14 - 15 November, 2023
LIGENTEC
Lausanne, Switzerland
This schedule is based on Central European Time (UTC + 01:00).
Quantum Industry Summit at LIGENTEC
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Tuesday, 14 November
Day two and three of the Summit takes place at the Starling Hotel Lausanne, an exquisite event space with views of Lake Leman and the Alps. Networking breaks, lunches, and dinners, and a technical tour round out this valuable summit.
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration | Starling Hotel Lausanne, at EPFL Campus |
| 9:00 | Welcome Jose Pozo | Optica, CTO |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Welcome Anna Fontcuberta | EPFL, Associate VP |
| Thomas Hessler | LIGENTEC, CEO | |
| Michael Geiselmann | LIGENTEC, President & CCO |
Keynote Session
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:40 - 10:10 | Keynote Session 1: | |
| Mark Thompson | PsiQuantum, CTO | |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Keynote Session 2 | |
| Scott Faris | Infleqtion, CEO | |
| 10:40 - 11:25 | Networking Break |
Session 1 — Photonic Quantum Computing
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 11:25 - 12:40 | Heike Riel | IBM Research, IBM Fellow and Executive Director |
| Scott Dufferwiel | Aegiq, Co-founder & CTO | |
| Valerian Giesz | Quandela, Co-founder & CEO | |
| Bob Coecke | Quantinuum, Chief Scientist | |
| Claire Le Gall | Nu Quantum, CTO | |
| 12:40 - 14:00 | LUNCH |
Session 2 — Quantum Computing with Ions and Superconductors
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 - 15:45 | Ish Dhand | QC Design, Co-founder & CEO |
| Carmen Recio Valcarce | Moody's Analytics, Quantum Computing Engineer | |
| Chris Ballance | Oxford Ionics, Co-founder & CEO | |
| Alireza Najafi-Yazdi | Anyon Systems, CEO | |
| Gopalakrishnan Balasubramanian | XeedQ , CEO | |
| Zak Romaszko | Universal Quantum, Head of Quantum Chips | |
| Mafalda Jotta Garcia | Qblox, Quantum Application Engineer | |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Networking Break |
Session 3 — Quantum Sensing
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Daniel Brau | Miraex, CEO |
| Alexander Stark | Qnami, Co-founder | |
| Ward Hendriks | ALUVIA, CTO | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Wrap up | |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Departure to reception dinner | Bus Transfer |
| 18:30 - 22:00 | Reception | Restaurant Brasserie Le Vaudois |
Wednesday 15, November
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Coffee and networking | Starling Hotel Lausanne, at EPFL Campus |
| 9:00 | Welcome Jose Pozo | Optica, CTO |
Session 4 — Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Internet
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:45 | Marc Nikles | ID Quantique, CMO |
| Alberto Comin | Airbus, Leading Research in quantum communication | |
| Thomas Roger | Toshiba Europe, Team Lead for Satellite QKD | |
| Maël Flament | Qunnect, Co-founder & CTO | |
| Jerome Prieur | Aurea Technology, CEO | |
| Marc Kaplan | VeriQloud, CEO | |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
Session 4 — Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Internet - continuation
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 - 12:45 | Jim Ricotta | Aliro Quantum Technologies, CEO & Chairman |
| Carlos Abellan | Quside, Co-founder & CEO | |
| Tommaso Occhipinti | QTI, Co-founder & CEO | |
| Costantino Agnesi | ThinkQuantum, Co-founder | |
| Vanesa Diaz | LuxQuanta, CEO | |
| 12:45 - 14:15 | LUNCH |
Session 5 — Quantum Devices and Other Systems
| Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Andrei Dragomir | Aquark Technologies, Founder & CEO |
| Ashley Montanaro | Phasecraft, Co-founder & CEO | |
| Sadik Hafizovic | Zurich Instruments, Co-founder & CEO | |
| Khaled Karrai | attocube systems, Co-founder and Scientific Director | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Closing Discussion |
