Conference Program – March 17th 2021
All times are CET: Paris/Brussels/Zurich/Berlin time zone
Conferences Room 1
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Building the future quantum workforce
09h00 - 09h40- State of the job market
- How to train a new generation of quantum engineers and quantum software developers?
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Dr Araceli VENEGAS-GOMEZ CEO & Founder QURECA
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Dr Marko RANCIC Quantum Computing Project Leader TOTAL
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Pr Nicolas TREPS Professor of Quantum Physics – Sorbonne Université, Co-Director QUANTUM INFORMATION CENTER SORBONNE
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Is quantum computing the end of cybersecurity as we know it?
09h40 - 10h00- Quantum computing as a threat to asymmetric cryptography
- Quantum and post-quantum cryptography as solutions
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Dr Vikram SHARMA CEO and Founder QUINTESSENCELABS
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How is the EU assessing the user needs of a quantum communication infrastructure?
10h00 - 10h20- EU countries plan to build an ultra-secure quantum communication network
- Focus on the OpenQKD and EuroQCI projects
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Dr Eleni DIAMANTI CNRS Research Director, Sorbonne Université, Vice-director, Paris Centre for Quantum Computing, Member QUANTUM INTERNET ALLIANCE AND OPENQKD
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The search for quantum-resistant cryptography
10h40 - 11h00- Quantum-resistant algorithms basic principles
- NIST standardisation efforts and other initiatives
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Dr Dustin MOODY Mathematician in the Computer Security Division NIST
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How do I deal with a threat that hasn’t yet emerged?
11h00 - 11h20Practical ways to start the post-quantum migration
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Andersen CHENG CEO POST-QUANTUM
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What is driving the quantum technology market growth?
11h20 - 12h00- How to invest in a quantum future?
- How to accelerate technological transfer from lab to market?
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Himadri MAJUMDAR, PhD Program Manager, Quantum VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND
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Michel KUREK Financial Market specialist QUANTX, ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
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Dr Najwa SIDQI Knowledge Transfer Manager in Quantum Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
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QC in the automotive, logistic and energy industries
13h00 - 13h40END USER APPLICATIONS: MOBILITY & ENERGY
- Traffic simulation, cars’ batteries design and smart-grid optimization are among the most challenging problems for the mobility and the energy industries
- How could quantum computers offer better performances in solving such problems?
Moderator: Matthias ZIEGLER, Managing Director Emerging Technology Innovation ASG, ACCENTURE
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Loïc HENRIET Head of quantum software and applications PASQAL
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Marc PORCHERON Senior Research Engineer, HDR EDF R&D
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Dr.-Ing. Marc HILBERT Team Lead - Data:Lab Munich - Engineering & Production Technologies VOLKSWAGEN
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Dr. Jan-Rainer LAHMANN Qiskit Advocate and IBM CTO for Lufthansa IBM
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The Airbus quantum computing challenge
13h40 - 14h00-
Thierry BOTTER Head of Airbus Blue Sky and Deputy-Head of Central R&T AIRBUS
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Lee-Ann RAMCHERITA Flight Physics Innovation and Services Leader AIRBUS
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QC in finance and insurance
14h00 - 14h40END USER APPLICATIONS: FINANCE & INSURANCE
- Finance, especially quantitative finance, is full of hard computational problems
- How could quantum computers speed up portfolio optimization and other computations encountered in finance?
Moderator : Emmanuel VIALE, Managing Director, ACCENTURE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION EUROPE
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Dr Román ORUS Co-founder MULTIVERSE COMPUTING
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Carlos KUCHKOVSKY Chief Technology and R&D Officer - New Digital Business BBVA
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Kevin CALLAGHAN Co-Founder and COO QUANTFI
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A brief overview of the quantum software stack
15h00 - 15h20SOFTWARE SESSION
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Dr David SHAW Director FACT BASED INSIGHT
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Automation and synthesis of quantum circuits
15h20 - 15h40- Review current limitations of designing quantum circuits, typically done at the gate level or using specific functional building blocks
- Introduce automation and computer-aided design (CAD) technologies, for quantum algorithm design
- Demonstrate how these technologies unlock new frontiers of creativity in quantum algorithm development
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Amir NAVEH Co-founder and Head of Algorithms CLASSIQ TECHNOLOGIES
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Quantum as a Service
15h40 - 16h00-
Michael BRETT Worldwide Business Development and Go-To-Market Strategy, Quantum Computing AWS
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Conferences Room 2
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How is QC putting blockchain technology at risk?
13h00 - 13h20CASE STUDIES (1/2)
Blockchain protocols heavily rely on cryptographic primitives, is there a quantum-safe future for this technology?
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Andreas BAUMHOF VP Quantum Technologies QUINTESSENCELABS
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IoT and the quantum threat. What to do?
13h20 - 13h40Future-proofing IoT devices with quantum-safe security solutions
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Sinisha PATKOVIC Managing Director EMEA ISARA
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How are telecom operators preparing for quantum?
13h40 - 14h20- What are the most at-risk telecom infrastructures regar-ding the threat of quantum computers?
- How to secure already existing telecom equipment with quantum and post-quantum cryptography?
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Andrew LORD Senior Manager, Optical and Quantum Research BT
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Yewon GIM Senior Technical Staff Member AT&T
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Antonio MANZALINI Senior Manager Innovation TIM
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Jean-Sébastien PEGON Head of Finance, Pharma, Utilities & Telecom Markets ID QUANTIQUE
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Securing 5G networks with quantum cryptography
14h40 - 15h00CASE STUDIES (2/2)
- The world first smartphone with a quantum random number generator chipset
- Integrating quantum key distribution within 5G networks infrastructures
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Jean-Sébastien PEGON Head of Finance, Pharma, Utilities & Telecom Markets ID QUANTIQUE
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Quantum communication using satellites
15h00 - 15h20Space based quantum communication will allow the distribution of secret encryption keys to ground-based stations with greatly increased distance between communicating parties
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Rupert URSIN Senior Group Leader IQOQI - Vienna AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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Towards a quantum internet
15h20 - 15h40-
Clément JAVERZAC-GALY Co-founder MIRAEX
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Karel DUMON Co-founder MIRAEX
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