Event Agenda
11/04/2020
07:45
07:45 - 08:00
Welcoming
08:00
08:00 - 10:00
Political will and Inaugural sessions
08:00 - 08:10
Welcome Speech
OlivierEzrattyElhamKashefi (Research Director, CNRS , LIP6 Sorbonne University - Chair in QC School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)
08:10 - 08:40
The French Quantum Plan
CédricO (Minister of State for the Digital Transition and Electronic Communications)
08:40 - 09:00
Some Algorithmic and Software issues for Quantum Computing
BrunoSportisse (INRIA)
09:00
09:00 - 10:00
Quantum Supremacy using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
John Martinis (UC Santa Barbara)
10:00
Break
10:20 - 11:00
Round Table 1 : QuBit in all States
TristanMeunier (CNRS-Néel Institut)AdrienSignoles (Head of Research & Development at Pasqal)Zachary Vernon (Xanadu)Ilana Wisby (Oxford Quantum Circuits)
10:20 - 12:00
State Of The Art sessions
11:00
11:00 - 11:20
Democratizing Quantum Computing to Spur Innovation
NadiaCarlsten (Amazon Web services)
11:20 - 11:40
Round Table 2 : Quantum Energy Advantage
Alexia Auffeves (CNRS & Université Grenoble Alpes)David Gunnarsson (Bluefors)Hui Khoon Ng (Center for Quantum Technologies - CQT , Singapore)StéphaneTanguy (EDF Labs, EDF)
12:00
Meetings
13:20
13:20 - 13:40
ATOS’ Industrial Development Strategy
ElieGirard (Atos)
13:20 - 15:00
Industry Uses Cases sessions
13:40 - 14:20
Round Table 3 : From Tools to Apps
Cyril Allouche (Atos)ElviraShishenina (Total)William Zeng (Goldman Sachs)
14:20
14:20 - 14:40
Distributed Quantum Computing
ValérianGiesz (Quandela)Marc Kaplan (VeriQloud)
14:40 - 15:00
The Airbus Challenge
Thierry Botter (Airbus Blue Sky - Airbus)
15:00
Break
15:30 - 15:50
Building a global quantum computing start-up company
JeremyO’Brien (PsiQuantum)
15:30 - 17:10
Quantum Ecosystem sessions
15:50 - 16:10
Supporting the Open-Source Ecosystem in Quantum Software
Nathan Shammah (Unitary Fund)
16:10
16:10 - 16:30
From Academic Research to Startup : Quantum Leap in Pharma
Jean-PhilipPiquemal (Sorbonne University - QuBIT Pharmaceuticals)
16:30 - 16:50
Enabling Companies to Solve Their Problems
Iordanis Kerenidis (QC Ware- France)
16:50 - 17:10
Round Table 4 : The New French Quantum Ecosystem
Alexia Auffeves (CNRS & Université Grenoble Alpes)Eleni Diamanti (CNRS & Sorbonne Université)Christophe Jurczak (Le Lab Quantique (LLQ))Pascale Senellart (CNRS & Paris Saclay University)NicolasTreps (Quantum Information Center Sorbonne)
17:10
17:10 - 17:30
CLOSING BY NICOLAS DUFOURCQ, CEO OF BPIFRANCE
17:10 - 17:30
CLOSING BY NICOLAS DUFOURCQ, CEO OF BPIFRANCE
NicolasDufourcq (Bpifrance)
