2024 Speakers

Meet the Quantum World Congress 2024 speakers below. This page will continue to be updated, so check back frequently for new speakers as we add to our agenda.

*Indicates speakers presenting remotely

2024 speakers

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

Director
National Science Foundation
DR. CATHY FOLEY*

Chief Scientist
Australia
Dr. Rick Muller

Director
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
Dr. Hiroaki Aihara

Executive Director & Vice President
University of Tokyo
Dr. Robert Atkinson

Founder & President
Information Technology And Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Johannes Bahrke

Digital Counselor
European Union Delegation to the United States
Dr. Sergio Boixo

Principal Scientist, Quantum Computing
Google
Dr. Steve Brierley

Founder & CEO
Riverlane
Mark Brunner

EVP of Public Sector
PsiQuantum
Adam Burden

Global Innovation Lead & Chief Software Engineer
Accenture
Dr. John Burke

Principal Director For Quantum Science
Office of The Undersecretary of Defense for Engineering for Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense
DR. PAUL CADDEN-ZIMANSKY

Associate Professor of Physics, Bard College
International Year of Quantum Executive Committee Member
Dr. Gretchen Campbell

Director, National Quantum Coordination Office
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Peter Chapman

CEO, President, & Chairman of The Board
IonQ
DR. YANNE CHEMBO

Delegation
International Year of Quantum
Dr. Yoonchae Cheong

Director
Korea-U.S. Quantum Technology Cooperation Center
La Vida Cooper

Executive Director, DC-QNET
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SIMON DAVIDSON

President, NobleReach Emerge
NobleReach Foundation
Donna Dodson

Senior Strategic Advisor
EvolutionQ
Ann Dunkin

Chief Information Officer
Department of Energy
Dr. Chris Fall

Vice President for Applied Sciences
MITRE
Justin Fanelli

Chief Technology Officer (Acting)
U.S. Department of the Navy
Brian Finlay

CEO
Stimson Center
Dr. Jay Gambetta

IBM Fellow and VP
IBM Quantum
Dr. Erwin Gianchandani

Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
National Science Foundation
BARBARA GOLDSTEIN

Associate Director, Physical Measurement Laboratory
NIST
Michele Graham

General Manager, Quantum Branch
Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Dr. Bill Greenwalt

Nonresident Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
DR. ERIK HADLAND

Director of Technology Policy
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
Dr. Michael Hayduk

Deputy Director
Air Force Research Lab
Rajeeb Hazra

President & CEO
Quantinuum
Dr. Lara Jehi

Chief Research Information Officer
Cleveland Clinic
Brendan Karch

Chief of Staff & Head of Research
Swissnex
Dr. Dean Kassmann

SVP of Engineering & Technology
IonQ
Petr Kavalir

Special Envoy for Quantum Technologies
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Dr. Masao Kondo

Senior Director, Quantum Laboratory, Fujitsu Research
Fujitsu
Dr. James Kushmerick

Director, Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Dr. Jay Lewis

Director
National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC)
Dr. Charles Lim

Global Head of Quantum Communications and Cryptography
JP Morgan Chase
Honorable Ellen Lord

Co-Chair
Congressional Commission on the Pentagon’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE)
Linda Lourie

Principal
WestExec Advisors
Dr. Jay Lowell

Principal Senior Technical Fellow, Chief Scientist for Boeing Disruptive Computing and Networks
The Boeing Company
ROGER MCKINLAY

Challenge Director Quantum Technologies
UKRI
CAROLINE MERCER

Chief Technologist, NASA Science Mission Directorate
Quantum Networking Lead, NASA Goddard & Director DC-QNet
NASA
Dr. Celia Merzbacher

Executive Director
Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
Dr. MICHELE MOSCA

CEO
EvolutionQ
Dr. Mehdi Namazi

Co-founder and Chief Science Officer
Qunnect
Dr. Lene Oddershede

Senior Vice President, Natural and Technical Sciences
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Dr. Darryll Pines

President
University of Maryland
Dr. Marco Pistoia

Managing Director, Head of Global Technology Applied Research, Distinguished Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
Dr. Thomas Plumb-Reyes

Policy Advisor
U.S. Department of State
Dr. Michael Rosenblatt

Director of the Federal Science and Technology Policy Directorate and National Quantum Strategy (NQS) Secretariat
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
Dr. Paulo Cezar Rotella-Braga

