Q-CON | Shaping the Future of Quantum

08:30 AM Registration. Tea & Coffee

09:00 AM Welcome

Prof Marcin Marciniak, Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, University of Gdańsk

Patryk Jar, Innovation Tech Lead at Kainos

09:05 AM Official Opening

Prof Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk

09:10 AM Keynote Speaker: What is Quantum?

Prof Harald Weinfurter, University of Munich & Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics

09:40 AM Keynote Speaker:  Is Quantum the Next Big Thing?

Prof Charles H. Bennett, IBM Fellow at IBM Research

10:10 AM Why Teaching STEM Today is More Important Than Ever?

Prof Ewa Szymczak, Vice-Rector for Education, University of Gdańsk

10:30 AM The Certificate Award Ceremony for Quantum Summer School 2024

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of the City of Gdańsk

Mirosław Wróblewski, President of Personal Data Protection Office (Polish DPA)

10:50 AM Panel Discussion: How to Educate a Quantum-ready Generation?

Chair: Rita Łyczywek, Head of Technology at CODE:ME

Dr Bianka Siwińska, President of Perspektywy Women in Tech

Dorota Suchacz, High School Principal & Appellate Disciplinary Committee for Teachers at Polish Ministry of Education

Prof Marek Krośnicki, Director of Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Gdańsk

11:40 AM Lunch Break

12:20 PM How Many Quantum Technologies Are There? Where Is Your Opportunity?

Prof Marcin Pawłowski, Head of Quantum Cybersecurity and Communications Group at ICTQT

12:40 PM Is Dual-use the Path for Quantum Technologies?

Prof Marek Przyborski, Dean of the Faculty of Navigation and Naval Weapons at the Polish Naval Academy

01:00 PM Startup: levelQuantum Cyber Security Solutions (Italy)

Prof Magdalena Stobinska, Head of the Quantum Technologies Research Group and CEO at levelQuantum

01:10 PM Startup: Sequre Quantum (Chile/Poland)

Prof Marcin Pawłowski, COO & Founder at Sequre Quantum

01:20 PM Startup: finQbit (Poland)

Tomasz Cwik, Co-Founder & CEO at finQbit

01:30 PM Startup: VeriQloud (France)

Dr Marc Kaplan, CEO at VeriQloud

01:40 PM Panel Discussion: Is Quantum the Next Big Thing?

Chair: Prof Paweł Horodecki, Director of National Quantum Information Centre (KCIK) in Gdańsk

Prof Charles H. Bennett, IBM Fellow at IBM Research

Prof Robert Alicki, Retired Dean and Former Head of the Division of Mathematical Methods in Physics at the University of Gdańsk

Prof Konrad Banaszek, Director of Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies at the University of Warsaw

02:30 PM Coffee break

02:50 PM Can You Afford to Miss Quantum?

James Matchett, Lead Security Engineer at Kainos

03:10 PM Quantum Act – Can Legal Regulations Stop Your Business?

Roman Bieda & Dorota Skrodzka-Kwietniak, AI LAW TECH Foundation & Kozminski University

03:30 PM How Quantum AI Will Affect You?

Dr Marcin Nowakowski, Assistant Professor in Division of Theoretical Physics and Quantum Information at Gdańsk University of Technology

03:50 PM When Can I Have My Quantum Computer?

Dr Stefan Seegerer, Education Lead at IQM Quantum Computers

04:10 PM Panel Discussion: The Quantum Race – How to Shape the Future of Quantum?

Chair: Patryk Jar, Innovation Tech Lead at Kainos

Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal, Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing and the Country Director for Poland at IQM Quantum Computers

Prof Magdalena Stobinska, CEO at levelQuantum & University of Warsaw

Dr Marcin Nowakowski, Assistant Professor at Gdańsk University of Technology

Tomasz Cwik, Co-Founder & CEO at finQbit

05:00 PM The End

The schedule is subject to minor changes.