Applied Materials – CQE Quantum Sensing Workshop

When:

Thursday, October 29, 2026 5:00 pm - Friday, October 30, 2026 6:00 pm

Where:

David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicago, 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Description:

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Agenda

Thursday, October 29

Friday, October 30

8:30 AM – Registration
9:00 – 9:30 AM – Welcome, executive opening
- Dr. Om Nalamasu, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and President, Applied Ventures, LLC, Applied Materials, Inc.
- Prof. Dr. David Awschalom, Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange
- Dr. Robert Visser, Vice President, CTO Group, Applied Materials, Inc.
9:30 – 11:15 AM – Topic I: Metrology for semiconductor
- Connor Hart, Chief Technology Officer, EuQlid
- Andrew Geraci, Levisens
11:15 – 11:30 AM – Break
11:30 AM – 12:50 PM – Topic II: Medical applications
- Dr. Julian Solway, Co-Director, Berggren Center for Quantum Biology, University of Chicago (keynote)
- Colin Connolly, CEO/CTO, QDTI
12:50 – 2:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 – 3:20 PM – Topic III: Positioning and timing
- Makan Mohageg, Boeing (keynote)
- Luca Ferrara, SandboxAQ
- Sristy Agrawal, CEO, MesaQuantum
3:20 – 3:30 PM – Break
3:30 – 4:30 PM – Topic IV: Future sensors & applications
- TBA (keynote)
- Elevator pitches from a variety of startups:
  - Avery Linder, StaC12
  - Sean Sullivan and Manish Singh, MemQ
  - Sanket Deshpande, Dirac Labs
  - Uri Zvi, Qualla
  - Randall Goldsmith, Animolecule
  - Sagar/Conor, K1 Semiconductor
4:30 – 6:00 PM – Poster session across various quantum sensing platforms
6:00 PM – Closing