Speakers

WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO QUANTUM WORLD CONGRESS 2024 AT CAPITAL ONE HALL IN TYSONS, VIRGINIA. REGISTRATION IS COMING SOON.

  • Alexis Bonnell

    Alexis Bonnell

    Chief Information Officer and Director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Dr. David Bray

    Dr. David Bray

    Loomis Council Co-Chair and Distinguished Fellow,  The Henry L. Stimson Center

    Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Business Executives for National Security

  • Peter Chapman

    Peter Chapman

    President & CEO, IonQ

  • A.C. CHARANIA

    A.C. CHARANIA

    Chief Technologist, NASA

  • Dr. Stacey Dixon

    Dr. Stacey Dixon

    Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

  • Cathy Foley

    Dr. Cathy Foley

    Chief Scientist, Australia

  • Jay Gambetta

    Dr. Jay Gambetta

    IBM Fellow and VP of IBM Quantum Computing

  • Dr. Erwin Gianchandani

    Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, U.S. National Science Foundation

  • Dr. Kristin Gilkes

    Global Innovation Quantum Leader, EY

  • Ambassador Mikko Hautala

    Ambassador Mikko Hautala

    Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the United States of America

  • Freeke Heijman

    Freeke Heijman

    Co-Founder and Director of Ecosystem Development, Quantum Delta Netherlands

  • Dr. Arthur Herman

    Dr. Arthur Herman

    Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative, Hudson Institute

  • Dr. Peter Highnam

    Dr. Peter Highnam

    Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

  • Dr. Lara Jehi

    Dr. Lara Jehi

    Chief Research Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic

  • Dr. Anne Khademian

    Dr. Anne Khademian

    Executive Director, The Universities at Shady Grove

  • Dr. Jungsang Kim

    Dr. Jungsang Kim

    Co-Founder and CTO, IonQ

  • Dr. James Kushmerick

    Dr. James Kushmerick

    Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Dr. John 'Jay' Lowell

    Principal Senior Technical Fellow, Disruptive Computing and Networks, The Boeing Company

  • Dr. Bonnie Marlow

    Dr. Bonnie Marlow

    Group Leader - Quantum Sensors, The MITRE Corporation

  • Hiroki Matsuo

    Hiroki Matsuo

    Vice-Minister / Secretary General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan

  • Pam Melroy

    Pam Melroy

    Deputy Administrator, NASA (Col, USAF, Ret.)

  • Dr. Celia Merzbacher

    QED-C Executive Director, SRI International

  • Tom Newby

    Tom Newby

    Head of the Office for Quantum, United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Seizo Onoe

    Seizo Onoe

    Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

  • Lawrence Pace

    Lawrence Pace

    NRO Chair and NIU Chief Diversity Officer, National Intelligence University

  • Dr. Darryll Pines

    Dr. Darryll Pines

    President, The University of Maryland

  • Dr. Marco Pistoia

    Head of Global Technology Applied Research, JP Morgan Chase

  • Matthew Scholl

    Matthew Scholl

    Chief of the Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)

  • Dr. Anthony Scriffignano

    Dr. Anthony Scriffignano

    Loomis Council Member & Distinguished Fellow, The Henry L. Stimson Center

  • Vice Admiral Robert Sharp (Ret.)

    Vice Admiral Robert Sharp (Ret.)

    Vice Admiral (Ret.), United States Navy

  • Paul Stimers

    Executive Director, Quantum Industry Coalition and Partner, Holland & Knight

  • Dr. Krysta Svore

    Dr. Krysta Svore

    Distinguished Engineer, VP Advanced Quantum Development, Microsoft

  • Stu Solomon

    President & CEO, Connected DMV

  • Dr. Charles Tahan

    Dr. Charles Tahan

    Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science (QIS) and the Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO), The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

  • George Thomas

    Chief Innovation Officer, Connected DMV and Director, Potomac Quantum Innovation Center

  • Dr. Peter Turner

    Dr. Peter Turner

    CEO, Sydney Quantum Academy

  • Dr. Gregory Washington

    President, George Mason University

  • WHURLEY (WILLIAM HURLEY)

