14 - 15 November, 2023
LIGENTEC
Lausanne, Switzerland
This schedule is based on Central European Time (UTC + 01:00).
Quantum Industry Summit at LIGENTEC
Anna Fontcuberta
EPFL, Associate VP
Scott Faris
Infleqtion, CEO
Mark Thompson
PsiQuantum, CTO
Grégoire Ribordy
ID Quantique, CEO
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 |
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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 |
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9:40 - 10:10 | Keynote Session 1: | |
Mark Thompson | PsiQuantum, CTO | |
10:10 - 10:40 | Keynote Session 2 | |
Grégoire Ribordy | ID Quantique, 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 - 15:30 | Carmen Recio Valcarce | Moody's Analytics, Quantum Computing Engineer |
Chris Ballance | Oxford Ionics, Co-founder | |
Alireza Najafi-Yazdi | Anyon Systems, CEO | |
Gopalakrishnan Balasubramanian | XeedQ , CEO | |
Sebastian Weidt | Universal Quantum, Co-founder & CEO | |
Niels Bultink | Qblox, CEO | |
15:30 - 16:15 | Networking Break |
Session 3 — Quantum Sensing
Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
---|---|---|
16:15- 17:15 | Daniel Brau | Miraex, CEO |
Mathieu Munsch | Qnami, CEO | |
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 |
9:00 - 9:30 | Keynote: Scott Faris | Infleqtion, CEO |
Session 4 — Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Internet
Time | Events & Presenters | Affiliations & Program Notes |
---|---|---|
9:30 - 10:45 | 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 srl, Co-founder & CEO | |
Simone Capeleto | ThinkQuantum srl, Co-founder & CEO | |
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 |