THE PROGRAM
Please note this program is subject to change. Further details on panelists and presentations will be added closer to the event.
February 23, 2022
Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Sydney and Online
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8.30 am
Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee |
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9.00 am
Official Opening Bernie Hobbs - Master of Ceremonies Prof Peter Turner - CEO, Sydney Quantum Academy The Hon. Alister Henskens, SC MP, Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Minister for Skills and Training |
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9.30 am
Panel: Quantum State of the Nation Prof Bronwyn Fox, Chief Scientist, CSIRO Prof Sir Peter Knight, UKRI National Quantum Technology Programme and Imperial College London Prof Tanya Monro FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FAIP, Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence Prof Michelle Simmons, Director, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology; Founder and Director, Silicon Quantum Computing Prof Andrew White, Director, Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems Chair: Prof Sven Rogge, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), UNSW Sydney |
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10.15 am
Keynote Presentation: Building in quantum industry coherence Dr Cathy Foley, Australia’s Chief Scientist |
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11.00 am
Networking Morning Tea + Exhibition |
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11.30 am
Panel: Quantum Software: future applications for quantum devices Prof Stephen Bartlett, Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney Assoc Prof Dominic Berry, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Dr Maria Kieferova, SQA Fellow & Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney and Research Scientist at Google Quantum AI Dr Krysta Svore, General Manager - Quantum Software, Microsoft Chair: Simon Devitt, Senior Lecturer, Center for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney; Co-founder and Managing Director, h-bar |
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12.15 pm
Presentation: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simone Severini, Director, Amazon Web Services (AWS); Professor, University College London |
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12.45 pm
Networking Lunch + Exhibition |
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1.45 pm
Panel: Quantum Sensing: what is the quantum advantage and what are the benefits? Prof John Close, Professor and Head of the Department of Quantum Science, The Australian National University Prof Ben Eggleton, Co-Director of the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN), Director of the Sydney Nano Institute and Professor in the School of Physics, University of Sydney Svenja Knappe, Founder and Scientist, Fieldline Inc; Associate Research Professor, University of Colorado Prof Andre Luiten, Managing Director, QuantX Pty Ltd Dr Jean-Philippe Tetienne, ARC Future Fellow, RMIT Chair: Prof James Rabeau, Director, Quantum Technologies, CSIRO |
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2.30 pm
Panel: Preparing business for a quantum future Dr David Garvin, Principal Researcher Quantum Computing Office, NEC Peter Johnson, Co-founder and Lead Research Scientist, Zapata Computing Jacqui Kernot, Technology Consulting Partner, EY Christian Weedbrook, CEO & Founder, Xanadu Quantum Technologies Chair: Prof Glenn Wightwick, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Enterprise, University of Technology Sydney |
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3.15 pm
Networking Afternoon Tea + Exhibition |
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3.45 pm
Presentation: More Than Qubits: Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling Quantum Computers Professor David Reilly, Director of Microsoft Quantum-Sydney and Professor of Physics, University of Sydney |
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4.15 pm
Panel: Quantum computing hardware: Race to 1 million qubits Prof Rainer Blatt, Research Director, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW); Professor, University of Innsbruck Dr Maja Cassidy, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Quantum Prof Andrew Dzurak, ARC Laureate Fellow & Professor of Quantum Engineering, UNSW Sydney Dr Geoff Pryde, Senior Quantum Researcher, PsiQuantum Chair: Prof Andrew Doherty, Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney |
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5.00 pm
Closing Remarks |
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MC for 23rd January Bernie Hobbs, Award-winning science writer and broadcaster with ABC Science; well known judge from ABC TV's The New Inventors, and popular commentator on ABC radio around the country
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5.15 pm to 7.15 pm
Welcome Cocktail Party (in person only) The Loft, Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf |
February 24, 2022
Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Sydney and Online
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8.30 am
Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee |
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9.00 am
Day Two Opening |
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9.15 am
Presentation: Building the quantum ecosystem: from the lens of IBM Quantum Dr Jay M. Gambetta, IBM Fellow and Vice President of Quantum Computing, IBM Quantum |
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9.45 am
Presentation: PsiQuantum: Silicon Photonic Quantum Computing Dylan Saunders, Lead Quantum System Architect & Q1 Technology Lead, PsiQuantum |
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10.15 am
Presentation: Towards useful quantum computing Dr Hartmut Neven, Engineering Vice President, Google |
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10.45 am
Networking Morning Tea + Exhibition |
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11.15 am
