AGENDA
DAY 1
MONDAY, MARCH 31
8:30 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET
In-person breakfast and badge pickup
starts at 7:45 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE:
Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave and Special Guests ​
TBA
Quantum Optimization for Mobile Network Performance
Takumi Hattori & Shuichi Fukuda, Data Scientists, NTT DOCOMO
Break
​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
Members:
Dale Moore, President, 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​
TBA
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Qubits Dinner Event at the Phoenician
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Keynote - TBA
Track One - 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​
TBA
Track Two - Business & Applications
TBA
Constrained Quadratic Model for Optimizing Join Orders
Ibrahim Sabek, Assistant Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Break
​Getting to Production with Quantum
Professional Services, D-Wave​​
Quantum Collection for You, from Tohoku University and Sigma-i
Masayuki Ohzeki, Professor - Tohoku University, and Founder - Sigma-i
Lunch for both Tracks
Workshop: Hands on with the NL Solver
Ken Robbins, Technical Advisor, D-Wave
Quantum in the Public Sector - Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Allison Schwartz, Global Government Relations and Public Affairs Leader, D-Wave
Panelists:
TBA
Network Separation Modeling and Quantum Computing for Developing Wildfire Fuelbreak Strategy
Samuel Dent, Research Mathematician, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Data Center (ERDC)​
New Horizons in Simulating Quantum Matter
Andrew King, Senior Distinguished Scientist, D-Wave​
Break
Quantum Optimization - Quantum Advantage for Port of Busan Logistics
Seon-Geun Jeong, PhD Candidate, Pusan National University
Quantum Optimization for MRO - Maintenance, Repair, and Operations
Ethan Krimmins, CEO, Quantum Research Sciences
Reading Quantum Benchmarking Papers: How Not to be Fooled
Cathy McGeough, Principal Scientist (Retired), D-Wave
TBA
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Ending Remarks / Networking Reception