Quantum.Tech USA 2025
April 14 - Cryptography Spotlight Day | April 15-16 - Main Conference
Conrad Hotel, Washington D.C.
Agenda Day 2
8:00 am - 8:30 am
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MORNING NETWORKING
8:30 am - 8:35 am
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Morning Chair’s Opening Remarks
Araceli Venegas-Gomez -
CEO,
QURECA
8:35 am - 8:55 am
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Quantum Networking at AFRL
Michael J Hayduk -
Deputy Director, Information Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory
The Air Force continues to be an innovation leader in quantum technologies. Here, Michael Hayduk presents the latest roadmap from the AFRL.
8:55 am - 9:15 am
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A NASA Perspective on Quantum Computing
Eleanor G Rieffel -
Senior Research Scientist Lead, Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL),
NASA Ames Research Center
Eleanor, and NASA Ames, lead the way in many facets of quantum work. Learn the very latest updates from this renowned quantum expert.
Eleanor G Rieffel
Senior Research Scientist Lead, Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL)NASA Ames Research Center
9:15 am - 9:40 am
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Progress on the National Quantum Initiative
Charles Tahan -
Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science, Director, National Quantum Coordination Office,
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Charles Tahan
Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science, Director, National Quantum Coordination OfficeWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy
9:40 am - 10:35 am
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Panel Discussion: The Quantum Technology Stack; How Hardware and Software Leaders are Central to the Success of Quantum Technologies
Doug Finke -
Managing Editor,
Quantum Computing Report
Nadia Carlsten - VP Product, SandboxAQ
Jerry M. Chow - IBM Fellow and Director of Quantum Infrastructure, IBM
Georges-Olivier Reymond - CEO, Pasqal
Fabio Sanches - Head of Quantum Engineering, Bleximo
Quantum technologies are nothing without a resilient hardware and software stack(s) and supporting technologies. Learn what the latest developments are within this supply chain, and how the industries leaders are working towards the scale-up of qubits and new software platforms.
10:35 am - 11:05 am
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NETWORKING BREAK
11:05 am - 11:45 am
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Two Customers’ Approaches to Quantum Readiness: Journeys with bp and Andretti Autosport
Clena Abuan -
Senior Technology Associate,
BP
Eric Bretzman - Technical Director, Andretti Autosport
Katherine Londergan - Chief Marketing Officer, Zapata
Zapata’s customer base includes some of the earliest adopters of quantum computing. These organizations are building applications, infrastructure, and workforce to be quantum ready.
bp and Andretti Autosport are approaching their journeys to quantum readiness from very different angles. In this fireside chat we compare and contrast the two teams’ journeys across goals, challenges, and tactics they’re employing this year to position themselves to win quantum—not insure against its disruption.
11:45 am - 12:25 pm
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What Is The New Model For Academia, Research Labs & Private Organizations to Collaborate in the Field of Quantum Science?
Scott Buchholz -
US Quantum Computing Leader,
Deloitte
Anna Grassellino - Director, SQMS Center, Fermilab
Sir Peter Knight - Professor of Quantum Optics, Imperial College London
Davide Venturelli - USRA Associate Director, Quantum Computing - NASA QuAIL Senior Scientist, USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
Najwa Sidqi - Knowledge Transfer Manager in Quantum Technologies, KTN
As we move from theory to reality, and from the research lab into the boardroom, quantum technology is at a crossroads. This session brings some academic and governmental leaders who have been supporting quantum from the start. In this session they will be looking at;
- Fundamental research’s role in pushing the boundaries of Quantum research
- Risk mitigation for investors
- The boundaries between collaboration and “Quantum nationalism”
- Defining collaboration in pre-competitive environments”
Davide Venturelli
USRA Associate Director, Quantum Computing - NASA QuAIL Senior ScientistUSRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
12:25 pm - 1:05 pm
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Classiq thought leadership panel: How should enterprises prepare for the 1000 Qubit era?
