AGENDA
DAY 1
MONDAY, MARCH 31
8:30 AM MST - 5:30 PM MST
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
Ocean and Hybrid Solvers
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
Muhammad Khan, CEO, Staque and SVP, Verge Ag
Arit Kumar Bishwas, Director, PwC
Quantum Annealing for Ticket Control: Real-World Optimization in Public Transport​
Aleksandar Davidov, Researcher, Oslomet
Flutter's approach to emerging technology
Dan Wyles, Emerging Technology Team, 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
Quantum Optimization - Quantum Advantage for Port of Busan Logistics
Seon-Geun Jeong, PhD Candidate, Pusan National University
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​​
Reading Quantum Benchmarking Papers: How Not to be Fooled
Cathy McGeoch, Principal Scientist (Retired), D-Wave
Track Two - Science & Technology
Using the Nonlinear Solver: Capacitated Multi-Vehicle Routing
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
Planning the Operations of Autonomous Ground Vehicles At Scale
Muhammad Khan, CEO Staque and SVP Verge Ag
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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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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Break
Quantum Collection for You, from Tohoku University and Sigma-i
Masayuki Ohzeki, Professor - Tohoku University, and Founder - Sigma-i
New Horizons in Simulating Quantum Matter
Andrew King, Senior Distinguished Scientist, D-Wave​
Ending Remarks / Networking Reception