AGENDA
DAY 1
MONDAY, JUNE 17
In-person registration starts at 8:00 AM ET
8:30 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET
OPENING KEYNOTE:
Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave and Selected Guests
Computational Supremacy
Andrew King, Senior Distinguished Scientist, D-Wave
How Tomorrow’s Technologies Will Shape Today's Economy - the Inception of a Global Quantum Hub
Damir Bogdan, CEO, QuantumBasel
Break
Quantum for Tour Planning and Routing
Jason Snyder, Global CTO, Momentum Worldwide (part of Interpublic Group)
Quantum Computing Applications at Retail
Lindsay Dukowski, Director, Data & Analytics, Pattison Food Group
Transforming Airline Operations with Quantum Annealing
Sean Tinney, VP Global Enterprise Computing Solutions, Unisys
Panel discussion: Quantum for the Public Sector
Allison Schwartz, VP Global Government Relations, D-Wave; US Government official; Deloitte; Dana Linnet, Senior Executive, Artificial Brain
Lunch
Workshop: Building a Quantum Community
Victoria Goliber, Global Head of Technical Advising, D-Wave
Quantum for National Defense
Dale Moore, President, Davidson Technologies
D-Wave Technology: Advantage2™ System
Trevor Lanting, Chief Development Officer, D-Wave
Towards Material Discovery with Quantum Annealing Hardware
Carleton Coffrin, Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
D-Wave Technology: Hybrid Solvers
Alex Condello, Senior Director of Algorithms, Performance and Tools, D-Wave
D-Wave Technology: Leap™ Cloud Service
Fiona Hanington, VP Program Management, D-Wave
Break
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Financial Applications for Quantum Computing that can be Instituted Today
Ethan Krimins, CEO, Quantum Research Sciences
TBA
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Ascent to Quantum GenAI
Ed Heinbockel, CEO, SavantX
DINNER EXCURSION: THOMPSON ISLAND CLAMBAKE!
DAY 2
TUESDAY, JUNE 18
8:30 AM ET - 5:00PM ET
TBA
OPENING KEYNOTE: Quantum Trends Powering Organizational Decisions
Brian Lenahan, Chair, Quantum Strategy Institute
Panel Discussion: Quantum Opportunity
Lorenzo Martinelli, Chief Revenue Officer, D-Wave; Steve Flinter, Distinguished Engineer (Senior Vice President), Mastercard; and other Special Guests
Quantum for Climate and Sustainability Challenges
Annarita Giani, Senior Scientist, GE Vernova
Quantum Annealing and Power Consumption - A Case Study in Mobile Telecommunications
Paul Warburton, Professor, University College London
Break
Harnessing D-Wave's Binary Quadratic Model Solver to Deliver Results for Drug Discovery
Bill Shipman, CTO Founder and Maurice Benson, Principal Software Engineer, POLARISqb
Quantum Annealing for Therapeutic Peptide Design
Andrejs Tucs, Researcher, University of Tokyo
Exploring the Optimization of Key Business Processes Using Quantum Computing: Survey Results
Bob Sorensen, SVP Research, Hyperion Research
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Lunch
Performance of Annealing Quantum Systems: Theory Versus Reality
Catherine McGeoch, D-Wave Principal Scientist Emeritus, D-Wave
Short-Depth QAOA Circuits and Quantum Annealing on Higher-Order Ising Models
Elijah Pelofske, Research Student, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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ENDING REMARKS / NETWORKING RECEPTION