft Quantum Development Kit, a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University, teaching an “Introduction to Quantum Computing” course, and the author of the O’Reilly book “Q# Pocket Guide”.

The discussion highlights the innovative tools and techniques driving progress, offering insights into how these developments will influence the future of quantum computing, physics, and beyond. Whether you’re a science enthusiast or an industry professional, this episode provides a fascinating look at the intersection of AI, research, and discovery.

Tune in for an engaging exploration of the science and innovation shaping tomorrow’s breakthroughs!

🔗 Read the position paper on arXiv
🔗 HPE Blog Post: How to Build a Quantum Supercomputer

Tune in for expert perspectives on navigating these technological frontiers and advancing the quantum era.

Elisabetta Valiante has been a member of the Optimization Solutions Team at 1QBit since 2018. She is experienced in optimization problems in chemistry, biochemistry, and finance, as well as benchmarking quantum and quantum-inspired optimization algorithms and hardware.

Elisabetta graduated in Physics in her home country at the Sapienza University of Rome. She earned a PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University with a dissertation on galaxy evolution, and had postdoctoral appointments at the University of British Columbia and Cardiff University. She was the leader of the first major world data release of the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS).

 Elisabetta has published and co-authored scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented at many international conferences (for example, the XXIX International Astronomical Union General Assembly) and colloquia.

A passionate mentor, she recently participated in the “Girls and STEAM” event at Science World in Vancouver, BC.

 Elisabetta currently resides in Vancouver, BC with her partner and her cat.

 Dr. Jiafeng (Harvest) Xie (jiafeng.xie@villanova.edu)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University

But that's not all! The discussion also ventures into the realm of quantum repeater networks, shedding light on their potential to revolutionize quantum communications.

Dr. Peter Rohde is BTQ's Senior Quantum Researcher and co-host of the podcast "The Quantum State." BTQ is an innovative leader in quantum technology and digital security. With the advent of quantum computing posing an imminent threat to digital security, we are dedicated to providing robust post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions to secure mission-critical networks. As one the first publicly-traded companies offering investors dual exposure to these growing fields, we are at the forefront of the digital security sector.

Dr. Peter Rohde completed his PhD at the University of Queensland in photonic quantum computing. His research has focussed on linear optics quantum computing, quantum cryptography and quantum communications. He was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to pursue research in cloud quantum computing and encrypted quantum computation. He authored the book “The Quantum Internet” published by Cambridge University Press, the first academic text in the field, and co-authored “An Australian Strategy for the Quantum Revolution” in conjunction with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) which laid the foundations for Australia’s national quantum strategy. He has held positions at Oxford University, Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney, University of Queensland and the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light. His theoretical research into boson-sampling has been highly influential and contributed to the demonstration of post-classical optical quantum computing. 

 Dr. Berk has a Ph.D. in machine learning and large-scale data analytics from Leiden University and holds several patents in the application of data analysis in cybersecurity and network performance.

Don't miss this enlightening conversation as we explore cutting-edge technologies and their implications for the future of quantum communications.

Noel Goddard, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Qunnect
Noel is the CEO of Qunnect, a company innovating first-in-class hardware to transform the existing telecom infrastructure into quantum-secure communication networks. Noel joined Qunnect’s management team in 2020. Prior to this role, she was a seed investor with the Accelerate NY Seed Fund, where she built a portfolio of companies across deep technology and life science sectors in Downstate NY. Noel is a serial entrepreneur, having founded/led two biotech startup companies. Before joining the startup community, Noel was an assistant professor of physics at Hunter College, CUNY. She completed her postdoctoral research as a fellow at Harvard University and earned her PhD at Rockefeller University. Fun fact: Noel was an avid sportbike motorcyclist for 10 years.

Since 2017, Harsh has been deeply involved in auditing smart contracts and has been a vocal advocate for blockchain security. He presented on blockchain security issues in Coccon 2017 and has a track record of discovering and reporting bugs in various bug bounty programs for leading projects like Compound.

