Description: The seventh annual Chicago Quantum Summit is a two-day program that will feature dialogue about the growing quantum technology economy, new research initiatives in the field, and efforts to build the quantum workforce. The event will also include the Boeing Quantum Creators Prize Symposium, which promotes early-career researchers whose work moves quantum science in new directions.
Poster session: Members of the CQE community are invited to submit a poster on any quantum information science and engineering topic. The CQE will accept poster submissions through September 30, 2024, and confirm the presenter list by October 4. We particularly encourage students and postdocs to apply.
Sponsorship opportunities: If you are interested in sponsoring the Summit, please contact Andrea Jett at jetta@uchicago.edu.
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Time (CST) |
Event | Speaker(s) |
| 8:45 – 9:30 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 9:30 – 9:35 AM | Program Welcome | Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago |
| 9:35 – 9:45 AM | Opening Remarks | David Awschalom, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago; Senior Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory; Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange |
| 9:45 – 10:15 AM | Keynote | Noel Goddard, Chief Executive Officer, Qunnect |
| 10:15 – 10:45 AM | Keynote | JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois |
| 10:45 – 11:00 AM | Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 AM | Keynote | Joe Altepeter, Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Keynote | Pete Shadbolt, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, PsiQuantum |
| 12:00 – 1:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 PM | Panel: Growing Quantum Startups | Mandy Birch, Chief Executive Officer, TreQ; Berk Diler Kovos, Chief Executive Officer, SynthBits; Alan Ho, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Qolab Moderator: Karen Kerr, Managing Director, Exposition Ventures |
| 2:30 – 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 2:45 – 3:15 PM | Keynote | Charina Chou, Chief Operating Officer, Google Quantum AI |
| 3:15 – 3:45 PM | Keynote | Matthew Kinsella, Chief Executive Officer, Infleqtion |
| 3:45 – 5:00 PM | Reception | CQE Member and Partner Poster Session |
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Time (CST) |
Event | Speaker(s) |
| 8:45 – 9:30 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 9:30 – 9:35 AM | Day 2 Program Welcome | Eric Perrault, Vice President for Research, Northwestern University |
| 9:35 – 10:55 AM | Boeing Quantum Creators Session 1: Atoms | Aziza Suleymanzade, Postdoc, Harvard University; Hannah Manetsch, Graduate Student, California Institute of Technology; Chengyi Luo, Postdoc, California Institute of Technology; Avikar Periwal, Graduate Student, Stanford University Session Chairs: Hannes Bernien, Assistant Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago; Zoe Yan, Assistant Professor, James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago |
| 10:55 – 11:10 AM | Break | |
| 11:10 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel: Government Perspectives on Research-to-Commercialization | Jean-Luc Cambier, Director, Technical Programs, Basic Research Office, OSD (R&E); Rima Oueid, Senior Commercialization Executive, Department of Energy; Abin Kuriakose, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, World Business Chicago Moderator: Preeti Chalsani, Chief Quantum Officer, Intersect Illinois |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM | Boeing Quantum Creators Session 2: Condensed Matter | Patrick Ledwith, Graduate Student, Harvard University; Thomas Wekmeister, Graduate Student, Harvard University; Sara Murciano, Postdoc, California Institute of Technology Session Chairs: Andrew Higginbotham, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Chicago; Ruben Verresen, Assistant Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | A Conversation on Building the Field | Walter Massey, Senior Advisor to the President, University of Chicago Thomas Searles, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago |
| 2:30 – 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 2:45 – 3:45 PM | Boeing Quantum Creators Session 3: Quantum Information Protocols | Yuxin Wang, Postdoc, University of Maryland, College Park; Xiao Xue, Postdoc, QuTech, Delft University of Technology; Senrui Chen, Graduate Student, University of Chicago Session Chairs: Jiefei Zhang, Assistant Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory; Valentin Walther, Assistant Professor, Physical Chemistry, Purdue University |
| 3:45 PM | Event concludes |
Public Event: The Chicago Quantum Exchange, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s STAGE Center, and partners across the region are hosting a Quantum Game Night on Tuesday, October 22 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Learn about these technologies through family-friendly games in this public event.
Hard Hat Tours: The UChicago Science Incubator at Hyde Park Labs will help translate early-stage concepts into commercial opportunities — including in the quantum space. Hard hat tours are being arranged for 2024 Chicago Quantum Summit participants after programming ends on Tuesday. RSVP here.
The Chicago Quantum Summit is organized by the Chicago Quantum Exchange. View past summits here.
Questions regarding the event can be directed to quantum@uchicago.edu.
