SPEAKERS & PANELLISTS
At Quantum Australia 2023 you can hear from leading Australian and international experts in quantum technology, across industry innovation, higher education and research, and government policy. Speakers and panellists will be joining in-person and virtually (v). Here are a number of renowned speakers and panellists who have been confirmed for Quantum Australia 2023, with more to be added soon.
The Hon Ed Husic MP
Federal Minister for Industry and Science
Ministerial Keynote Speaker

Andrew Dzurak
CEO & Founder, Diraq
Keynote Speaker

Cathy Foley
Australia's Chief Scientist
Keynote Speaker

Jeremy O'Brien
Co-founder & CEO, PsiQuantum
Keynote Speaker

Warwick Bowen
Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, the University of Queensland; and Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology
Speaker

Michael Cuthbert
Director, National Quantum Computing Centre
Speaker

Barry C Sanders
Professor, University of Calgary
Speaker

Joel Wallman
Scientific Planner and Software Architect, Keysight Technologies
Speaker

Kate Weber
Interim Global Lead for Emerging Technologies Policy, Google
Speaker (V)

Rose Ahlefeldt
Senior Research Fellow, The Australian National University
Panellist

Dana Anderson
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Infleqtion
Panellist

Owen Arnold
Lead Software Engineer, OQC
Panellist (V)

Alexia Auffèves
Research Director, Head of the CNRS International Research Lab MajuLab, Singapore
Panellist (V)

John Bartholomew
Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Panel Chair

Michael J. Biercuk
CEO, Q-CTRL
Panellist

Clare Birch
Associate, Blackbird
Panellist

Alexey Bocharnikov
APAC Quantum Technology Leader, EY
Panellist

Michael Bremner
Director of the Centre for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney
Panel Chair

Gavin Brennen
Professor, Macquarie University
Panel Chair

Liz Bridge
Strategic Talent Partner, Quantum Brilliance
Panellist

Camille de Burgh
General Manager, Technology Policy and Engagement Branch Technology and National Security Division, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Panel Chair

Maja Cassidy
Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Panel Chair

Lily Lidong Chen
Manager, Cryptographic Technology Group, Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Panellist (V)

Jared Cole
Professor of Physics, RMIT University
Panellist

Pedro C.S Costa
Research Fellow, Macquarie University
Panellist

Xanthe Croot
Lecturer, University of Sydney
Panel Chair

Simon Devitt
Research Director, Centre for Quantum Software & Information, University of Technology Sydney; Cofounder and Managing Director, h-bar;
Panellist

Alexandra Dickie
Test and Equipment Engineer, Diraq
Panellist

Andrew Doherty
Professor, School of Physics, Sydney University
Panellist

Hugh Durrant-Whyte
NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer
Panellist

Michael Egan
Director, Quantum Technologies, KPMG Futures
Panellist

Julian Fay
Chief Technology Officer, Senetas
Panellist

Arkady Fedorov
Assoc Prof, University of Queensland; Chief Scientific Officer, Analog Quantum Circuits
Panellist

Bronwyn Fox
Chief Scientist, CSIRO
Panellist

Lucas Hakewill
Accelerator Program Manager, UNSW Founders
Panellist

Rebecca Halligan
COO, Sydney Quantum Academy
Panel Chair

Alex Hamilton
Scientia Professor of Physics, UNSW; Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre for Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET)
Panellist

Ian Hill
President and CIO, Silicon Quantum Computing
Panellist

Mark Hodson
Software Engineering Director, Rigetti Computing
Panellist

Nicole Holzmann
Manager, Quantum Science, Riverlane
Panellist (V)

Zixin Huang
Sydney Quantum Academy and DECRA Fellow
Panellist

Elanor Huntington
Executive Director-Digital, National Facilities and Collections, CSIRO
Panellist

Emma Johnston
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
Panel Chair

Ivan Kassal
Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Panel Chair

Andre Luiten
Managing Director, QuantX Pty Ltd
Panellist

Celia Merzbacher
QED-C Executive Director, SRI International
Panellist (V)

Tanya Monro AC, FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FAIP
Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence
Panellist

Anthony Murfett
Head of Division, Technology and National Security, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Panellist

Yasunobu Nakamura
Director, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing and Professor, The University of Tokyo
Panellist

Hanhee Paik
Senior Research Scientist, IBM Quantum
Panellist

Silvana Palacios
Lead Quantum Physicist, Nomad Atomics
Panellist

Annie Parker
Executive Director, Tech Central, Greater Cities Commission
Panel Chair

Anna Phan
Asia Pacific Partner Lead, IBM Quantum
Panellist

Kate Pounder
CEO, Tech Council of Australia
Panellist

Nat Puffer
Managing Director, IQT International
Panellist

Jim Rabeau
Director, Quantum Technologies, CSIRO
Panel Chair

Dilan Rajasingham
ANZ Business Development & GTM Solutions Lead, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Panellist

David Reilly
Partner Architect, Microsoft Quantum
Panellist

Peter Rohde
Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
Panellist

Vikram Sharma
Founder & CEO, QuintessenceLabs
Panellist

Michelle Simmons
Director, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology; Founder and Director, Silicon Quantum Computing.
Panellist

Peter Turner
CEO, Sydney Quantum Academy
Panel Chair

Muhammad Usman
Team Leader Quantum Systems, Data61/CSIRO
Panellist

Araceli Venegas-Gomez
Founder & CEO, QURECA
Panellist

Thomas Volz
Professor at Macquarie University and Strategic Partnerships Manager at Redback Systems
Panellist

Jingbo Wang
Professor and Head of Physics Department, The University of Western Australia
Panellist

Christian Weedbrook
CEO and Founder, Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Panellist

Judi Zielke PSM
CEO, Australian Research Council
Panellist

Bernie Hobbs
Master of Ceremonies
