Schedule
Monday (June 1, 2026)
| Time | Monday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Welcome Sabre Kais (NC State University) Opening Remarks Veena Misra (NC State University) |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Travis Humble (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tutorial Jacob Biamonte (Université du Québec) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Research Talk Robert (Hsin-Yuan) Huang (California Institute of Technology) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Research Talk Victor Batista (Yale University) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Lunch |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Research Talk Frank Muller (NC State University) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Hands-On Alan Bidart (QuEra) |
Tuesday (June 2, 2026)
| Time | Tuesday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Dan Stancil (NC State University) |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Yuri Alexeev (NVIDIA) |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tutorial Lukasz Cincio (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Research Talk Karol Kowalski (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Research Talk David Mazziotti (University of Chicago) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Lunch |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Research Talk Victor Bastidas (NTT Research) (Virtual) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Hands-On Manas Sajjan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
Wednesday (June 3, 2026)
| Time | Wednesday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Phil Emer (MCNC) |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Chris Monroe (Duke University) |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tutorial Kevin Chern (D-Wave) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Research Talks Kathleen Hamilton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Research Talks Lex Kemper (NC State University) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Lunch |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Research Talks Bojko Bakalov (NC State University) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Hands-On Kevin Chern (D-Wave) |
| 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Buffet Dinner Bryan Harris (SAS) |
Thursday (June 4, 2026)
| Time | Thursday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Jacob Jones (NC State University) |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Kunal Sharma (IBM) |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tutorial Barry Sanders (University of Calgary) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Research Talks Bill Wisotsky (SAS) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Research Talks Eric Ghysels and Jack Morgan (UNC-Chapel Hill) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Lunch |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Research Talks Yuan Liu (NC State University) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Hands-On Catalina Albornoz (Xanadu) |
- Breakfast and lunch will be held in the Wilson College of Textiles Convocation Center, Room 2225
- Breaks will be held in The Landing, James B. Hunt Library, 3rd Floor, Room 3201
Friday (June 5, 2026)
| Time | Friday |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Greg Byrd (NC State University) |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Keynote Alexey Galda (Moderna) |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tutorial Kenneth Brown (Duke University) |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Research Talk Elena Jakubikova (NC State University) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Research Talk Yudong Cao (Boston Consulting Group) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Lunch |
| 2:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Lab Visit (Duke University) |