Dr. Johnson has published over 30 scientific papers, secured two patents (with others pending), and given numerous conference presentations. He’s the co-author of the non-fiction book Understanding Nanomaterials Second Editon with Dr. Malkiat S. Johal. 

In addition to NLM, Dr. Johnson is a Research Scientist at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Chemistry. He has extensive experience transferring academic research in technology into the private sector. Dr. Johnson has done postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and taught and conducted postdoctoral research at Pomona College. He has a dual Ph.D. in Chemistry and Nanotechnology from UW. Dr. Johnson lives in Seattle with his cat Daisy. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

 SemiQon’s mission is to realise the promise of quantum computing by delivering scalability through powerful, resilient, and cost-effective quantum processors. SemiQon’s technology builds upon decades of development and know-how from the semiconductor industry, making its silicon processors commercially competitive and well-suited for mass-manufacturing. SemiQon is a spin-off from VTT, Finland and it operates at the Micronova Center for Applied Micro and Nanotechnology in Espoo, Finland.

With over 25 years of experience in the deep-tech, Vishal Chatrath is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for building innovative products using cutting-edge technologies. He is the co-founder and CEO of QuantrolOx, an Anglo-Finnish spinout from Oxford University that is developing automation software to accelerate the scaling of quantum computers.

 Vishal experience spans across opto-electronics, smartphone SW, navigation systems, automotive, AI and quantum technologies. He has held various roles in research, manufacturing, operations, R&D, strategy, product management and business development. He has founded and led several startups, including Secondmind, an AI company, and VocalIQ, that was acquired by Apple in 2015. He is also an active advisor to promising deep tech startups and a member of the Founders Pledge, a community of entrepreneurs who commit to donate a portion of their personal proceeds to effective social causes. Vishal is a global citizen who has lived in 15 cities across 11 countries, from the Equator to the Arctic.

QuantrolOx, an Oxford University spinout, is the developer of Quantum EDGE software for qubit, and quantum processor tune up automation. We envision a world where the bring-up, characterisation and testing or every qubit will be fully automated enabling quantum scientists to spend less time tuning qubits and more time on advancing quantum computing, thereby accelerating the path to practical quantum computers.

Quantum EDGE integrates with major quantum hardware providers by building on open-architecture principles enabling organisations to select the best components for their quantum systems.

Dr. Girvin joined the Yale faculty in 2001, where he is Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics.  From 2007 to 2017 he served as Yale’s Deputy Provost for Research, overseeing strategic planning for research across Yale.  From 2019 to 2021, he served as founding director of the Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage, one of five national quantum information science research centers funded by the Department of Energy.  

Along with his experimenter colleagues Michel Devoret and Robert Schoelkopf, Professor Girvin co-developed ‘circuit QED,’ the leading architecture for construction of quantum computers based on superconducting microwave circuits.  

Dr. Girvin is a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.  In 2007, he and his collaborators, Allan H. MacDonald and James P. Eisenstein were awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society for their work on the fractional quantum Hall effect.   In 2019, he and coauthor Kun Yang published the textbook “Modern Condensed Matter Physics” with Cambridge University Press.

Dolev Bluvstein is an experimental physics PhD student working in Prof Mikhail Lukin's lab at Harvard and a recipient of the Hertz Fellowship. He is the lead-author of the original work on programming quantum circuits with the motion of neutral atoms as well as the recent work realizing error-corrected quantum circuits on many logical qubits.

Links to his  books can be found at: http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~noson/

Bob’s industry role is to advance quantum technologies by building strong business, partner, technical, and educational ecosystems. The singular goal is to evolve quantum to help solve some of the critical computational problems facing society today. Bob is widely quoted in the press, delivers conference keynotes, and works with industry analysts and investors to accelerate understanding and adoption of quantum technologies.

 Sutor is now Vice President and Chief Quantum Advocate at Infleqtion / ColdQuanta, a hardware and software company working on quantum computing and sensing. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo (New York, USA).

