Schedule
Monday – June 1, 2026
| Time | Monday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Opening Remarks |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Dr. Travis Humble (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Tutorial Dr. Jacob Biamonte (Université du Québec) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Dr. Robert (Hsin-Yuan Huang) (California Institute of Technology) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Dr. Victor Batista (Yale University) |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Dr. Frank Muller (NC State University) |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Hands-On Dr. Kevin Chern (D-Wave) |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner |
Tuesday – June 2, 2026
| Time | Tuesday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Opening Remarks Dan Stancil |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Dr. Chris Monroe (Duke University) |
| 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Tutorial Dr. Kenneth Brown (Duke University) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Dr. Karol Kowalski (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Dr. David Mazziotti (University of Chicago) |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Dr. Victor Bastidas (NTT Research) |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Hands-On Dr. Mark Jackson and Steve Clark (Quantinuum) |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner |
Wednesday – June 3, 2026
| Time | Wednesday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Opening Remarks Phil Emer |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Dr. Yuri Alexeev (NVIDIA) |
| 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Tutorial Dr. Kevin Chern (D-Wave) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Dr. Kathleen Hamilton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Dr. Lex Kemper (NC State University) |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Dr. Bojko Bakalov (NC State University) |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Hands-On Dr. Catalina Albornoz (Xanadu) |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner |
Thursday – June 4, 2026
| Time | Thursday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Opening Remarks TBA |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Dr. Kunal Sharma (IBM) |
| 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Tutorial Dr. Barry Sanders (University of Calgary) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Dr. Bill Wisotsky (SAS) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Dr. Eric Ghysels and Jack Morgan (UNC-Chapel Hill) |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Dr. Yuan Liu (NC State University) |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Hands-On Dr. Alan Bidart (QuEra) |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner |
Friday – June 5, 2026
| Time | Friday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Opening Remarks Greg Byrd |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Dr. Alexey Galda (Moderna) |
| 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Tutorial Dr. Lukasz Cincio (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Dr. Elena Jakubikova (NC State University) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Dr. Manas Sajjan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch |
| 2:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Lab Visit (Duke University) |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner |