AGENDA
DAY 1
MONDAY, MARCH 31
8:30 AM ET - 5:00 PM MT
In-person breakfast and badge pickup
starts at 7:45 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE:
Quantum Realized
Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave and Special Guests ​including Charles Payne, Fox Business
Jülich Supercomputing Center: Scaling for the Future
Speakers TBA
Break
Quantum Optimization for Mobile Network Performance
Takumi Hattori & Shuichi Fukuda, Data Scientists, NTT DOCOMO
​Useful Quantum Computing: An Exploration of the State of the Quantum Computing Market
Heather West, PhD, Research Manager, Performance Intensive Computing, IDC
Quantum AI Project : Driving Drug Discovery (DD) to Create First-in-Class (FiC) Small Molecules
Masaru Tateno, Chief Science Officer, Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Japan Tobacco, Inc.
Lunch​​
Quantum Optimization: Prescriptive Analytics at SAS - How Classical and Quantum Optimization Solvers can solve CPG Business Problems
Sertalp Cay, Principal Operations Specialist, SAS Institute, Inc.
D-Wave Technology Update
D-Wave Advantage Keynote: Realizing Advantage Systems
Emile Hoskinson, Director, Quantum Annealing Products, D-Wave
Optimization Products
Alex Condello, VP Algorithms, Performance & Tools, D-Wave
The Leap Quantum Cloud Service: Run Quantum-Powered Applications in Production Today
Steve Hart, Director, Product Management D-Wave
Product and Technology Roadmap
Trevor Lanting, Chief Development Officer, D-Wave
Break
Quantum Infrastructure Panel
Moderator:
Peter Rutten, Research VP, Performance Intensive Computing, IDC
Panelists:
Dale Moore, President and CEO, Davidson Technologies​
Kristel Michielsen, Head of Quantum Information Processing Group, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Federico Spedalieri, Managing Director of the Quantum Initiative, USC Information Sciences Institute​
Quantum Optimization: The Killer Use Case for Quantum Computing
Moderator:
Lorenzo Martinelli, CRO, D-Wave
Panelists:
Ethan Krimins, CEO, Quantum Research Sciences
Rahul Deshpande, EVP & Global Head of R&D, Mastercard
Quantum Annealing for Ticket Control: Real-World Optimization in Public Transport​
Aleksandar Davidov, Researcher, Oslomet
Quantum for the Gaming Industry
Dan Wyles, Head of Innovation, Flutter
Qubits Dinner Event at the Phoenician
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Keynote: Unstoppable: Our Leadership Potential Realized with Alden Mills
Alden Mills, Founder,Inc. 500 CEO, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Navy SEAL
Track One - Business & Applications
Exploring Quantum Approach for Scalable Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem
Amogh Apsingekar, Quantum Tech Incubation Leader, LTIMindtree
Break
Constrained Quadratic Model for Optimizing Join Orders
Ibrahim Sabek, Assistant Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
​D-Wave Professional Services: We Will Help You Launch into Quantum Realization
Professional Services, D-Wave​​
Quantum Collection for You, from Tohoku University and Sigma-i
Masayuki Ohzeki, Professor - Tohoku University, and Founder - Sigma-i
Track Two - Science & Technology
Using the NL Solver
Catherine Potts, Staff Technical Advisor, D-Wave​
Break
Advantage2 Performance Preview
Pau Farre, Senior Manager, Benchmarking Programs, D-Wave​
Fireside Chat - Designing Tomorrow's Materials at Atomic Scale: Behind the Quantum Tools Making Discoveries Today
Trevor Lanting - Chief Development Officer, D-Wave, and
Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla - Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
Lunch for both Tracks
Lunch Workshop: Hands on with the Nonlinear Solver
Ken Robbins, Technical Advisor, D-Wave
Sara Jamous, Sr. Technical Content Developer/Instructor, D-Wave
Quantum Optimization - Quantum Advantage for Port of Busan Logistics
Seon-Geun Jeong, PhD Candidate, Pusan National University
Quantum in the Public Sector - Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Allison Schwartz, Global Government Relations and Public Affairs Leader, D-Wave
Panelists:
Samuel Dent, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)​
Dale Moore, President, Davidson Technologies
Aleksandar Davidov, Data Scientist @ Ruter | Researcher @ OsloMet
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Planning the Operations of Autonomous Ground Vehicles At Scale
Muhammad Khan, CEO Staque and SVP Verge Ag
Break
Industry Project Spotlight by QuantumBasel - Panel
Moderator:
Robby Toole, CRO, QuantumBasel
Panelists:
Damir Bogdan, CEO, QuantumBasel
Edoardo Tignone, Data Science Specialist, Leithà | Unipol
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New Horizons in Simulating Quantum Matter
Andrew King, Senior Distinguished Scientist, D-Wave​
Reading Quantum Benchmarking Papers: How Not to be Fooled
Cathy McGeoch, Principal Scientist (Retired), D-Wave
Ending Remarks / Networking Reception