More than two decades of Bob’s career were spent in IBM Research in New York. During his time there, he worked on or led efforts in symbolic mathematical computation, optimization, AI, blockchain, and quantum computing. He was also an executive on the software side of the IBM business in areas including middleware, software on Linux, mobile, open source, and emerging industry standards.

Bob is a theoretical mathematician by training, has a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.

 He’s the author of a book about quantum computing called Dancing with Qubits which was published in 2019. He is also the author of the 2021 book Dancing with Python, an introduction to Python coding for classical and quantum computing.

 Areas in which he’s worked: quantum computing, AI, blockchain, mathematics and mathematical software, Linux, open source, standards management, product management and marketing, computer algebra, and web standards.

 Michael’s background includes a combination of industry and academic experience, including a decade in marketing and communications for Fortune 100 brands. He holds a PhD in foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information and degrees in philosophy, physics, and linguistics.

 At IBM Mattingley-Scott  was a member of the core team founded in 1989 to work on the fledgling worldwide web, managed the team that built the world’s first e-commerce platform in 1996, and led the implementation of the world’s first mobile healthcare platform in 2006.

 He holds a bachelor’s degree in science with a joint honors degree in computing and electronics as well as a Ph.D. in Code Division Multiple Access Local Area Networks from the University of Durham in the UK.

He is a senior member of the IEEE, previously founding the German chapter of the Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and is a member of the IEEE European Public Policy Committee. He also a member of the NATO Advisory Committee on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies and co-chairman of the HPC and Quantum Computing working group at BITKOM, the German IT and Telecommunication Industry Association.

Mattingley-Scott has also taught at several academic institutions, including teaching human and machine learning and quantum computing at the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück, and quantum computing at the Kirchoff Institute at the University of Heidelberg.

Phil holds a BS in Mathematics from St. Joseph’s University and an MS in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

 SemiQon’s mission is to realise the promise of quantum computing by delivering scalability through powerful, resilient, and cost-effective quantum processors. SemiQon’s technology builds upon decades of development and know-how from the semiconductor industry, making its silicon processors commercially competitive and well-suited for mass-manufacturing. SemiQon is a spin-off from VTT, Finland and it operates at the Micronova Center for Applied Micro and Nanotechnology in Espoo, Finland.

 Dr. Berk has a Ph.D. in machine learning and large-scale data analytics from Leiden University and holds several patents in the application of data analysis in cybersecurity and network performance.

He also heads the Oxford-based Compositional Intelligence & Quantum NLP team and is Emeritus Professor at Wolfson College, Oxford University.

Previously, he was Professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures at the Computer Science department at Oxford University, where he was for 20 years, and co-founded, built, and led a multi-disciplinary research group of up to 50 people.

He supervised 66 PhD students. He pioneered Categorical Quantum Mechanics (now in AMS's MSC2020 classification), ZX-calculus, DisCoCat natural language meaning, mathematical foundations for resource theories, Quantum Natural Language Processing, and is co-author of Picturing Quantum Processes, a book providing a fully diagrammatic treatment of quantum theory and its applications.

He co-authored close to 200 research papers.

He's a founding father of the QPL (Quantum Physics and Logic) and ACT (Applied Category Theory) communities, the diamond open access journal Compositionality, and Cambridge University Press' Applied Category Theory book series.

He was the first person to have Quantum Foundations as part of his professorial title. His work headlined in various media outlets, including Forbes, New Scientist, PhysicsWorld, ComputerWeekly. 

 Her research focuses on theoretical cryptography. She has contributed to the foundations of cryptographic protocols, including to privacy-preserving proof systems, and to preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. Her more recent work investigates the foundations of quantum cryptography. Her research has been recognized as a long plenary talk at QIP and been published by invitation at the SIAM Journal on Computing. 

 Dakshita's research has been funded through grants from the NSF and DARPA, and gifts from Visa Research, C3AI and Jump Arches. She was named to the Forbes List of 30 under 30 in Science. She was also a Google Research Fellow at the Simons Institute, Berkeley. Previously, her thesis work was recognized with a UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, a UCLA CS Outstanding Graduating PhD Award and Graduate Student Research Awards from Symantec and CISCO. 

