Annual Meeting

Bi-annual meetings for our membership community to join for organizational and industry updates from leadership and guest speakers, and networking.

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.

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.

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

9:05 am

9:35 am

10:05 am

10:15 am

10:30 am

11:30 am

12:30 pm

1:00 pm

1:20 pm

1:40 pm

1:45 pm

2:00 pm

2:40 pm

3:00 pm

3:20 pm

3:30 pm

4:15 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-fuction Space

Welcome

9:00 am – 9:05 am (5 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Room
Jonathan Felbinger
Deputy Director, QED-C

Technical Advisory Committees: Year In Review

9:05 am – 9:35 am (30 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
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

Keynote Address

9:35 am – 10:05 am (30 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage

Threat Update

10:15 am – 10:30 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage

Prototyping Quantum Systems

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
Charlie Fancher
Chair, Q4NS, MITRE

Advancing Standardization for Critical and Emerging Technologies (ASCET)

10:15 am – 11:30 am (75 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
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)

10:15 am – 11:30 am (75 min)
Regional Ecosystem Summit
Voice Over Room

Quantum Business Edge™: Investor Perspectives on Quantum

10:30 am – 11:30 am (60 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage

Lunch

11:30 am – 12:30 pm (60 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
Foyer/Pre-fuction Room
Presented by:
Google Quantum AI

Meet the Steering Committee Candidates/Election

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm (30 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage

Quantum Computing Applications

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

Microelectronic Commons Panel Discussion

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm (45 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
Charlie Fancher
Chair, Q4NS, MITRE

Standardization Readiness – Status Update and Next Steps on Execution, how can members get involved?

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Clare Allocca
Senior Advisor for Standardization, NIST

Regional Ecosystem Summit/Roundtable (Invite Only)

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (120 min)
Regional Ecosystem Summit
Voice Over Room

Time Distribution Briefing

1:20 pm – 1:40 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Julian Martinez Rincon
Chair, Standards and Performance Metrics, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Fireside Chat on NSF & U.S. QIST Leadership

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Erwin Gianchandani
Assistant Director, Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), NSF

Export Control Update

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room

QED-C Cryogenics Roadmap Revisited

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm (15 min)
Technology and Infrastructure
Foyer Stage
Sebastian Engelmann
Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research

Networking Break

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm (40 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization

Quantum Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

2:40 pm – 3:30 pm (50 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Carl Williams
CEO, CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC

QED-C Member Advances in Control & Readout Electronics

2:40 pm – 4:15 pm (95 min)
Technology and Infrastructure
Foyer Stage
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

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Sujai Shivakumar
Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS

Quantum Policy Developments and Future Outlook

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm (20 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room
Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
Fellow, Technology and National Security, CNAS

QED-C Policy Priorities Rump Session

3:20 pm – 4:15 pm (55 min)
Policy and Standardization
Walk Cycle Room

Fireside Chat on Micro Electronics Commons Infrastructure

3:30 pm – 4:20 pm (50 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage

Leadership recognition & award ceremony

4:20 pm – 4:40 pm (20 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage

Closing Remarks

4:40 pm – 5:00 pm (20 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Jonathan Felbinger
Deputy Director, QED-C

Networking Reception

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (120 min)
Plenary, Technology and Infrastructure, Policy and Standardization, Regional Ecosystem Summit
Chelsea Piers, Pier 61 Sunset Terrace
Presented by:
Korea-US Quantum Technology Cooperation Center, Quantum Computing Inc., Aleksco

November 6, 2025

Plenary Quantum End-User Executive Forum This track and sessions are by invite only. 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

9:40 am

9:45 am

10:10 am

10:20 am

10:35 am

10:40 am

10:45 am

11:00 am

11:20 am

11:40 am

11:55 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 Stage
Presented by:
Google Quantum AI

Quantum Marketplace® Technology Expo

8:30 am – 1:30 pm (300 min)
Quantum Marketplace® Technology Expo
Foyer Stage

Quantum Economy

9:00 am – 9:30 am (30 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Alex Challans
CEO, Resonance

2025 – What A Year

9:30 am – 9:40 am (10 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, QED-C

Quantum Sensing

9:40 am – 10:10 am (30 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Jonathan Hoffman
Program Manager, DARPA

Quantum 101

9:45 am – 10:20 am (35 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
John Burke
Chief Product Officer, Beacon Photonics

Hands-On Quantum Chemistry Demo

9:45 am – 12:00 pm (135 min)
The Quantum Computing Experience
Voice Over Room

Quantum Network Applications Roadmap Update

10:10 am – 10:20 am (10 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Mark Mortensen
Principal Analyst Communications Software, ACG Research

Is it Live or is it Memorex? Some thoughts on the complexities of True Entropy

10:20 am – 10:35 am (15 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Wil Oxford
Founder and CEO, Anametric, Inc.

