Wednesday, 08 May
10:30 – 12:00
The CLEO Hub Theater
This panel discussion will explore the viability of a (profitable) commercial quantum marketplace emerging within the next five years. The panel will include prominent representatives from the quantum hardware space, funding agencies, academia and working groups, exploring the potential for a burgeoning business case for this sector in the near term. The key question to be addressed is: Will we soon experience a quantum winter or a quantum spring?
Moderators
Garrett Cole, Manager, Thorlabs Crystalline Solutions, USA
Daniel Renner, Principal, Atacama Optics & Electronics, USA
Panelists
Justin Cohen, Program Manager, DARPA MTO, USA
Scott Davis, CEO, Vescent Photonics, USA
Klea Dhimitri, Applications Engineer and Quantum Lead, Hamamatsu, USA
Fred Kish, Distinguished M.C. Dean Professor of ECE, Director NCSU Nanofabrication Facility, NC State University, USA
Le Luo, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, QUDOOR Technologies, Inc., China
Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director QED-C, SRI, USA
Mark Tolbert, President TOPTICA Photonics Inc., USA