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Dr. Patricia “Patty” Lee Accepts Industry Pioneer Award at QWC 2025
Dr. Patricia “Patty” Lee of Quantinuum accepted the 2025 Industry Pioneer in Quantum award at Quantum World Congress, highlighting the global teamwork driving record-breaking advances in trapped-ion computing.
From the Potomac to the World: Greater Washington’s Role as a Global Quantum Hub
Regional leaders from Fairfax, Montgomery, Howard, Loudoun, and Prince George’s outline how Greater Washington’s shared assets, policy proximity, and talent pipelines are propelling the region from the Potomac to the world as a global quantum hub.
The Quantum Accord: Annual Update — Four Ecosystems, One Plan to Turn Demand into Deployment
Four quantum hubs—Greater Washington, Australia, Waterloo, and the Netherlands—share what’s working: global challenges, industry days, and talent exchanges that turn demand signals into deployments.
The Quantum Frontier: India’s Steady, Step-by-Step Strategy
Ambassador Vinay Kwatra outlined India’s National Quantum Mission and a step-by-step, partnership-driven strategy to ensure quantum’s benefits reach citizens and industry alike.
Accenture: Trust, Use-Cases, and the Race to Post-Quantum Readiness
Accenture’s Edy Liongosari makes the case for quantum that works: earn public trust, prove value with real applications, and get serious about post-quantum readiness.
Quantum Future: A University–Industry Blueprint with RPI & NVIDIA
RPI’s Martin Schmidt and NVIDIA co-founder Curtis Priem share a blueprint for scaling quantum: durable architectures, real hardware access for students, and a regional ecosystem built to move fast.
Boeing’s Jay Lowell: Building the First Global Quantum Entanglement Networks
At #QWC2025, Boeing’s John “Jay” Lowell outlined the path from an entanglement source on the ISS to next year’s Q4S satellite, which will demonstrate entanglement swapping in orbit—a step toward building global quantum networks that span borders and serve science and public good.
IBM’s Jay Gambetta: From Quantum Devices to Quantum Computers—and a New Era of Algorithm Discovery
IBM’s Jay Gambetta told #QWC2025 that the field has crossed a threshold: we now have true quantum computers—not just devices—able to run beyond classical brute force. His mission: prove verifiable advantage and stay on track for fault tolerance by 2029.
Building Quantum Nations: Finland’s Playbook for Tech Sovereignty
In a keynote that blended physics fluency with policy pragmatism, Puisto outlined how Finland is knitting together research excellence, startup dynamism, and trusted international partnerships to build a “quantum nation.”
Infleqtion’s Matthew Kinsella on Turning Neutral Atoms into Real-World Advantage
Infleqtion CEO Matthew Kinsella and CTO Pranav Gokhale show how neutral atoms are moving quantum from promise to product.
IonQ’s Niccolo de Masi Charts a Multi-Front Quantum Future
IonQ President & CEO Niccolo de Masi took the stage to share how the company is moving beyond quantum computing into a fully integrated platform of computing, networking, and sensing.
APS’ Jonathan Bagger Marks the International Year of Quantum at QWC 2025
Jonathan Bagger, CEO of the American Physical Society, marked the UN-declared International Year of Quantum at QWC 2025, calling for sustained funding, global mobility, and public–private partnership to power the “second quantum revolution.”
Barron’s: Quantinuum CEO Says It’s at a ‘Turning Point’
CEO Rajeeb Hazra delivered the keynote speech at Quantum World Congress 2025 on Wednesday, during which he highlighted Quantinuum’s progress since last year’s event.
Technical.ly: Gov. Wes Moore Keeps Betting on Quantum with Microsoft Partnership
The governor announced a new quantum research center at the University of Maryland, yet another investment in the technology this year.
Fault-Tolerant Future: Industry, Government, and Standards Leaders Revisit the Quantum Timeline
At Quantum World Congress, experts from IBM, Microsoft, NIST, and CJW Quantum Consulting came together for the Fault-Tolerant Future panel to revisit the timelines for quantum’s economic impact and cryptographic risk.
Matthias Troyer on Building a Utility-Scale Quantum Machine
What will it take to build a quantum computer that delivers real commercial value? At Quantum World Congress, Microsoft’s Matthias Troyer outlined a blueprint: focus on high-impact problems, design for hybrid AI-HPC-quantum workflows, and adapt proven lessons from classical computing to scale faster.
Microsoft: Why Partnership Is Key to Growing the Quantum Ecosystem
At Quantum World Congress 2025, Jason Zander (EVP, Strategic Missions & Technologies) and Dr. Charles Tahan (Partner, Microsoft Quantum) laid out Microsoft’s case for a partnership-first path to a useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer—and for building the ecosystem that will make it matter in the real world.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore Unveils Bold Blueprint for Quantum at QWC 2025
At Quantum World Congress 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore delivered an inspiring vision for making Maryland the global capital of quantum.
Quantum Now: UMD President Darryll J. Pines on Turning Maryland’s Momentum into Real-World Quantum Impact
At Quantum World Congress 2025, University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines delivered a clear message: quantum isn’t a promise on the horizon—it’s here now, and Maryland’s ecosystem is built to turn breakthrough science into deployment.
Senator Mark Warner Calls Quantum America’s “Sputnik Moment” in Address to Quantum World Congress
U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, addressed attendees of Quantum World Congress (QWC) 2025 with a stark message: quantum technology is America’s “Sputnik moment” — and it is not a race the United States can afford to lose.