    WHURLEY (WILLIAM HURLEY)

    Founder and CEO, Strangeworks

  • Dr. Falecia Williams

    Dr. Falecia Williams

    President, Prince George’s Community College

  • Bhavani Amirthalingam

    Bhavani Amirthalingam

    Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Technology Officer, Ameren Services

  • Inbar Badian

    Inbar Badian

    Sr. Strategy & Product Innovation Manager, CTO Office, Microsoft Security

  • Nasser Barghouty

    Nasser Barghouty

    Chief Scientist & Quantum Science and Technology Lead, NASA

  • Dr. Gilad Ben-Shach

    Dr. Gilad Ben-Shach

    Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Quantum Machines

  • Michael Biel

    Michael Biel

    Secretary of State, Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises

  • Dr. Michael Biercuk

    Dr. Michael Biercuk

    CEO & Founder, Q-CTRL

  • Dr. Laura Biven

    Dr. Laura Biven

    Lead, Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies, Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • Peter Brereton

    Peter Brereton

    Quantum Sensing Physicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Dr. Joe Broz

    Dr. Joe Broz

    Vice President for Quantum Growth, IBM

  • Dr. Jeffrey Buchsbaum

    Dr. Jeffrey Buchsbaum

    Medical Officer and Program Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  • Ebba Carbonnier

    Ebba Carbonnier

    Director, Swedish Quantum Life Science Centre, Karolinska Institutet

  • Vishal Chatrath

    Vishal Chatrath

    CEO and Co-Founder, QuantrolOx

  • Dr. Lily Chen

    Dr. Lily Chen

    Mathematician and Project Leader of Cryptographic Technology Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Dr.  Yoonchae Cheong

    Dr. Yoonchae Cheong

    Director, Korea-U.S. Quantum Technology Cooperation Center

  • Abhishek Chopra

    Abhishek Chopra

    Founder and CEO, BosonQ Psi

  • Benjamin Cichos

    Benjamin Cichos

    Quantum System Engineer, Akhetonics

  • Dr. Zina Cinker

    Dr. Zina Cinker

    Director General, PUZZLE X | MATTER

  • Joshua Cohen

    Joshua Cohen

    Director of Cyber Security, Economic and Trade Office, The Embassy of Israel

  • Jim Cook

    Jim Cook

    Former VP of Strategic Engagement & Partnerships, The MITRE Corporation

  • Dr. Elif Kiesow Cortez

    Dr. Elif Kiesow Cortez

    Researcher, Stanford University & NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks

  • Dr. Sebastian Deffner

    Dr. Sebastian Deffner

    Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  • Dr. Tommaso Demarie

    Dr. Tommaso Demarie

    CEO, Entropica Labs

  • Dr. Duncan Earl

    Dr. Duncan Earl

    President & CTO, Qubitekk

  • Dr. Rozhin Eskandarpour

    Dr. Rozhin Eskandarpour

    Founder and CEO, Resilient Entanglement

  • Dr. Chris Fall

    Dr. Chris Fall

    Vice President, Applied Sciences, MITRE Corporation

  • Justin Fanelli

    Justin Fanelli

    Chief Technology Officer (Acting), US Dept of the Navy

  • Scott Faris

    Scott Faris

    CEO, Infleqtion

  • Dr. Peter Fisher

    Dr. Peter Fisher

    Thomas A. Frank Professor of Physics, MIT

  • Victor Fong

    Victor Fong

    Distinguished Engineer, Dell Technologies

  • Alexandra Fuentes

    Alexandra Fuentes

    Program Manager, STEAM and Computer Science, Fairfax County Public Schools

  • Dr. Nathan Gemelke

    Dr. Nathan Gemelke

    Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, QuEra Computing Inc.