Other resources:
https://www.epiqc.cs.uchicago.edu/resources

Info about quantum games: 
https://www.canonlab.org/quander

CANON research lab with classical CS resources:
http://canonlab.org

Interested in participating in a quantum activity in a K-12 classroom during World Quantum Day on April 14th? Quantime will have activities posted for middle and high school classrooms with no expectations of teacher background in QIS. https://q12education.org/quantime

 Elisabetta graduated in Physics in her home country at the Sapienza University of Rome. She earned a PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University with a dissertation on galaxy evolution, and had postdoctoral appointments at the University of British Columbia and Cardiff University. She was the leader of the first major world data release of the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS).

 Elisabetta has published and co-authored scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented at many international conferences (for example, the XXIX International Astronomical Union General Assembly) and colloquia.

A passionate mentor, she recently participated in the “Girls and STEAM” event at Science World in Vancouver, BC.

Elisabetta currently resides in Vancouver, BC with her partner and her cat.

To hear more from Noson, please check out his book, Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists, or his many other publications.

Links to the books can be found here. 

http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~noson/

William J. McGann Ph.D.  is the Chief Operating and Technology Officer (COO/CTO) for QCI, responsible for technical and product engineering. Prior to joining QCI's executive team, Bill served as a member of the Board of Directors for the company.
 
 Prior to joining QCI, Bill served as the Chief Technology Officer for the Security, Detection and Automation business at Leidos Corporation. Central to his role was the creation of innovative customer solutions driven by a strong portfolio of Physics, Chemistry and Software-based products. Bill has a strong, directed passion for transforming credible science into practical technology solutions in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges.
 
 Prior to joining Leidos, Bill held numerous business and technology leadership positions and roles including; (a) Founder of the first explosives trace detection company, Ion Track Instruments, (b) Chief Technology Officer for GE Security, (c) VP of Engineering for United Technologies Fire and Security business, (d) CEO (and board member) of Implant Sciences Corp. and (e) Chief Technology Officer at L3Harris Aviation Security and Detection business.
 
 Bill holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from University of Connecticut and Undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Biology.

 Dr. Johnson has published over 30 scientific papers, secured two patents (with others pending), and given numerous conference presentations. He’s the co-author of the non-fiction book Understanding Nanomaterials Second Editon with Dr. Malkiat S. Johal. 

In addition to NLM, Dr. Johnson is a Research Scientist at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Chemistry. He has extensive experience transferring academic research in technology into the private sector. Dr. Johnson has done postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and taught and conducted postdoctoral research at Pomona College. He has a dual Ph.D. in Chemistry and Nanotechnology from UW. Dr. Johnson lives in Seattle with his cat Daisy. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

Prineha’s work has been recognized by many awards and special designations, including the Mildred Dresselhaus Prize,  a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (Bessel Prize) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a Max Planck Sabbatical Award from the Max Planck Society, and the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics in 2021,  a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2020, being named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for innovations in quantum science and technology, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Top Innovator by MIT Tech Review (MIT TR35), and a Young Scientist by the World Economic Forum in 2018. In 2017, she was named by Forbes Magazine on their “30under30” list for her work in atom-by-atom quantum engineering. Prineha designs materials at the smallest scale, using single atoms, to enable the leap to quantum technologies.

Alan is a proven entrepreneur and technology executive focused on cybersecurity, IoT and embedded software solutions. He is VP, Business Development for PQShield, the leading provider of Post Quantum Crypto Solutions.  

Prior to joining PQShield Alan was VP of IoT & Embedded Solutions at Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA), the world’s largest commercial Certificate Authority. Alan joined Sectigo as part of the company’s acquisition of Icon Labs, a leading provider of security software for IoT and embedded devices, where he was President and co-founder, as well as the architect of Icon Labs' award-winning Floodgate Firewall. Icon Labs was named a 2014 Gartner “Cool Vendor” and 2015 Gartner “Select Vendor” focused on creating The Internet of Secure Things by providing security solutions for even the smallest IoT devices.  

