About
Join us this November in New York City for the QED-C Annual Meeting and Plenary during the International Year of Quantum. This is the premier opportunity to connect with key players across the quantum ecosystem—including technologists, startups, and enterprise leaders—from across the globe.
Designed to foster meaningful collaboration, the meeting features keynote talks, expert panels, and discussions that surface the most pressing challenges and emerging opportunities in the quantum space. Together, we’ll chart actionable paths forward for growing the quantum industry and strengthening its workforce. Join other QED-C members for optional tours of NYU’s Center for Quantum Information Physics (Nov 4 @ 2pm) and IBM’s Think Lab in Yorktown Heights (Nov 6 @ 12pm – transportation provided)
Whether you’re looking to build new partnerships, share insights, or shape the direction of quantum technology development, there’s no better place to engage than at a QED-C Plenary Meeting.
Agenda
November 5, 2025
Plenary Technology and Infrastructure Policy and Standardization Regional Ecosystem Summit This track and sessions are by invite only. 8:00 am
9:00 am
9:10 am
9:45 am
10:00 am
10:15 am
10:30 am
11:30 am
12:15 pm
1:00 pm
1:10 pm
1:20 pm
1:40 pm
2:00 pm
2:20 pm
2:50 pm
3:30 pm
4:20 pm
4:40 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am (60 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
Foyer/Pre-function Space
9:00 am – 9:10 am (10 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Room
Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, QED-C
9:10 am – 9:45 am (35 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Evangeline Williams
Vice Chair, Law & Policy TAC, CJW Quantum
David Stewart
Chair, Workforce TAC, Purdue University
Sebastian Engelmann
Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research
Julian Martinez Rincon
Chair, Standards and Performance Metrics, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Carl Dukatz
Chair, Use Cases TAC, Accenture
9:45 am – 10:00 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope
Kevin Wolf
Partner, International Trade, Akin Gump
Transition to Tracks
10:00 am – 10:15 am (15 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
10:15 am – 10:30 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
10:15 am – 11:30 am (75 min)
Technology and Infrastructure
Foyer Stage
Nick Fahrenkopf
Technical Director, NORDTECH
Minjoo Larry Lee
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Fred Kish
Distinguished M.C Dean Professor ECE, Director Nanofabrication Facility, NC State University
10:15 am – 11:30 am (75 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
James Dickerson
Director of the ASCET Center of Excellence, ASTM International
Austin S. Lin
Quantum Standards – Google, Head of US National Committee – JTC 3
10:15 am – 11:30 am (75 min)
Regional Ecosystem Summit
Voice Over Room
10:30 am – 11:30 am (60 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Don Grust
Managing Director, QuantumToMarket
Eric Hall
Managing Partner, Wavepeak Ventures
Jon Chait
Managing Partner, InQTel
Lunch
11:30 am – 12:15 pm (45 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
Foyer/Pre-function Space
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm (45 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm (40 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Matthew Harrigan
Quantum Software Engineer, Google Quantum AI
Carl Dukatz
Chair, Use Cases TAC, Accenture
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm (10 min)
Technology and Infrastructure
Foyer Stage
Sebastian Engelmann
Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Julian Martinez Rincon
Chair, Standards and Performance Metrics, Brookhaven National Laboratory
1:00 pm – 2:50 pm (110 min)
Regional Ecosystem Summit
Voice Over Room
1:10 pm – 2:50 pm (100 min)
Technology and Infrastructure
Foyer Stage
Ella Lachman
Senior Quantum Materials R&D Engineer, Rigetti
Owen Barthelmes
Director of Engineering, Amphenol RF
Nick O’Leary
Engineering Program Manager, XMA Corp
Joe Love
RF Design Engineer, XMA Corp
Marc Smith
General Manager, XMA Corp
Corban Tillemann-Dick
CEO, Maybell Quantum
1:20 pm – 1:40 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Austin S. Lin
Quantum Standards – Google, Head of US National Committee – JTC 3
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, QED-C
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Sujai Shivakumar
Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm (50 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Nick Fahrenkopf
Technical Director, NORDTECH
Fred Kish
Distinguished M.C Dean Professor ECE, Director Nanofabrication Facility, NC State University
Joe Christesen
Research Engineer, SRI
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
Fellow, Technology and National Security, CNAS
2:20 pm – 2:50 pm (30 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Christina Willis
Director of Government Affairs & Senior Optical Scientist, Infleqtion
Networking Break
2:50 pm – 3:30 pm (40 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm (50 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Carl Williams
CEO, CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC
4:20 pm – 4:40 pm (20 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (120 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
Chelsea Piers, Pier 61 Sunset Terrace
November 6, 2025
Plenary Quantum End-User Executive Forum The Quantum Computing Experience This is a hands-on quantum chemistry demo (please bring your laptop) Quantum Marketplace® Technology Expo 8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
9:30 am
9:45 am
9:50 am
10:05 am
10:20 am
10:35 am
10:40 am
10:50 am
11:10 am
11:30 am
11:50 am
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
1:30 pm
Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am (60 min)
Plenary, Quantum End-User Executive Forum, The Quantum Computing Experience
Foyer/Pre-function Space
8:30 am – 1:30 pm (300 min)
Quantum Marketplace® Technology Expo
Foyer Stage
9:00 am – 9:30 am (30 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Alex Challans
CEO, Resonance
9:30 am – 9:45 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, QED-C
9:45 am – 9:50 am (5 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Jonathan Felbinger
Deputy Director, QED-C
9:50 am – 10:05 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Mark Mortensen
Principal Analyst Communications Software, ACG Research
9:50 am – 10:20 am (30 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
John Burke
Chief Product Officer, Beacon Photonics
9:50 am – 11:50 am (120 min)
The Quantum Computing Experience
Voice Over Room
Keeper Sharkey
CEO & Founder, ODE, L3C
10:05 am – 10:20 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Jean-Sébastien Pegon
Head of Sales – Quantum-Safe Security – Region Western Europe & Americas, ID Quantique
10:20 am – 10:35 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Wil Oxford
Founder and CEO, Anametric, Inc.
10:20 am – 10:40 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
Ali Haider
Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, Palo Alto Networks
10:40 am – 11:10 am (30 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
John Buselli
Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM Research
10:50 am – 11:50 am (60 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
John Licata
Innovation Officer, ServiceNow
Alex Shih
Product Leader, Q-CTRL
Elica Keyoseva
Director, Quantum Algorithm Engineering, NVIDIA
Patty Lee
Chief Scientist for Hardware Technology Development, Quantinuum
Carl Dukatz
Chair, Use Cases TAC, Accenture
11:10 am – 11:30 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
Austin S. Lin
Quantum Standards – Google, Head of US National Committee – JTC 3
11:30 am – 11:50 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
Bruno Avritzer
Quantum Scientist, Leidos
11:50 am – 12:00 pm (10 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Jonathan Felbinger
Deputy Director, QED-C
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (90 min)
Plenary
Foyer/Pre-function Space
12:15 pm – 6:00 pm (345 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum, The Quantum Computing Experience
Speakers
CEO, D-Wave
Executive Director, QED-C
Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
Partner, Deep 33 Ventures
Deputy Director, QED-C
U.S. General Manager, Alice & Bob
Location
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