QED-C | Annual Meeting

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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.

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.

QED-C Members log in to register to attend the full event. Non-members, including investors, end users, and prospective members, request an expo invite to attend the Quantum Technology Expo on November 6.

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Agenda

November 5, 2025

Time	Plenary	Technology and Infrastructure	Policy and Standardization	Regional Ecosystem Summit (Invite Only)
8:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Welcome Jonathan Felbinger Deputy Director, QED-C
9:05 am	Technical Advisory Committees: Year In Review Evangeline Williams Vice Chair, Law & Policy TAC, CJW Quantum David Stewart Chair, Workforce TAC, Purdue University Charlie Fancher Chair, Q4NS, MITRE 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
9:35 am	Keynote Address
10:15 am		Prototyping Quantum Systems Nick Fahrenkopf Technical Director – NORDTECH \| Adjunct Professor – University at Albany, NY CREATES \| University at Albany 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 Charlie Fancher Chair, Q4NS, MITRE	Advancing Standardization for Critical and Emerging Technologies (ASCET) Clare Allocca Senior Advisor for Standardization, NIST James Dickerson Director of the ASCET Center of Excellence, ASTM International Austin S. Lin Senior Technical Program Manager – Software, Google	Regional Ecosystem Summit/Roundtable (Invite Only)
10:30 am	Quantum Business Edge™: Investor Perspectives on Quantum
11:30 am	Lunch Presented by: Google
12:30 pm	Meet the Steering Committee Candidates/Election
1:00 pm	Quantum Computing Applications	Microelectronic Commons Panel Discussion Nick Fahrenkopf Technical Director – NORDTECH \| Adjunct Professor – University at Albany, NY CREATES \| University at Albany 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 Charlie Fancher Chair, Q4NS, MITRE	Standardization Readiness – Status Update and Next Steps on Execution, how can members get involved? Clare Allocca Senior Advisor for Standardization, NIST	Regional Ecosystem Summit/Roundtable (Invite Only)
1:20 pm			Time Distribution Briefing Julian Martinez Rincon Chair, Standards and Performance Metrics, Brookhaven National Laboratory
1:40 pm	Fireside Chat on NSF & U.S. QIST Leadership Erwin Gianchandani Assistant Director, Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), NSF		Export Control Update
1:45 pm		QED-C Cryogenics Roadmap Revisited Sebastian Engelmann Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research
2:00 pm	Networking Break
2:30 pm	Quantum Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
2:40 pm	Quantum Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Carl Williams CEO, CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC	QED-C Member Advances in Control & Readout Electronics Adam Sirois Physicist, NIST 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	CSIS Briefing Sujai Shivakumar Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS
3:00 pm			Quantum Policy Developments and Future Outlook Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante Fellow, Technology and National Security, CNAS
3:20 pm			QED-C Policy Priorities Rump Session
3:40 pm	Fireside Chat on Micro Electronics Commons Infrastructure
4:20 pm	Leadership recognition & award ceremony
4:40 pm	Closing Remarks Jonathan Felbinger Deputy Director, QED-C
6:00 pm	Networking Reception Presented by: Korea-US Quantum Technology Cooperation Center, Quantum Computing Inc., Aleksco

November 6, 2025

Time	Plenary	Quantum Use Cases: Keynotes and Panel Discussions	Quantum Marketplace® Technology Expo	Quantum End-User Executive Forum (Invite Only)
8:00 am	Breakfast Presented by: Google
8:30 am			Quantum Marketplace® Technology Expo
9:00 am	Quantum Economy Alex Challans CEO, Resonance
9:30 am	2025 – What A Year Celia Merzbacher Executive Director, QED-C
9:40 am		Quantum Sensing Jonathan Hoffman Program Manager, DARPA
9:45 am				Quantum 101 John Burke Chief Product Officer, Beacon Photonics
10:10 am		Quantum Network Applications Roadmap Update Mark Mortensen Audrine Research
10:20 am		Is it Live or is it Memorex? Some thoughts on the complexities of True Entropy Wil Oxford Founder and CEO, Anametric, Inc.		Quantum Computing Supply Chain Standards for Cost, Capacity and Risk Austin S. Lin Senior Technical Program Manager – Software, Google
10:35 am		Quantum Computing Application-Oriented Performance Benchmarks Tom Lubinski Senior Technical Advisor, Quantum Circuits Inc.
10:40 am				Protecting Your Business’ Data from Quantum Computers John Buselli Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM Research
10:45 am		Quantum Computing Applications Panel John Licata Innovation Officer, ServiceNow Alex Shih Product Leader, Q-CTRL Elica Keyoseva NVIDIA Elizabeth Iwasawa Director, Quantum Technologies, Sr Principal Scientist, Technical Fellow, Leidos
11:00 am				The Biggest Upgrade Since Y2K: Post Quantum Cryptography
11:20 am		Applications Roundtable: Regional Perspectives John Buselli Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM Research		Benchmarking Progress in Quantum Computing Tom Lubinski Senior Technical Advisor, Quantum Circuits Inc.
11:40 am				Moderated Discussion
11:55 am	Closing Remarks Jonathan Felbinger Deputy Director, QED-C
12:00 pm	Lunch
12:15 pm	Bus departs for IBM Think Lab Tour

Location

Venue

Google Chelsea Campus
75 9th Avenue
New York, NY 10011

Hotels

QED-C does not have a room block reserved, but there are many hotels near the venue.

Travel

From Penn Station

From Grand Central Station

From John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)

From Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

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