Head of Science & Technology Office
Embassy of Brazil
Ambassador Jarmo Sareva

Consul General, Ambassador
Consulate General of Finland in New York
Stratton Sclavos

Chief Business Officer
PsiQuantum
BERNIE SEERY

Senior Vice President, Technology R&D
Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Dr. Geetha Senthil

Deputy Director, Office of Special Initiatives
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH
Stu Solomon

CEO
Connected DMV
Dr. Ajay Sood*

Principal Scientific Advisor
Government of India
Xavier Soosai

CIO and Director of IT Services Management
National Institutes of Health, Center for Information Technology
Paul Stimers

Director
Quantum Industry Coalition
Jan Suhren

Policy Officer
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Dr. Krysta Svore

Distinguished Engineer, VP Advanced Quantum Development
Microsoft
Jacqueline Tame

Operating Partner, External Affairs
Playground Global
Ambassador Birgitta Tazelaar

Ambassador to the United States
The Kingdom of the Netherlands
George Thomas

President
Connected DMV
Whurley

Founder & CEO
Strangeworks
Dr. CARL WILLIAMS

CEO
CJW Quantum Consulting
Dr. Falecia Williams

President
Prince George’s Community College
Jason Zander

Executive Vice President
Microsoft

Jennifer Addie

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Wellbeing Officer
VentureScope
Masoud Agah

Founder & CEO
Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology (VAST)
Dr. Victor Albert

Physicist and Fellow
Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science
Anca Albu

CMO & Head of VC Platform
QAI Ventures
Ona Ambrozaite

Co-Director
Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Hub
Jai Singh Arun

Global Head of IBM Quantum Safe Product Management and Strategy
IBM Quantum
Dr. Paulina Assmann

CEO
SeQure Quantum
Charles Beyrouthy

Managing Partner
Forma Prime
Jennifer Black

Staff Scientist
Vescent
Dr. Marco Blouin

Executive Director, Science And Partnerships
Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation of Quebec (MEI)
Yuval Boger

Chief Commercial Officer
QuEra Computing Inc.
Michael Bogobowicz

Partner

McKinsey & Company
Dr. Allan Bracker

Research Chemist
Naval Research Laboratory
Charlie Brock

CEO
Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative
Dr. Joe Broz

Vice President for Quantum Growth
IBM
Gabriella Carini

Director of the Instrumentation Division
Brookhaven
Alex Challans

CEO
Resonance Holdings
Dr. Jae-Ho Cheong

Professor of Medicine
Yonsei University
Eugene Chiu

Senior Partner
In-Q-Tel
Abhishek Chopra

Founder, CEO, & Chief Scientific Officer
BosonQ Psi
Matthew Cimaglia

Founder & Managing Director
Quantum Coast Capital
Dr. Robert Coenen

VP, Business Development North America
IQM Quantum Computers
Dr. Yonatan Cohen

Co-Founder and CTO
Quantum Machines
Jim Cook

CEO
Actions to Impact Strategies, LLC
Diederick Croese

Director, Centre for Quantum and Society
Quantum Delta, NL
Michael Cubeddu

Co-Founder
Aliro
Dr. Nicolas Daval

SVP Engineering
Quobly
Dr. Tal David

Co-Founder and CEO
Quantum Art
DR. JOHANN DE SILVA

Head of International Partnerships, Office for Quantum
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (UK)
Dr. David Dean

Deputy Director for Science
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Dr. Tommaso Demarie

CEO & Co-Founder
Entropica Labs
Dr. Christopher DeRose

R&D Manager Photonic Microsystems Technology
Sandia National Laboratories
Tess Denniss

Quantum Solutions Manager
PsiQuantum
Carl Dukatz

Quantum Computing Group Lead
Accenture
Dr. Tomasz Durakiewicz

Program Director
National Science Foundation
Stuart Dwyer

VP, Strategic Engagement
ITIF
Dr. Andrew Dzurak

CEO
Diraq
Dr. Rozhin Eskandarpour

CEO and Founder
Resilient Entanglement Inc.
Heather Evans

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing
International Trade Administration
Stephen Ezell

Vice President for Global Innovation
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Dr. Don Fahey

Principal Quantum Scientist
Quantum Catalyzer
Dr. Frederick Fatemi

Associate Director and Branch Chief for quantum sciences
Army Research Lab (ARL)
Josh Fedder