  • Jonas Geust

    Jonas Geust

    Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO, Bluefors

  • Dr. Hrant Gharibyan

    Dr. Hrant Gharibyan

    CEO & Founder, BlueQubit

  • Dr. Björn Globisch

    Dr. Björn Globisch

    Head of R&D, Toptica Eagleyard

  • Dr. Pranav Gokhale

    Dr. Pranav Gokhale

    Vice President of Quantum Software, Infleqtion

  • Sam Gray

    Sam Gray

    Executive Director, Silicon Valley Defense Group

  • Dr. Joseph Hagmann

    Dr. Joseph Hagmann

    Quantum Device Physicist, The MITRE Corporation

  • Mark Hannum

    Mark Hannum

    Director, Quantum Information and Optics Research, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

  • Oliver Hasse

    Oliver Hasse

    CEO, Innovation Network For Advanced Materials

  • Jani Heikkinen

    Jani Heikkinen

    Head of Business Development, IQM Quantum Computers

  • Jonah Hill

    Jonah Hill

    Co-Founder & Managing Director, The LightBridge Group

  • Dr. Nancy Holincheck

    Dr. Nancy Holincheck

    Assistant Professor of STEM Education, George Mason University

  • Karl Holmqvist

    Karl Holmqvist

    CEO, Lastwall Networks

  • Masahiro Horibe

    Masahiro Horibe

    Deputy Director of G-QuAT

  • Dr. Michael Howard

    Dr. Michael Howard

    Chairman of the Board, World Energy Council

  • Sam Howell

    Sam Howell

    Research Assistant, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security

  • Dr. Bruno Huttner

    Dr. Bruno Huttner

    Director of Strategic Quantum Initiatives, ID Quantique

  • Jim Ingraham

    Jim Ingraham

    VP Strategic Research, EPB of Chattanooga

  • Tahmid Quddus Islam

    Tahmid Quddus Islam

    Assistant Vice President, Innovation & Technology, Citi

  • David Israel

    David Israel

    Exploration and Space Communications Projects Division Architect and Principal Investigator for the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Dr. Elizabeth Iwasawa

    Dr. Elizabeth Iwasawa

    Quantum Technology Lead and Research Scientist, Leidos

  • Chris Janson

    Chris Janson

    Product Marketing Manager - Optical Networking, Nokia

  • Dr. Mirella Koleva

    Dr. Mirella Koleva

    CEO and Co-Founder, Quantopticon Corp.

  • André König

    André König

    CEO, Global Quantum Intelligence

    Chairman, OneQuantum

  • Kaniah Konkoly-Thege

    Kaniah Konkoly-Thege

    Chief Legal Officer and Senior VP Government Relations, Quantinuum

  • Dr. Sven Köppel

    Dr. Sven Köppel

    CSO, Anabrid

  • Dr. Markus Krutzik

    Dr. Markus Krutzik

    Head of Joint Lab Integrated Quantum Sensors, Ferdinand Braun Institut

  • Sean Kwak

    Sean Kwak

    CEO, Genesis Quantum Inc. & GQT Korea

  • Dr. Elica Kyoseva

    Dr. Elica Kyoseva

    Quantum for Bio Program Director, Wellcome Leap

  • Colleen	Laughlin

    Colleen Laughlin

    Senior Advisor, Technology & Innovation, Office of the Secretary of Defense 

    Former Executive Director of the Defense Innovation Board

  • Dr. Valtteri Lahtinen

    Dr. Valtteri Lahtinen

    Chief Scientific Officer, Quanscient

  • John Levy

    John Levy

    CEO, Chair, and Co-Founder, SEEQC

  • Florence Lewine

    Florence Lewine

    Policy Advisor, Office of Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy (CIRR), U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Christian Lowry

    Christian Lowry

    Senior Chief, National Risk Management Center, CISA

  • Dr. Adrian Mahlkow

    Dr. Adrian Mahlkow

    CEO, OpTec-Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.

