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Plenary Technology and Infrastructure Policy and Standardization Regional Ecosystem Summit This track and sessions are by invite only.

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9:45 am

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2:20 pm

2:50 pm

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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

Welcome

9:00 am – 9:10 am (10 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Room

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director, QED-C

Technical Advisory Committees: Year In Review

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

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

Trends in Export Control

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

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

Advancing Standardization for Critical and Emerging Technologies (ASCET)

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

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

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

Meet the Steering Committee Candidates/Election

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm (45 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

QED-C Cryogenics Roadmap Revisited

1:00 pm – 1:10 pm (10 min)

Technology and Infrastructure

Foyer Stage

Sebastian Engelmann

Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research

Time Distribution Briefing

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

Regional Ecosystem Summit/Roundtable (Invite Only)

1:00 pm – 2:50 pm (110 min)

Regional Ecosystem Summit

Voice Over Room

QED-C Member Advances in Control & Readout Electronics

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

Inaugural Year of JTC-3

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

A Candid Conversation with Celia Merzbacher

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Stage

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director, QED-C

CSIS Briefing

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)

Policy and Standardization

Walk Cycle Room

Sujai Shivakumar

Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS

Microelectronic Commons Panel Discussion

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

Quantum Policy Developments and Future Outlook

2:00 pm – 2:20 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

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

Quantum Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

3:30 pm – 4:20 pm (50 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Stage

Carl Williams

CEO, CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC

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

Celia Merzbacher

Executive 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

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

Welcome

9:00 am – 9:10 am (10 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Room

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director, QED-C

Technical Advisory Committees: Year In Review

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

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

Trends in Export Control

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

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

Advancing Standardization for Critical and Emerging Technologies (ASCET)

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

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

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

Meet the Steering Committee Candidates/Election

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm (45 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

QED-C Cryogenics Roadmap Revisited

1:00 pm – 1:10 pm (10 min)

Technology and Infrastructure

Foyer Stage

Sebastian Engelmann

Vice Chair, Enabling Technologies, IBM Research

Time Distribution Briefing

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

Regional Ecosystem Summit/Roundtable (Invite Only)

1:00 pm – 2:50 pm (110 min)

Regional Ecosystem Summit

Voice Over Room

QED-C Member Advances in Control & Readout Electronics

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

Inaugural Year of JTC-3

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

A Candid Conversation with Celia Merzbacher

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Stage

Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director, QED-C

CSIS Briefing

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm (20 min)

Policy and Standardization

Walk Cycle Room

Sujai Shivakumar

Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS

Microelectronic Commons Panel Discussion

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

Quantum Policy Developments and Future Outlook

2:00 pm – 2:20 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

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

Quantum Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

3:30 pm – 4:20 pm (50 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Stage

Carl Williams

CEO, CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC

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

Celia Merzbacher

Executive 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

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

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

Quantum Computing Supply Chain Standards for Cost, Capacity and Risk

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

Benchmarking Progress in Quantum Computing

11:30 am – 11:50 am (20 min)

Quantum End-User Executive Forum

Walk Cycle Room

Bruno Avritzer

Quantum Scientist, Leidos

Closing Remarks

11:50 am – 12:00 pm (10 min)

Plenary

Zoetrope Stage

Jonathan Felbinger

Deputy Director, QED-C

Lunch

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (90 min)

Plenary

Foyer/Pre-function Space

Bus departs for IBM Think Lab Tour

12:15 pm – 6:00 pm (345 min)

Quantum End-User Executive Forum, The Quantum Computing Experience

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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