Yuval Boger -
Chief Marketing Officer,
Classiq
Kirk Bresniker - Chief Architect and HPE Fellow/Vice President, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Scott Buchholz - US Quantum Computing Leader, Deloitte
Nir Minerbi - CEO, Classiq
1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
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NETWORKING BREAK
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm Stream A Chair's Remarks André M. König - CEO, Interference Advisors
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Taking a Quantum Leap into the Future of Financial Services Steve Flinter - Vice President AI and Machine Learning, MastercardWith a market size of more than $6 trillion traded per day, the foreign exchange (FX) market is the largest financial market in the world. In this workshop, Mastercard’s Quantum Computing lead, Dr. Steve Flinter, will describe how Mastercard is exploring the use of quantum computation to solve computational problems related to net settlement for banks and other financial institutions operating in FX markets
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm Fireside Chat: AFRL and Quantum Technologies Michael J Hayduk - Deputy Director, Information Directorate, Air Force Research LaboratoryRobert Sutor - Vice President, Corporate Development, ColdQuanta
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
2:55 pm - 3:20 pm Quantum Computing for the automotive industry David Von Dollen - Head of AI for Enterprise Data Management IT, Volkswagen Group of America
Stream A: Moving Quantum from POC to Production Readiness
3:20 pm - 3:45 pm Industry meets quantum technologies – how can business make it usable Manfred Rieck - VP Individual Solution Development, Head of Quantum Tech, Deutsche BahnQuantum computing is a central part of the emerging technology strategy of Deutsche Bahn. In this session I will look at how we have been working with key partners to drive our Quantum computing strategy to optimise our successful supply chain processes.
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm Stream B Chair's Remarks Araceli Venegas-Gomez - CEO, QURECAStream B: Applications and algorithms
2:10 pm - 2:50 pm The Harvest Now, Decrypt Later Threat: Understanding the risk landscape and mitigation strategies Peter Bordow - SVP, Principal Architect & Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Systems & Emerging Technology Leader, Wells FargoHow to assess the real risk exposure and develop an effective mitigation strategy today to help secure for tomorrow.
Some say the eventual threat posed by quantum computers to much of today’s encryption infrastructure is like a Y2K level disruption event without the luxury of a date, but bad actors are not waiting for that day; they are actively capturing encrypted data today with the knowing that they will eventually be able to break that encryption. Encrypted data with intelligence longevity and long self-life value is at risk right now. How do security leaders mitigate the risk, how can you assess the real risk exposure, and how can you develop an effective mitigation strategy today to help secure for tomorrow?
Peter Bordow
SVP, Principal Architect & Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Systems & Emerging Technology LeaderWells Fargo
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
2:50 pm - 3:15 pm Quantum technology in the defense and intelligence industry Zac Dutton - Lead Scientist, Raytheon BBN TechnologiesI will discuss some of the applications driving interest in quantum technology at Raytheon Technologies and the defense and intelligence industries more broadly. In the medium term, we see quantum sensing technology being adopted first, impacting precision, navigation and timing (PNT) as well as remote sensing in several domains. In the longer term, quantum computing is expected to supply faster algorithms to solve problems in logistics, fluid dynamics, and machine learning. Finally, in the very long term, distributing entanglement across free space and fiber links to network these sensing and computing systems will enable and amplify their quantum advantage. This will enable vastly improved resolution via long baseline interferometry, networked processing across resources, and entanglement enhanced PNT.
Stream B: Applications and algorithms
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Bringing Aerospace Industry into the Quantum Era Dr. Jasper Krauser - Quantum Technology Central Coordinator, AirbusQuantum technologies are expected to create a massive paradigm shift in the way aircraft are built and flown. Airbus is exploring a number of quantum technologies that can be applied to aerospace challenges. Quantum computing can provide us solutions in tandem with more traditional high-performance computing to solve key computationally intensive tasks, e.g. in the area of fluid dynamics, finite-element simulations, aerodynamics, flight mechanics, and more. Quantum communication will enable future secure communications infrastructure for our aerospace platforms based on security-enhancing quantum information technologies. Quantum sensors are effective at measuring physical quantities with the highest relative and absolute accuracy, which opens the way towards satellite independent navigation for aerospace vehicles.