Prior to founding Icon Labs, Alan worked for AT&T Bell Labs and Motorola. He is a frequent industry speaker and blogger and holds multiple patents related to telecommunication and security.

Alan has an MS in computer science from Northwestern University.

He also heads the Oxford-based Compositional Intelligence & Quantum NLP team and is Emeritus Professor at Wolfson College, Oxford University.

Previously, he was Professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures at the Computer Science department at Oxford University, where he was for 20 years, and co-founded, built, and led a multi-disciplinary research group of up to 50 people.

He supervised 66 PhD students. He pioneered Categorical Quantum Mechanics (now in AMS's MSC2020 classification), ZX-calculus, DisCoCat natural language meaning, mathematical foundations for resource theories, Quantum Natural Language Processing, and is co-author of Picturing Quantum Processes, a book providing a fully diagrammatic treatment of quantum theory and its applications.

He co-authored close to 200 research papers.

He's a founding father of the QPL (Quantum Physics and Logic) and ACT (Applied Category Theory) communities, the diamond open access journal Compositionality, and Cambridge University Press' Applied Category Theory book series.

He was the first person to have Quantum Foundations as part of his professorial title. His work headlined in various media outlets, including Forbes, New Scientist, PhysicsWorld, ComputerWeekly. 

Andrew joined BT in 1985 after a BA in Physics from Oxford University. He has helped design a wide range of optical network systems and technologies, including long haul subsea and terrestrial DWDM networks. He has been responsible for optical fibre and systems specifications. He currently leads BT’s optical research including optical access, high speed transmission and quantum communications. He has recently initiated BT’s quantum research, with applications in areas such as secure communications, timing and sensing. He regularly speaks at conferences, sits on several organising committees, including ECOC and was Technical Program Chair for OFC 2015 and General Chair for OFC 2017. He will be TPC co-chair of ECOC 2023. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, He is Visiting Professor at Essex University, Senior Member of the IEEE.

 This ion trap-based architecture uses unique, electronic quantum computing modules based on silicon technology where individual modules are connected using ultrafast electric field links. Using currently available engineering, the beauty of this quantum computer blueprint lies in its scalability and ability to build a million-qubit machine-the threshold where you can unlock ‘useful’ applications in areas such as medicine, materials science and much more. 

 Previously, Sebastian worked as a business consultant in Berlin before completing his PhD and postdoctoral research fellowship in quantum information technology, specializing in scalable trapped ion quantum gate operations. 

https://quantuminstitute.yale.edu/ 

https://www.bnl.gov/quantumcenter/ 

 He has built award-winning systems that delivered new levels of computational performance and analytic capability, yet were usable via conceptually simple interfaces. He has focused on graph analytics since 2003, developing graph-analytic core software and using it to solve end-user problems particularly in cybersecurity.

 Prior to joining QCI, he was director of software tools and later director of customer applications at D-Wave Systems, the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. At D-Wave, he led teams involved in developing quantum computing tools like qbsolv and worked with customers to map out problems for effective execution on D-Wave’s quantum-annealing-based quantum computer.

 At YarcData/Cray, he led the implementation of key graph-analytic functions for their Urika graph engine and applied them to early customer analytics. This resulted in the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center and YarcData winning the 2013 HPCwire Editors’ Choice Award for Best Application of Big Data in High Performance Computing.

 Previously, he served as vice president of joint research for Interactive Supercomputing Corp. (ISC), where he secured funding for projects to implement advanced graph-analytic capabilities in Star-P (distributed MATLAB). After Microsoft acquired ISC, he served as principal architect in charge of architecture and development of its Knowledge Discovery Toolkit for distributed graph-analysis, intended for use by subject-matter experts who are not graph-analytic experts.

 He also served as chief engineer at Silicon Graphics, where he led the development of Altix, a scalable shared-memory Linux-based system that generated revenue of more than $600 million. He earlier served as the project director for Cray Research’s Cray T3E, the first production distributed-memory supercomputer, which generated more than $700 million in revenue for Cray.

