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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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