Quantum Computing Supply Chain Standards for Cost, Capacity and Risk

10:20 am – 10:40 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
Austin S. Lin
Senior Technical Program Manager – Software, Google

Quantum Computing Application-Oriented Performance Benchmarks

10:35 am – 10:45 am (10 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Tom Lubinski
Senior Technical Advisor, Quantum Circuits Inc.

Preparing for the Quantum Leap: Securing Infrastructure Against Quantum Threats

10:40 am – 11:00 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
John Buselli
Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM Research

Quantum Computing Applications Panel

10:45 am – 11:20 am (35 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
John Licata
Innovation Officer, ServiceNow
Alex Shih
Product Leader, Q-CTRL
Elica Keyoseva
Director, Quantum Algorithm Engineering, NVIDIA
Elizabeth Iwasawa
Director, Quantum Technologies, Sr Principal Scientist, Technical Fellow, Leidos

The Biggest Upgrade Since Y2K: Post Quantum Cryptography

11:00 am – 11:20 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room

Applications Roundtable: Regional Perspectives

11:20 am – 11:55 am (35 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
John Buselli
Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM Research

Benchmarking Progress in Quantum Computing

11:20 am – 11:40 am (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room
Tom Lubinski
Senior Technical Advisor, Quantum Circuits Inc.

Moderated Discussion

11:40 am – 12:00 pm (20 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum
Walk Cycle Room

Closing Remarks

11:55 am – 12:00 pm (5 min)
Plenary
Zoetrope Stage
Jonathan Felbinger
Deputy Director, QED-C

Lunch

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (90 min)
Plenary
Foyer Stage

Bus departs for IBM Think Lab Tour

12:15 pm – 6:00 pm (345 min)
Quantum End-User Executive Forum, The Quantum Computing Experience
Speakers
Alex Challans

Alex Challans

CEO, Resonance

Alex Shih

Alex Shih

Product Leader, Q-CTRL

Austin S. Lin

Austin S. Lin

Senior Technical Program Manager – Software, Google

Carl Dukatz

Carl Dukatz

Chair, Use Cases TAC, Accenture

Carl Williams

Carl Williams

CEO, CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC

Celia Merzbacher

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director, QED-C

Charlie Fancher

Charlie Fancher

Chair, Q4NS, MITRE

Clare Allocca

Clare Allocca

Senior Advisor for Standardization, NIST

Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante

Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante

Fellow, Technology and National Security, CNAS

Corban Tillemann-Dick

Corban Tillemann-Dick

CEO, Maybell Quantum

David Stewart

David Stewart

Chair, Workforce TAC, Purdue University

Adam Sirois

Adam Sirois

Physicist, NIST

Elica Keyoseva

Elica Keyoseva

Director, Quantum Algorithm Engineering, NVIDIA

Elizabeth Iwasawa

Elizabeth Iwasawa

Director, Quantum Technologies, Sr Principal Scientist, Technical Fellow, Leidos

Ella Lachman

Ella Lachman

Senior Quantum Materials R&D Engineer, Rigetti

Erwin Gianchandani

Erwin Gianchandani

Assistant Director, Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), NSF

Evangeline Williams

Evangeline Williams

Vice Chair, Law & Policy TAC, CJW Quantum

Fred Kish

Fred Kish

Distinguished M.C Dean Professor ECE, Director Nanofabrication Facility, NC State University

James Dickerson

James Dickerson

Director of the ASCET Center of Excellence, ASTM International

John Burke

John Burke

Chief Product Officer, Beacon Photonics

John Buselli

John Buselli

Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM Research

John Licata

John Licata

Innovation Officer, ServiceNow

Jonathan Felbinger

Jonathan Felbinger

Deputy Director, QED-C

Jonathan Hoffman

Jonathan Hoffman

Program Manager, DARPA

Joe Love

Joe Love

RF Design Engineer, XMA Corp

Julian Martinez Rincon

Julian Martinez Rincon

Chair, Standards and Performance Metrics, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Marc Smith

