Bringing the leaders of the UK Quantum Industry
Together In Person
28 September, 2021
| Twickenham Stadium, London
Agenda
8:00 am - 8:40 am
BST
Registration and Networking
8:40 am - 8:45 am
BST
Welcome address
Amit Das -
CEO & Co-Founder,
Quantum.Tech
8:50 am - 9:00 am
BST
Chair’s Opening Remarks: Understanding Recent Developments in Quantum technology, And The Outlook for Tomorrow
Graeme Malcolm OBE -
CEO and Founder,
M Squared
9:00 am - 9:20 am
BST
Opening Keynote: A roadmap for commercialisation of Quantum technologies in the UK
Sir Peter Knight -
Professor of Quantum Optics,
Imperial College London
9:20 am - 9:30 am
BST
HM Government Keynote: Positioning the UK as a centre of quantum innovation
Gemma Peck -
Director, Business Growth and Office for Artificial Intelligence,
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
Gemma Peck
Director, Business Growth and Office for Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
9:30 am - 9:45 am
BST
Quantum Gas Sensing
Robin Yellow -
Technology Director,
BP
9:45 am - 10:35 am
BST
UK Enterprise Adoption panel: How are leading UK enterprises preparing for & implementing a Quantum future?
Bhushan Bonde -
Head of IT Early Solutions Innovation Development,
UCB
Manjari Chadran-Ramesh - Investment Director, Technology Partnership, IP Group
Roberto DeSimone - Director, Plantagenet Systems
Roger McKinlay - Challenge Director, Quantum Technologies, UK Innovation & Research
Robin Yellow - Technology Director, BP
10:35 am - 11:15 am
BST
Networking Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
BST
Establishing the NQCC into the UK Quantum Eco-System: Purpose & Progress
Michael Cuthbert -
Director,
NQCC
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
BST
UK Quantum Update from some of the Start Ups and Scale Ups who are driving quantum innovation
Roger McKinlay -
Challenge Director, Quantum Technologies,
UK Innovation & Research
Ramy Shelbaya - CEO and Founder, Quantum Dice
Richard Walker - CEO, Photon Force
Ilana Wisby - CEO, OQC
David Woolger - CEO, Cerca Magnetics
Hear from leading start ups, scales ups and established players, as they discuss the future of the UK Quantum industry
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
BST
The first small steps in the long journey towards commercially relevant applications in quantum computing
Ilyas Khan -
CEO and Founder,
Cambridge Quantum
1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
BST
Networking Break
Stream A: Quantum computing applications & use cases
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Johnson Matthey’s Early Steps In Quantum Computing Glenn Jones - Research Manager (Physical & Chemical Modelling), Johnson Matthey
Stream A: Quantum computing applications & use cases
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm Europe’s First Quantum Computing as a Service and its potential. Ilana Wisby - CEO, OQCStream A: Quantum computing applications & use cases
2:55 pm - 3:20 pm Lessons learnt adopting quantum computing in a customer Data Science company David Hoyle - Research Data Science Specialist, Dunnhumby
Stream A: Quantum computing applications & use cases
3:20 pm - 3:45 pm Utilizing AI and Quantum for Future Drug Discovery Bhushan Bonde - Head of IT Early Solutions Innovation Development, UCBStream B: Secure communications & cryptography
2:10 pm - 2:50 pm Quantum for Batteries: Opportunities & Synergies Oyebola Bello - Programme Manager (Batteries), Innovate UKGary Kendall - Director - Metrology Institute, CD02
Michal Krompiec - Scientific Project Manager, Cambridge Quantum
Stream B: Secure communications & cryptography
2:50 pm - 3:15 pm The Suitability of Quantum Magnetometers for Defence Applications David Harvey - Programme Engineering Manager, Thales
Stream B: Secure communications & cryptography
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Bringing Quantum into a Commercial Network Environment Emilio Hugues Salas - Specialist Research Professional, BT
Stream C: Sensing & metrology
2:10 pm - 2:45 pm Near-term Quantum technologies for sensing and metrology Dr. Rhys Lewis - Head of Quantum Metrology Institute, National Physical Laboratory
Stream C: Sensing & metrology
2:25 pm - 2:45 pm Use Cases for Quantum Gravimetry: a Local Authority Perspective Ralitsa Dragomarova - Researcher, Innovation Hub, Oxfordshire County Council
Stream C: Sensing & metrology
2:45 pm - 3:05 pm Gravity Pioneer – development of a field capable gravity gradiometer instrument Dr. George Tuckwell - Divisional Director, Geoscience and Engineering, RSK
Stream C: Sensing & metrology
3:05 pm - 3:25 pm Diamond Quantum Technologies Andy Edmonds - Principal Scientist, Element Six
Stream C: Sensing & metrology
3:25 pm - 3:45 pm Using quantum technology to enable mapping and map integration for buried infrastructure (QT-MIBA) Chris Jones - R&D Manager, Northumbrian Water Group
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
BST
Networking Break
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
BST
Quantum Machine Learning for Systematic Trading Strategies
Marco Paini -
Technology Partnerships Director, Europe,
Rigetti Computing
Elena Strbac - Executive Director, Data Science & Innovation, CCIB Digital, Standard Chartered
4:45 pm - 5:10 pm
BST
Optically Pumped Magnetometers – A means to improving Battery Quality and Productivity
Dr Emmanuel Eweka -
Head of Electrochemistry and Innovation,
AMTE Power Plc.
5:10 pm - 6:00 pm
BST
Closing Keynote Panel: How the UK is positioning itself to be a the centre of the global quantum revolution
Mandy Birch -
SVP Technology Partnerships,
Rigetti
Santanu Ganguly - Systems Architect, Cisco Systems
Jonathan Legh-Smith - Head of Scientific Affairs, BT
Emily Meads - Deep Tech Investor, SpeedInvest
Roger McKinlay - Challenge Director, Quantum Technologies, UK Innovation & Research