Stream C: Preparing for Quantum Readiness at Major Enterprises
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm Stream C Chair's Remarks Doug Finke - Managing Editor, Quantum Computing ReportStream C: Preparing for Quantum Readiness at Major Enterprises
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Practically Navigating the Road to Leverage Quantum Clena Abuan - Senior Technology Associate, BPStream C: Preparing for Quantum Readiness at Major Enterprises
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm Two very different paths towards quantum technology adoption Jay Lowell - Senior Technical Fellow, BoeingQuantum technology adoption in a large company depends on finding ways to provide a return on the research and development investment. In this talk, I will highlight two very different use cases that have promise within Boeing and the work we have done to investigate them.
Stream C: Preparing for Quantum Readiness at Major Enterprises
2:55 pm - 3:20 pm Computational Fluid Dynamics on Quantum Computers Leigh Lapworth - Fellow, Computational Science, Rolls-RoyceThis talk will present a hybrid quantum-classical non-linear CFD solver using the HHL algorithm for the inner linearised equations. Emulated results will show the importance of the hybrid interface in the overall time to solution of the hybrid solver
Stream C: Preparing for Quantum Readiness at Major Enterprises
3:20 pm - 3:45 pm Educating Healthcare in Quantum Computing - Experiences and Lessons Learned Matthew Versaggi - Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Technology, OptumOur journey, experiences, and lessons learned from 2 years of educating software engineers (and some executives) of a fortune-5 healthcare company in the basics of Quantum Computing will be the core of this presentation. We'll also touch on our business justifications, POC's, and future trajectories.
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
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NETWORKING BREAK
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
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The current and future quantum workforce, and the need for specific education
Araceli Venegas-Gomez -
CEO,
QURECA
The current quantum talent shortage is an identified issue and hot topic, and companies from all over the world fight to get the best candidates. Moreover, new comers into the quantum ecosystem are eager to find resources to jump into the quantum boat. What are we doing to ensure the workforce is ready for the quantum revolution? There is a clear need for specific education at all levels, and we will revisit some of the most important initiatives worldwide
4:45 pm - 5:20 pm
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Panel Discussion: The VCs Perspective: Where is the growth coming from?
Christophe Jurczak -
Managing Partner,
Quantonation
Matt Langione - Partner, Boston Consulting Group
John Mercer - Founder, Starstuff Ventures
Over the last couple of years, quite the opposite of a “Quantum Winter” has occurred, with wide and varied funding models. In this session, understand what investors are looking for, the pro’s and con’s of the different funding strategies, and what the future holds for quantum start up investment.
- Is now the time to invest in quantum technology?
- Where are investors seeing ROI?
- What do investors look for when they are looking to invest in a quantum start up?
- Do investors advise IPO, SPACs or M&A?
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
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Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Harnessing the power of Qubits – when will we be there?
Darren Brock -
Principal Research Engineer,
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Eleanor G Rieffel - Senior Research Scientist Lead, Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL), NASA Ames Research Center
Matthew Versaggi - Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Technology, Optum
André M. König - CEO, Interference Advisors
To conclude the conference, we bring together some Quantum visionaries for their unique insight into what with come this decade. Will this be the decade when Quantum computing finally comes of age?
- Looking at the crystal ball; when will Quantum supremacy really be here?
- How can enterprises, governments and tech giants maximise the opportunity of the NISQ era?
- Are we heading for the oft talked about ‘Quantum Winter’? How can this eventuality be avoided?
- Where will the next big breakthrough come from?
Eleanor G Rieffel
Senior Research Scientist Lead, Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL)NASA Ames Research Center