Agendas

8:30am – 9:00am

Sign In 

9:00am – 9:15am

Welcome & Announcements
Michael R. Wasielewski, Director, Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering, Northwestern University
Eric Perreault, Vice President for Research, Northwestern University

9:15am – 9:30am

Preeti Chalsani
SVP and Chief Quantum Officer, Illinois Economic Development Corporation

9:30am – 10:00am

The Hidden Engine of Quantum Computing: The Software Ecosystem
Nikos Hardavellas, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University

10:00am – 10:45am

Scientific Keynote: Quantum Computing and Classical Supercomputing
Laura Schulz, Project Lead for Innovation, Argonne National Laboratory

10:45am – 11:15am

Corporate Highlight
In process

11:15am – 12:00pm

Panel: Quantum Computing Use Case Development

Moderator:
Kate Smith, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University

Panelists: 
Juliette Peyronnet, Alice & Bob
Aaron Fluitt, PsiQuantum
Heejeong Jeong, Pasqal USA Inc.
Nikos Hardavellas, Northwestern University
Laura Schulz, Argonne National Laboratory

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm – 1:20pm

Corporate Highlight: Pasqal's Journey Towards Quantum Reality
Heejeong Jeong, Head of Quantum Computing US, Pasqal

1:20pm – 1:50pm

Alumni Entrepreneurship Leader Talk: Quantum Networking and Communications
Yuping Huang, CEO, Quantum Computing, Inc.

1:50pm – 2:20pm

Alumni Entrepreneurship Leader Talk: 
Johannes Pollanen, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, EeroQ

2:20pm – 2:30pm

Coffee Break

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Abhinav Kandala
Principal Research Scientist, IBM Quantum

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Indermohan (Inder) S. Monga
Director, Scientific Networking Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Executive Director, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)

3:30pm – 4:00pm

TBD

4:00pm – 5:15pm

Poster Session & Reception
Food and drinks provided

5:15pm – 5:30pm

Closing Remarks
Michael Wasielewski

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Northwestern Lab Tours

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Networking Activities + Therapy Dogs
Ryan Hall | Room 4003

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Fireside Chat with:

      Dmitri Basov, Columbia University
      Claudia Avalos, New York University

Facilitated by Tian-Xing Zheng

Ryan Hall | Room 4003

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Poster Session
Pancoe-NSUHS Life Sciences Pavilion, second floor

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Break

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Toward Programmable Quantum Systems
Dmitri Basov, Chair, Department of Physics; Higgins Professor of Physics, Columbia University

Pancoe Auditorium

9:30am – 10:15am

Q-NEXT National QIS Research Center: Progress and Outlook
Martin Holt, Director of Q-NEXT, Argonne National Laboratory

10:15am – 10:30am

Break

10:30am – 11:15am

Quantum and Nonlinear Magnonics with the Ultralow Damping Molecular Material Vanadium Tetracyanoethylene
Gregory Fuchs, Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

11:15am – 12:00pm

Ultrafast Molecular Spin Coherence for Quantum Transduction in Complex Environments
Ryan Hadt, Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch Break

1:00pm – 1:15pm

Break
Relocate to new space

1:15pm – 2:00pm

The Role of Excited State Exchange Interactions in the Generation of Electron Spin Polarization
Martin Kirk, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of New Mexico

2:00pm – 2:45pm

Predicting J-mediated Enhanced Intersystem Crossing in Chromophore-Radical Systems
Claudia Avalos, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, New York University

2:45pm – 3:30pm

Atomic Physics in a Beaker?
Justin Caram, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

3:30pm – 3:40pm

Closing Remarks
Michael Wasielewski

8:00am – 8:50am

Networking Breakfast
Norris University Center | Northwestern Room

8:50am – 9:00am

Henry Bienen

Interim President, Northwestern University

9:00am

JB Pritzker
Governor of Illinois

Erik Luijten
Provost-Designate, Northwestern University

10:00am – 11:30am

Networking