  • Cathal Mahon

    Cathal Mahon

    Senior Scientific Lead, Novo Nordisk Foundation and Director, Innovation Center at NATO DIANA

  • Himadri Majumdar

    Himadri Majumdar

    CEO and Co-Founder, Semiqon

  • Nardo Manaloto

    Nardo Manaloto

    Managing Partner, Qubits Ventures

  • Denis Mandich

    Denis Mandich

    Chief Technology Officer, Qrypt

  • Rafael Martin-Cuevas

    Rafael Martin-Cuevas

    Senior Consultant, Quantum Computing, EY

  • Dr. Cezary Mazurek

    Dr. Cezary Mazurek

    Director, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center 

  • Corey McClelland

    Corey McClelland

    Chief Revenue Officer, Qubitekk, Inc.

  • Ryan McKenney

    Ryan McKenney

    Director of Government Relations and General Counsel of Compliance, Quantinuum

  • Whitney McNamara

    Whitney McNamara

    Vice President, Beacon Global Strategies

  • Dr. Tyrel McQueen

    Dr. Tyrel McQueen

    Co-Director, PARADIM and Co-PI, Institute for Quantum Matter, Johns Hopkins University

  • Leon Meßner

    Leon Meßner

    CTO, Advanced Quantum Light Sources

  • Dr. Aaron Miller

    Dr. Aaron Miller

    Founder & President, Quantum Opus

  • Dr. Emma Mitchell

    Dr. Emma Mitchell

    Senior Principal Research Scientist & Quantum Devices Team Leader, CSIRO, Government of Australia

  • Yasmin	Nelson

    Yasmin Nelson

    Senior Policy Advisor, Holland and Knight

  • Dr. Raymond Newell

    Dr. Raymond Newell

    Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Mr. Jeremy O'Brien

    Mr. Jeremy O'Brien

    CEO & Founder, PsiQuantum

  • Rima Oueid

    Rima Oueid

    Senior Commercialization Executive, U.S. Department of Energy

  • Dr. Hanhee Paik

    Dr. Hanhee Paik

    Senior Research Scientist, IBM Quantum

  • Kalle Palomäki

    Kalle Palomäki

    Executive Director, Modulight

  • Simon Patkovic

    Simon Patkovic

    VP Quantum-Safe Solutions, ID Quantique

  • Srimaye Peddinti

    Srimaye Peddinti

    Student, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology

  • Jussi-Pekka Penttinen

    Jussi-Pekka Penttinen

    CEO, CTO, Co-Founder, Vexlum

  • Dr. Max Perez

    Dr. Max Perez

    Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Infleqtion

  • Dr. Nicholas Peters

    Dr. Nicholas Peters

    Section Head & Distinguished Research and Development Staff, Quantum Information Science Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Nicholas Polk

    Nicholas Polk

    Senior Advisor to the Federal Chief Information Security Officer, White House Office of Management and Budget

  • Pranay Prakash

    Pranay Prakash

    CEO, Qubrid

  • Dylan Presman

    Dylan Presman

    Director for Budget and Assessment, White House Office of the National Cyber Director

  • Mika Prunnila

    Mika Prunnila

    Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer, SemiQon

  • Dr. Pekka Pursula

    Dr. Pekka Pursula

    Research Manager, VTT

  • Dr. Arno Rauschenbeutel

    Dr. Arno Rauschenbeutel

    Professor, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

  • Michael Redding

    Michael Redding

    Chief Technology Officer, Quantropi Inc.

  • Dr. Jeremy Renshaw

    Dr. Jeremy Renshaw

    Senior Technical Executive, EPRI

  • Jim Ricotta

    Jim Ricotta

    CEO & Chairman, Aliro Quantum

  • Dr. Albert Rigosi

    Dr. Albert Rigosi

    Deputy Division Chief of the Quantum Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Juha Riippi

    Juha Riippi

    CEO, Quanscient

  • Buddy Rizer

    Buddy Rizer

    Executive Director, Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

  • Dr. Jessica Rosenberg

    Dr. Jessica Rosenberg

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

  • Chloe Ryu

    Chloe Ryu

    Manager, SK Telecom

  • Idalia Friedson Sacco

    Idalia Friedson Sacco

    VP, Strategic Development, Strangeworks

  • Dr. John Sawyer

    Dr. John Sawyer

    Interim Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance, Director, Strategic Research Initiatives, University of Maryland