Deputy Head
UK Office for Quantum
Susan Feindt

SVP, Ecosystem Development
Natcast
Viki Forrest

Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Americas
Queensland
Idalia Friedson Sacco

Chief Strategy Officer
Strangeworks
Alexandra Fuentes

Program Manager, STEAM and Computer Science
Fairfax County Public Schools
Dr. Nathan Gemelke

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
QuEra Computing Inc
Dr. Mark Gerstein

Albert L Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Computer Science, Statistics & Data Science
Yale University
Dr. Hrant Gharibyan

CEO & Founder
BlueQubit
DR. RAJAT GHOSH

Senior Policy Analyst, Science and Research Sector, Federal Science and Technology Policy
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
Tim Gilday

Senior Director

General Dynamics Information Technology
Dr. Shaun Gleason

Director, Science-Security Initiative Integration
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Dr. Anna Grassellino

Director
National Quantum Information Science SQMS Center at Fermilab
Dr. Pranav Gokhale

Vice President of Quantum Software
Infleqtion
Reynaldo Gomez

Senior Manager, Global Quantum Computing Business Development
NVIDIA
Dr. Alexey Gorshkov

Researcher, Joint Quantum Institute
University of Maryland
Dr. Saikat Guha

Director
NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks (CQN)
Dr. David Gunnarsson

Chief Technology Officer
Bluefors Oy
Nicholas Harrigan

Marketing Lead, Quantum Computing

NVIDIA
Louise Lund Henneberg

Senior Advisor / Team Leader
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Dr. Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative
Hudson Institute
Katherine Hill Ritchie

Senior Director, Venture Funds
TEDCO - The State of Maryland's Venture Capital Fund
Dr. Nancy Holincheck

Assistant Professor of STEM Education
George Mason University
Karl Holmqvist

Founder & CEO
Lastwall
Dr. Masahiro Horibe

Deputy Director
Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI technology (G-QuAT)
Dr. Michael Hush

Chief Scientist
Q-CTRL
Jim Ingraham

VP, Strategic Research
EPB
Chris Janson

Product Marketing Manager
Nokia
Molly Just-Behr

Director, CHIPS Coordination Cell
Department of Defense
Outi Keski-Äijö

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Business Finland
Mike Keymer

Vice President of Quantum Solutions
Quantum Computing Inc.
Alex Khan

QLab Fellow

University of Maryland
Dr. Elif Kiesow Cortez

Researcher
Stanford University & NSF ERC-CQN
Dr. Brad Kim

Chief Quantum Officer
MEGAZONECLOUD
Dr. Andrew King

Senior Distinguished Scientist
D-Wave Systems
Dr. Franz Klein

Director of QLab

University of Maryland
Kaniah Konkoly-Thege

Chief Legal Officer & Senior VP Government Relations
Quantinuum
Ethan Krimins

CEO
Quantum Research Sciences
Dr. Piotr Kulczakowicz

Director
Quantum Startup Foundry (QSF) at the University of Maryland
Dr. Sean Kwak

CEO
Genesis Quantum Inc.
André König

CEO
Global Quantum Intelligence, LLC
Dr. Martin Laforest

Managing Partner

Quantacet
Dr. Chris Langer

Fellow
Quantinuum
Melissa LaReau

International Trade Specialist
International Trade Administration
Dr. Catherine Lefebvre

Senior Advisor, Open Quantum Institute
GESDA - Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator
Dr. Stefan Leichenauer

Vice President of Engineering
SandboxAQ
Jade LeSchack

Student
University of Maryland
Dr. Florence Lewine

Cyber Policy Advisor
Department of Homeland Security
Dr. Gustavo Lima

Professor
Universidad de Concepción
Dr. William Loh

Technical Staff
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Dr. Himadri Majumdar

CEO
SemiQon
Brett Makens

Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Philip Makotyn

President
Vexlum US
Denis Mandich

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Qrypt
Dr. Sabrina Manuscalco

CEO & Co-Founder
Algorithmiq
Dr. Gary Marchant

Regents Professor
Arizona State University
Kelsey Margey

Manager, Strategy and Innovation
US Chamber Foundation
Dr. Bonnie Marlow

Group Leader, Quantum Sensors
MITRE Corporation
Dr. Andre Marshall

Vice President of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact
George Mason University
Dr. Julian Martinez-Rincon

