Join fellow QED-C members for the annual meeting of 2024 in Seattle, Washington. 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 main session will be hybrid for those unable to attend in person. Draft agenda below is subject to change.
| October 29 | |
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| 6:30pm – 8:30pm: Welcome Reception | |
| October 30 | |
| 8:00am – 9:00am: Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:45am – 8:50am: Annual Meeting Begins (QED-C Members Only) Welcome Address |
Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 8:50am – 9:10am: QED-C Steering Committee Election: Candidate Presentations | |
| 9:10am – 9:30am: Networking Break | |
| 9:30am – 9:45am: Plenary Meeting Begins
Welcome Address Reflections on 2024 and looking ahead to 2025 |
Don Graves, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director, QED-C |
| 9:45am – 10:00am: Opening Remarks | Joseph Williams, Information and Communications Technology Sector Lead, Washington State Department of Commerce |
| 10:00am – 10:20am: Quantum Sensors for PNT Use Cases | Mike Larsen, Architect for Quantum Technologies, Northrop Grumman |
| 10:20am – 10:40am: DIU funding opportunities | Nick Estep, Director, Emerging Technology, DIU |
| 10:40am – 11:10am: Networking Break | |
| 11:10am – 12:10pm:
Business and Technical Breakouts 1. Business-Oriented Use Cases – Scott Buchholz, Deloitte 2. Engaging with Media/Communication Strategies – Mike Kilroy, HKA 3. The Role of Think Tanks in Quantum Policy Development – Policy Panel Jonah Force Hill, Xanadu
Raul Brens Jr, Atlantic Council
Constanza Vidal Bustamante, CNAS
Teddy Parker, RAND
4. Working with DIU – Nick Estep, DIU |
Workforce Track Breakouts
11:10am: Workforce Engagement Opportunities for the International Year of Quantum 11:40am: Career Pathways for Students and Professionals |
| 12:10pm – 1:20pm: Lunch and Student Poster Session | |
| 1:25pm – 1:40pm: Carl Williams Award | Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director, QED-C |
| 1:40pm – 1:50pm: Poll results (Student Poster + TAC + SC) | Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 1:50pm – 2:05pm: Breakout session debriefs | Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 2:05pm – 2:15pm: Standards & Performance Metrics TAC Annual Update | Aharon Brodutch, Senior Manager – Architecture, ionQ |
| 2:15pm – 2:25pm: Q4NS TAC Annual Update | Charlie Fancher, Lead Physicist, MITRE |
| 2:25pm – 3:15pm: Quantum Applications Panel | Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director, QED-C (Moderator) Scott Buchholz, Government and Public Services CTO, Deloitte Carl Dukatz, Managing Director, Accenture Hongbin Liu, Principal Quantum Architect, Microsoft |
| 3:15pm – 3:35pm: Snack and Networking Break | |
| 3:35pm – 4:05pm: Threat Update | Roahn Wynar, Special Agent, FBI |
| 4:05pm – 4:15pm: Workforce TAC Annual Update | Jake Douglass, Technical Business Development Specialist, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 4:15pm – 4:25pm: Enabling Technologies TAC Annual Update | Kalle Palomäki, Vice President of New Product Development, Modulight |
| 4:25pm – 4:35pm: Quantum Law TAC Annual Update | Christopher Savoie, Founder, SQUALE |
| 4:35pm – 4:45pm: Use Cases TAC Annual Update | John Buselli, Business Development Executive/Offering Manager, IBM
Carl Dukatz, Next Gen Computing Lead, Accenture |
| 4:45pm – 4:50pm: Announcements | Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 4:50pm – 5:00pm: Acknowledgements | Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director, QED-C Jonathan Felbinger, Deputy Director, QED-C |
| 5:00pm: Adjourn | |