Panel: Responsible innovation in quantum technology Scott Aaronson, Professor of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin Aurélie Jacquet, Chair of Standards Australia AI Committee Dr Ian Oppermann, NSW Chief Data Scientist and Industry Professor, UTS Dr Tara Roberson, Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) Chair: Prof Gavin Brennen, Director of the Macquarie Centre for Quantum Engineering, Macquarie University
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12.00 pm
Panel: Quantum Networking - A national quantum network: opportunities and challenges Prof Ping Koy Lam, Professor, Australian National University Peter Rohde, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Dr Vikram Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, QuintessenceLabs Maria Spiropulu, Shangi-Yi Ch'en Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology Chair: Dr Zixin Huang, SQA Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie Centre for Quantum Engineering, Macquarie University
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12.45 pm
Networking Lunch + Exhibition |
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1.45 pm
Presentation: How Q-CTRL is making quantum technology useful for enterprise [all the way from Australia] Prof. Michael Biercuk, CEO of Q-CTRL and Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology at the University of Sydney |
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2.15 pm
Keynote Presentation: Why Australia can and should build its own quantum computer Professor Michelle Simmons, Director, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology; Founder and Director, Silicon Quantum Computing |
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3.00 pm
Networking Afternoon Tea + Exhibition |
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3.30 pm
Panel: The quantum start-up journey Dr Marcus Doherty, Chief Scientific Officer, Quantum Brilliance Prof Andrew Dzurak, ARC Laureate Fellow & Professor of Quantum Engineering, UNSW Sydney Dr Si-Hui Tan, Chief Science Officer, Horizon Quantum Computing Chair: Sally-Ann Williams, CEO, Cicada Innovations |
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4.00 pm
Panel: What drives investment in quantum technology Ekaterina Almasque, General Partner, OpenOcean Bill Bartee, Managing Partner, Main Sequence Ventures Matthew Gould, Director & Head of Emerging Technologies, Allectus Capital, ICM Group Annie Parker, Executive Director, Tech Central, Greater Sydney Commission Chair: Sally-Ann Williams, CEO, Cicada Innovations
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4.45 pm
Closing Remarks |
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6.30 pm to 10.00 pm
Gala Dinner (in person only) Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf Presentation: Xanadu Christian Weedbrook, CEO & Founder of Xanadu Quantum Technologies |
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MC for 24th January and Gala Dinner Bernie Hobbs, Award-winning science writer and broadcaster with ABC Science; well known judge from ABC TV's The New Inventors, and popular commentator on ABC radio around the country |
February 25, 2022
Online Careers Fair
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Posters open for viewing all day |
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9.00 am
Careers Fair Opening |
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9.15 am
Panel: Developing the future quantum workforce Dr Aggie Branczyk, Manager, Quantum Applications Research & Software, IBM Quantum Assoc Prof Daniel Burgarth, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Assoc Prof Chris Ferrie, University of Technology Sydney Prof Lloyd Hollenberg, Director, IBM Quantum Hub; Professor of Physics, The University of Melbourne Prof Andrea Morello, Scientia Professor of Quantum Engineering, UNSW Sydney Chair: Prof Peter Turner, CEO, Sydney Quantum Academy |
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10.15 am
Sponsor Session: IBM Quantum |
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10.30
Sponsor Session: Xanadu |
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10.45
Session: Sydney Quantum Academy |
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11.00
Poster Viewing |
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11.30 am
Panel: Where a career in quantum can take you Dr Claire L. Edmunds, Erwin Schrödinger Center for Quantum Science and Technology (ESQ) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Innsbruck Rachpon Kalra, Senior Hardware Engineer, Microsoft Dr Emma Mitchell, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Manufacturing Sam Roberts, Senior Quantum Architect, PsiQuantum Dr Matt van Breugel, Co-Founder & CEO, Redback Systems Chair: Juan Pablo Dehollain, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney |
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12.30pm
Sponsor Session: QuintessenceLabs |
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12.45
Sponsor Session: CSIRO |
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1.00
Sponsor Session: Keysight Technologies |
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1.15
Poster Viewing |
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1.45
Sponsor Session: The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) |
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2.00
Sponsor Session: Liquid Instruments |
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2.15
Sponsor Session: EY |
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2.30
Sponsor Session: NetApp |
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2.45
Sponsor Session: Google Quantum AI |
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3.00
Poster Viewing |
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3.30
Sponsor Session: Global Business and Talent Attraction Taskforce |
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3.45
Sponsor Session: Nano Vacuum |
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4.00
Sponsor Session: Bluefors |
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4.15
Poster Viewing |
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5.00 pm
Careers Fair Concludes |