Associate Scientist, QIST Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ryan McKenney

Associate General Counsel for Compliance and Director of Government Relations
Quantinuum
Dr. Ashley Montanaro

Co-Founder and CEO
Phasecraft
Dr. Kater Murch

Professor of Physics
Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Florian Neukart

Chief Product Officer
Terra Quantum
Dr. Omid Noroozian

Strategic Quantum Science Advisor
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mikko Nurminen

Chief Sales Officer
Bluefors
Dr. Eric Ostby

Chief Product Officer
Aliro Quantum
Rima Oueid

Senior Commercialization Executive
Department of Energy
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero

Founder and CEO
Nu Quantum
Dr. Massimo Palma

Head of the Physics and Chemistry Department
Universita degli Studi di Palermo
Matti Palomäki

Lead Quantum Computing Applications
VTT
Hannah Parnes

Head of Policy

EeroQ Quantum Hardware
Simon Patkovic

VP Quantum-Safe Solutions
ID Quantique
Srimaye Peddinti

Student
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Dr. Kalyan Perumalla

Program Manager, Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
Department of Energy
Nicholas Polk

Branch Director, Federal Cybersecurity
White House Office of Management and Budget
Dr. Lindsey Polley de Lopez

Director of Disruptive Technologies
VentureScope/MACH37
Dylan Presman

Director for Budget and Assessment
White House Office of the National Cyber Director
Tahmid Quddus Islam

Assistant Vice President, Innovation & Technology
Citi Global Insights
Joe Queenan

Executive Director
SC Quantum
Aravind Ratnam

Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer
Q-CTRL
Dr. Jeremy Renshaw

Senior Technical Executive - AI, Quantum, and Innovation
EPRI
Dr. Martin Roetteler

Senior Director of Quantum Solutions
IonQ
Tim Rogers

Quantum Solutions Engineer
IonQ
Dr. Jessica Rosenberg

Director of Education, Quantum Science and Engineering Center
George Mason University
Tanay Roy

Associate Scientist
Fermilab
Claudia San Martin

Political Affairs
Embassy of Chile
Dr. Laura Scherling

Director, Applied Analytics Program
Columbia University
MATTHEW SCHOLL

Chief of the Computer Security Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)
Dr. Kanav Setia

CEO
qBraid Co.
Bill Shipman

Chief Technology Officer
Polaris Quantum Biotech
Lamont Silves

Head of Government Solutions
IonQ
Sauli Sinisalo

Vice President and General Manager
Bluefors
Sabina Sokol

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Girls in Quantum
Dr. Tom Stace

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
AQCircuits
Gabe Sulkes

Investment Director
Trade and Investment Queensland
Dr. Bob Sutor

VP And Practice Lead, Emerging Technologies
The Futurum Group
Dr. CHarles Tahan

Microsoft
Mika Takagi

Director General, Washington D.C. Office
NEDO
Dr. Hayk Tepanyan

Co-Founder & CTO
BlueQubit
Dr. Karl Thibault

Co-founder at Q4Climate, Operations and Talent Development Officer
Institut Quantique
Vladimir Tsitrin

Quantum Security Research Lead
Fidelity Investments
Dr. Peter Turner

CEO
Sydney Quantum Academy
Dr. Erja Turunen

Executive Vice President
VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Dr. Mikko Välimäki

Co-CEO
IQM Quantum Computers
Mayra van Houts

Senior Strategy Advisor
Quantum Delta NL
Juha Vartiainen

Co-Founder and Global Affairs Officer
IQM Quantum Computers
Dr. Davide Venturelli

Fellow and Associate Director, Quantum Computing
Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), USRA
Thomas Viskum Lytken Larsen

Minister Counselor
Royal Danish Embassy (Denmarks Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Dr. Gaoyuan Wang

Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University
Dr. Yaakov Weinstein

Chief Scientist of Quantum Technologies
The MITRE Corporation
Nick Werstiuk

CEO
Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
Pamela Wilson

Executive Director, Strategy & Innovation
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Jon Wingborg

Outreach Manager
Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform (QSIP)
Mark Wippich

CEO
MPW, LLC
Grant Woollett

Director
Quantum and Advanced Technologies at Department of Environment and Science
Andrea Yonah

Director of Business Development
BIRD Foundation
Dr. Ruoyi Zhou

Director, Strategic Research Partnerships
IBM Research