Join fellow QED-C members for the first plenary meeting of 2025 in Anaheim, CA. Hear from high-level speakers driving quantum 2.0 forward and network with fellow leaders in industry, government, and academia from around the world. The draft agenda below is subject to change.
| March 20 | ||
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| 8:00am – 9:00am | Registration and Refreshments | |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Plenary Meeting Begins | |
| California Quantum Initiatives | Trelynd Bradley, Deputy Director of Innovation and Emerging Technologies, California Office of Business and Economic Development |
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| 9:15am | QED-C update | Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director, QED-C |
| 9:30am | International Year of Quantum | John Doyle, President, APS |
| 9:40am | State of the Quantum Industry Report Release | Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 9:50am | Quantum Market Forecasts | Bob Sorensen, Senior VP of Research, Hyperion Research |
| 10:10am – 10:40am | Networking Break | |
| 10:40am – 11:25am | State of the Quantum Industry Panel discussion and Q&A |
Celia Merzbacher, moderator Bob Sorensen, Senior VP of Research, Hyperion Research Juliette Peyronnet, US General Manager, Alice&Bob Jonathan Ouellet, Staff Research Physicist, Sandbox AQ Doug Finke, Chief Content Officer, GQI |
| 11:25am – 11:45am | Supply Chains for Critical Materials | Rod Eggert, Research Professor, Colorado School of Mines |
| 11:45am – 12:45am | Lunch | |
| 12:45pm – 12:50pm | Senator Steve Daines, Montana | |
| 12:50pm – 1:50pm | Quantum Marketplace® Live: Cryogenics for Quantum |
Sebastian Engelmann, IBM (moderator) Organizations:
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| 1:50pm – 2:10pm | Networking Break | |
| 2:10pm – 3:10pm | Breakout Sessions | |
| Quantum Business Edge: Product Management Challenges in Quantum |
Don Grust, QuantumToMarket John Burgoyne, Oxford Instruments Mike Piech, Rigetti James Guilmart, Q-CTRL |
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| Quantum Networks Applications Roadmap (QNAR) 2.0 | Alireza Shabani, Consultant, Center for Quantum Networks | |
| Quantum Supply Chain Bottlenecks: How Can Standards Help? (Quantum Computing Focus) | Austin Lin, Sr. Technical Program Manager, Google | |
| Improved Efficiency Of Quantum Technology Development | Mike Larsen, Atomic Physicist, NGC | |
| Quantum For Global National Security: Leveraging The NATO Transatlantic Quantum Community | Jonah Hill, Head of U.S. Business Development & Government Affairs, Xanadu | |
| Security In The Face Of Looming Quantum Computing Threats And Implications For QC Adoption |
Philip Kwan, Sr. Principal Product Manager, Palo Alto Networks Terry Cronin, VP, Business Development and Marketing, Toshiba |
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| 3:10pm – 3:30pm | Transition Break | |
| 3:30pm – 3:40pm | Threat Update | Roahn Wynar, Special Agent, FBI |
| 3:40pm – 4:00pm | Breakout Debriefs | |
| 4:00pm – 4:15pm | Announcements, Call to Action | Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 4:15pm | Plenary Adjourns | |
| 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Industry Day Reception (Sponsored, in part, by QED-C) |
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