 He earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Yale University and Master of Biological Sciences with a minor in Bioinformatics from the University of Minnesota.

 Deborah Berebichez is the first Mexican woman to graduate from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in Physics. Deborah’s work in quantum technologies is solidified by her academic background:

Her physics Ph.D. adviser at Stanford was Nobel Laureate Bob Laughlin who discovered the fractional quantum Hall effect. She also worked with Nobel Laureate Steve Chu on cooling atoms with laser light. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships at Columbia University's Applied Math and Physics Department and at NYU's Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences where she carried out research in the area of waves and optimization. She published in the area of photonics for quantum computing. Deborah’s work in science education and outreach has been recognized by the WSJ, Oprah, TED,

DLD, WIRED, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and others.

Dr. Pekka Pursula was born in Vantaa, Finland, in 1978. He received the M.Sc. degree (with distinction) and D.Sc.in technical physics from Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, in 2002 and 2009, respectively.

 Since 2003 Dr. Pursula has been with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in several research and research management positions, where he is currently Research Manager in Microelectronics and Quantum Technologies. His interests include microelectronics, electronic components and system integration from RF and millimetre wave frequencies to THz, in addition to quantum technology in general. Between 2011 and 2016 he was also an adjunct professor of Electronics at Tampere University of Technology. In 2012 Dr. Pursula has been a visiting researcher at IMTEK Department of Microsystems Engineering at University of Freiburg, Germany in 2021 and at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, USA in 2018.

 D.Sc. Pursula was the vice chair of IEEE MTT/AP/ED chapter in Finland 2014-2020. He received Microwave Prize at European Microwave Week, Nürnberg, October 8-13th 2017. He has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles, and he is a co-inventor in 11 patent applications.

 Cristiano Nisoli is a theoretical physicist in the T-division at LANL, where he has been since 2008. He works on frustrated, artificial magnetic systems, so called artificial spin ices, of which his group has proposed various geometries which are then realized at the magnetic nanoscale or with trapped colloids or with skyrmions in liquid crystals. The idea behind the program is to generate new exotic emergent behaviors from the collective dynamics of binary variables, such as magnetic moments of nanoislands, or in this case qubits.

 Elisabetta graduated in Physics in her home country at the Sapienza University of Rome. She earned a PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University with a dissertation on galaxy evolution, and had postdoctoral appointments at the University of British Columbia and Cardiff University. She was the leader of the first major world data release of the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS).
 
Elisabetta has published and co-authored scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented at many international conferences (for example, the XXIX International Astronomical Union General Assembly) and colloquia.

A passionate mentor, she recently participated in the “Girls and STEAM” event at Science World in Vancouver, BC. 

Elisabetta currently resides in Vancouver, BC with her partner and her cat.

To hear more from Noson, please check out his book, Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists, or his many other publications.

Links to the books can be found here. 

http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~noson/

Topics covered include an overview of cryptography, one time pads, existing key distribution methods, and how Quantum Computing could change the landscape surrounding the security of sharing information.

He is a creative developer and thought leader with a passion for UX and deep technical knowledge from more than 15 years in VR/AR/MR/XR/Spatial Computing technology and 3D programming, developing for the Microsoft HoloLens since 2015, was featured on Forbes and is listed as dev influencer. He also coded AI deep learning neural networks before it was cool and is leveraging modern AI to empower humans. Also working on applied Quantum Computing and today's impact.

He is a frequent keynote and session speaker and panelist at conferences like //build, Ignite, Uni Heidelberg, Unite, Vision VR/AR Summit, VRDC (GDC), AWE, ESA, RTC, VRARA and more. Blogs about many topics. He also created popular open source libraries like WriteableBitmapEx and the AR library SLARToolKit.

He was honored several times for his dev community work with the Microsoft MVP award, recognized as Microsoft Regional Director and Advisory Board member for the VR/AR Association and XR Bootcamp.

He lives in Germany with his wife and their 5 children. 

To hear more from René, visit his QuBites video podcast series at www.valoremreply.com/blog/