JAN 17 - 19
AGENDA: Qubits North America & Europe
DAY 1
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17
In-person registration starts at 8:15 AM ET
9:00 AM ET - 4:30 PM ET
OPENING KEYNOTE: COMPLEXITY TO CLARITY
Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave and Selected Guests from Mastercard, Deloitte, Davidson
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QUANTUM FOR BUSINESS
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Quantum for Finance: Mastercard
Steve Flinter, Vice President
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Quantum Computing in the Energy Industry
Industry Speaker
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Break
Exploring Quantum Computing to Solve 3D Cuboid Loading Problem: Johnson & Johnson
Nitish Umang, Senior Manager
Optimizing Logistics with Quantum: Supply Chain Issues Solved: SavantX
Ed Heinbockel, CEO and David Ostby, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
TV Commercials Allocation for Frequency Optimization: Recruit
Kotaro Tanahashi, Machine Learning Engineer
Lunch
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TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
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Quantum Computing's Enterprise Value and Opportunities: Hyperion Research
Bob Sorensen, SVP Research, Hyperion Research
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D-Wave Advantage Keynote: The Next-Generation of Quantum Technology and Systems
Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President
Emile Hoskinson, Director
D-Wave Leap Keynote: The Next-Generation of Quantum Cloud Software, Services, and Tools
Murray Thom, Vice President
Break
Innovation in CQM: Feature Selection Demo: D-Wave
Alex Condello, Senior Director
QUANTUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Coherent Quantum Annealing for Simulation and Optimization: D-Wave
Andrew King, Director
Iterative Quantum Optimization: University of Minnesota
Alex Kamenev, Director of FTPI, Professor
ENDING KEYNOTE: Deloitte
Kate Abrey, Principal; Scott Buchholz, Global Quantum Lead
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5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(Buses leave Temple House at about 4:30 pm.)
DAY 2
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18
9:00 AM ET - 4:30 PM ET
OPENING KEYNOTE & GUEST SPEAKER: David Pogue
Six-time Emmy winner for his stories on CBS Sunday Morning, a New York Times bestselling author, a five-time TED speaker, and host of 20 NOVA science specials on PBS
QUANTUM FOR BUSINESS
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Panel: Building and Training Quantum Teams
Florian Neukart, Chief Product Officer, Terra Quantum; Venkat Kasirajan, Head of Quantum Technology Research, Trimble; Brian Smith, Lead Software Engineer, State Farm. Moderated by Mark Snedeker, SVP Growth, D-Wave
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Assessing Applications for Hybrid: D-Wave
Alex Condello, Senior Director, D-Wave
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Break
E-Comm Driver Auto Scheduling: Pattison Food Group
Benny Wai, Manager, Analytics Development
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Portfolio Optimization with Quantum Annealing: Machine Learning Reply
Johannes Oberreuter, Technical Lead, Quantum Computing Practice
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Quantum Use Cases for Life Sciences: AbbVie
Brian Martin, Head of AI
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Real-Time Quantum Liquidity Optimizer for Wholesale Payments: GoodLabs Studio
Thomas Lo, Christopher McMahon, Donald Mcgillivray, J.P. Lam
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Lunch
Workshop: Quantum Benchmarking 101 (in-person conference only)
Quantum Technology Innovation hub: Tohoku University
Masayuki Ohzeki, Founder, Sigma-i, and Professor, Tohoku University
Quantum Hub Innovation: uptownBasel Infinity
Damir Bogdan, Chief Executive Officer
QUANTUM BENCHMARKING
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Benchmarking Quantum Annealing: Los Alamos National Lab
Carleton Coffrin, Staff Scientist
Quantum Benchmarking for Business: D-Wave
Catherine McGeoch, Principal Scientist
ENDING REMARKS / NETWORKING RECEPTION
DAY 3
Tutorial Day (Virtual Only)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
10:00 AM ET - 3:00 PM ET
WELCOME​
Developer Champions Panel
Moderated by Nikhil Dhingra, Director, D-Wave​
Tutorial: Building a Quantum Application
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Leap Product Deep Dive and Demos: D-Wave
Alex Condello, Director
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Tutorial: Developing a Real-World Proof of Concept
AGENDA: Qubits Japan
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
9:00 AM JST - 12:00 PM JST
Welcome
OPENING KEYNOTE: COMPLEXITY TO CLARITY
Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO D-Wave, and Selected Guests
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Material Modeling: NEC, CSIRO
Shintaro Momose, Director Quantum Computing, NEC; Dr. Sam Yang, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
TRACK 2
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TRACK 1
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Business Applications with Quantum: Groovenauts
Eihiro Saishu, CEO
Performance of Black-box Multi-Objective Optimization by Ising Machines: Keio University and DENSO
Masashi Yamashita, Graduate Student
Mobility/Unmanned Air Vehicles: Sumitomo and Seino Holdings
Shuji Kawai, Operating Officer, Seino Holdings, Takuya Mano, Director, Sumitomo
Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Method: Keio University and Waseda University
Shuta Kikuchi, Graduate Student
Effects of Fixing Spins in a Quantum Annealing System: Keio University and DENSO
Tomohiro Hattori, Student
Recipe Optimization for a Meal Menu: OGIS
Yuya Yamaguchi, R&D Engineer
Business Applications of Quantum Annealing: NTT Data
Shiro Azaki, Scientist
Practical Advantage of Route Optimization Systems: DENSO
Akira Miki, Project Assistant Manager
ENDING KEYNOTE: COHERENT QUANTUM ANNEALING
Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimori, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Closing Remarks
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