Marc Smith

General Manager, XMA Corp

Mark Mortensen

Mark Mortensen

Principal Analyst Communications Software, ACG Research

Matthew Harrigan

Matthew Harrigan

Quantum Software Engineer, Google Quantum AI

Michael Fanto

Michael Fanto

Microelectronics Commons Technical Execution Area (CTEA) Lead for Quantum Senior Research Physicist, AFRL/RITQ

Minjoo Larry Lee

Minjoo Larry Lee

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nick Fahrenkopf

Nick Fahrenkopf

Technical Director, NORDTECH

Nick O'Leary

Nick O'Leary

Engineering Program Manager, XMA Corp

Owen Barthelmes

Owen Barthelmes

Director of Engineering, Amphenol RF

Sebastian Engelmann

Sebastian Engelmann

Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research

Sujai Shivakumar

Sujai Shivakumar

Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS

Tom Lubinski

Tom Lubinski

Senior Technical Advisor, Quantum Circuits Inc.

Wil Oxford

Wil Oxford

Founder and CEO, Anametric, Inc.

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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Additional Activities

Make the most of your trip to New York City by taking advantage of the activities being held around the Annual Meeting. A full list is below:

Quantum Law National Institute

Location: 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111 | Date: Tuesday, November 4 | Time: 8 AM – 2:30 PM (local) 

Fee: Members $20; Non-members: $50 | Financial Aid: Available (see details on event page)

CLE: Applied for, pending approval

If you want to learn more about current trends in law and policy affecting the development of the quantum information science and technology industry, the QLNI is a great opportunity to hear from some of the top legal and policy minds in the community, with speakers such as Artie McConnell, Dan Berger, and Kevin Wolf.

Through engaging presentations and candid discussions, attendees will gain actionable knowledge across key practice areas, sharpen their skills, and make new connections in a collegial environment.

This program is suitable for attorneys at all career stages who seek to remain competitive in an increasingly complex regulatory world. Attendees will walk away with fresh perspectives, practical takeaways, and a certificate of attendance that may satisfy CLE credit requirements.


Tour NYU’s Center for Quantum Information Physics  

Location: NYU @ 726 Broadway | Date: Tuesday, November 4 | Time: 2 PM (local)
Depending upon the numbers signed up, you may be assigned a group with a different start time.
The Center for Quantum Information Physics (CQIP) is working on fundamental questions at the intersection of quantum physics, condensed matter, engineering, and materials science to advance quantum information science and its applications. The Center provides top-level learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students as well as senior researchers to create leaders in the quantum workforce. The CQIP mission is to develop multifaceted quantum technologies, pursue partnerships, and serve as a hub in New York City to connect quantum start-ups and industries, academics, and the broader community in technology and science. Registration closes October 31.


Tour IBM’s Think Lab @ Yorktown Heights 

Location: The Think Lab @ Yorktown Heights| Date: Thursday, November 6 | Time: Depart 12 PM from the annual meeting, return around 6 PM
Join fellow attendees on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 6, for a tour of IBM’s Think Lab and a talk by Jay Gambetta, VP of Quantum and IBM Fellow. The IBM Think Lab is both a working laboratory and a collaboration space for sharing IBM’s vision for the future of computing with clients and collaborators. Guests will have the opportunity to learn more about the AIU cluster, as well as IBM Quantum Systems One and Two—both of which are installed in the Think Lab. Roundtrip transportation will be provided. Registration closes October 24.


Quantum Career Pathways: Forum & Career Fair

Location: Metropolitan Pavilion | Date: Friday, November 7 | Time:  Forum 10:30 AM – 3 PM; Fair 3 PM – 6 PM

Pricing for Employers: Tables start at $500. QED-C members receive a 10% discount

Seize your opportunity to network with degree-seeking students at colleges and universities in the Northeast and farther afield. Meet up-and-coming talent, shape their needs directly with information on your organization’s required skills and continue to improve the pipeline for the future quantum workforce.

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