  • Dr. Martin Schell

    Dr. Martin Schell

    Executive Director, Fraunhofer HHI

  • Schick

    Dr. Charlie Schick

    Senior Advisor, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Business Finland

  • Allison Schwartz

    Allison Schwartz

    Global Government Affairs and Public Affairs Leader, D-Wave Systems

  • Fikriye Selen-Okatan

    Fikriye Selen-Okatan

    Senior Advisor, Business Finland, Digital Technologies

  • Dr. Geetha Senthil

    Dr. Geetha Senthil

    Deputy Director, Office of Special Initiatives, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

  • Kanav Setia

    Kanav Setia

    CEO, qBraid

  • Dr. Sujai Shivakumar

    Dr. Sujai Shivakumar

    Senior Fellow and Director, Renewing American Innovation, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

  • Kimberly Shyu

    Kimberly Shyu

    Head of Product Management and Product Marketing, Terra Quantum AG

  • Dr. Johann de Silva

    Dr. Johann de Silva

    Head of International Partnerships, Office of Quantum, United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    United Kingdom Delegate, International Forum

  • Catherine Simondi

    Catherine Simondi

    VP Marketing & Communications, ID Quantique

  • Dr. Christopher Siwy

    Dr. Christopher Siwy

    Data Scientist, NIH

  • Dr. Marlou Slot

    Dr. Marlou Slot

    Quantum Materials and Sensors Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    Quantum Lead, Womanium

  • Jacob Smith

    Jacob Smith

    Professional Staff, House Science, Space and Technology Committee

  • Jen Sovada

    Jen Sovada

    President of Global Public Sector, Sandbox AQ

  • Dr. Sam Stanwyck

    Dr. Sam Stanwyck

    Group Product Manager, Quantum Computing, NVIDIA

  • Dr. Tyle Stelzig

    Dr. Tyle Stelzig

    Product Manager, Quantum Sensing, ID Quantique

  • Dr. Bob Sutor

    Dr. Bob Sutor

    Vice President and Chief Quantum Advocate, Infleqtion

  • Bryan (Rick)	Switzer

    Bryan (Rick) Switzer

    Director, Strategy and Policy, The Office of the Special Envoy for Technology, U.S. Department of State

  • Mika Takagi

    Mika Takagi

    Special Advisor to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

    Japan Delegate, International Forum

  • Jacqueline Tame

    Jacqueline Tame

    Director, Government Affairs, PsiQuantum

  • Dr. Andreas Thoss

    Dr. Andreas Thoss

    CEO, THOSS Media

  • Turunen

    Erja Turunen

    Executive Vice President, Digital Technologies VTT

  • Michael Ullrich

    Michael Ullrich

    CEO, MO-SPACE Raumfahrttechnik

  • Ken Ulman

    Ken Ulman

    Chief Strategy Officer for Economic Development, UMD College Park Foundation

  • Mayra Van Houts

    Mayra Van Houts

    Technology Policy Analyst, Quantum Delta NL

    Netherlands Delegate, International Forum

  • Dr. Christian Weedbrook

    Dr. Christian Weedbrook

    Founder & CEO, Xanadu

  • Dr. Yaakov Weinstein

    Dr. Yaakov Weinstein

    Chief Scientist of Quantum Technologies, The MITRE Corporation

  • Nick Werstiuk

    Nick Werstiuk

    CEO, Quantum Valley Ideas Lab

  • Dr. Andrew White

    Dr. Andrew White

    Director, The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)

  • Kevin Wolf

    Kevin Wolf

    Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology

  • Stuart Woods

    Stuart Woods

    Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, Quantum Exponential

  • Andrea Yonah

    Andrea Yonah

    Director of Business Development, BIRD Foundation

  • Dr. Will Zeng

    Dr. Will Zeng

    Partner, Quantonation