Masahiro Horibe, Deputy Director of AIST/G-QuAT, provided a Japan Government Perspective as part of the "The Chips Acts and Beyond" special program during Quantum World Congress 2024.

Masahiro Horibe received his Ph.D. in quantum engineering from the Nagoya University, Japan, in 2001. He received a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science during 1999 - 2001. In 2001, he joined Fujitsu Limited in Kanagawa, Japan. From 2001 to 2003, he worked in the Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, in Tokyo, Japan. In 2003, he started working on carbon-nanotube applications for integrated circuits in Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., in Kanagawa, Japan. He was with the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan, where he was a Group Leader of Electromagnetic Measurement Research Group and involves in high-frequency precision-measurement activities and measurement applications.

He was a director of R&D coordination, METI, from 2021 to 2023, and planning officer, CSTI, CAO, from 2022 to 2023, and contributed to create Japan’s National Quantum Strategy. He is now deputy director of Research Planning Strategy Office, and Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT) in AIST. He is also the advisor of METI and Sub-Program Director of Quantum technology program in the Cross-ministry Strategic Innovation Program in CSTI, CAO.

This special high-level working session at QWC24 highlighted national visions and initiatives that aim to scale manufacturing, strengthen global supply chains, and accelerate the critical sectors that include quantum and quantum-adjacent industries. The session with feature talks by global leaders from USA, UK, EU and Japan, perspectives from key industry cooperations including IBM, NVIDIA, and DIRAQ, followed by breakouts with the attendees.

The conversation is tailored for industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers seeking to understand the latest thinking across the world and exchange ideas for scalable and secure commercialization as we seek to work at the convergence of quantum with adjacent fields and other cutting-edge technologies. Prepare to engage in deep discussions, build strategic partnerships, and learn how to navigate advancements in the global marketplace.

The session covered: the transformative opportunities and regulatory implications of national investments such as the US CHIPS and Science Act and the EU Chips Act; optimizing and securing supply chains in quantum and adjacent technologies; and strengthening cross-border partnerships.

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