Ebba Carbonnier serves as the Director of the Swedish Quantum Life Science Centre, based at Karolinska Institutet. In her role, Carbonnier leads a consortium of academics, healthcare professionals, and industry representatives from organizations such as the Wallenberg Center for Quantum Technology (WACQT), AstraZeneca, IBM, Karolinska Institutet and Swelife, who work together to develop quantum technology applications for healthcare and industry.

Carbonnier also works with the strategy and management of a Swelife-portfolio with national projects in healthcare and life sciences, including gene sequencing, cell- and therapies, and biobanking.

Andre Carvalho is the Head of Quantum Control Solutions at Q-CTRL, where he leads all aspects of customer-related projects. With a PhD in physics and almost 20 years working as a researcher, Andre has a vast international experience and is widely recognized for his contributions to the field of quantum control. At Q-CTRL, he is bringing together expertise from physicists and engineers to develop control solutions for quantum technology problems across multiple platforms.

With over 25 years of experience in the deep-tech, Vishal is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for building innovative products using cutting-edge technologies. He is the co-founder and CEO of QuantrolOx, an Anglo-Finnish spinout from Oxford University that is developing automation software to accelerate the scaling of quantum computers.

Vishal experience spans across opto-electronics, smartphone SW, navigation systems, automotive, AI and quantum technologies. He has held various roles in research, manufacturing, operations, R&D, strategy, product management and business development. He has founded and led several startups, including Secondmind, an AI company, and VocalIQ, that was acquired by Apple in 2015. He is also an active advisor to promising deep tech startups and a member of the Founders Pledge, a community of entrepreneurs who commit to donate a portion of their personal proceeds to effective social causes. Vishal is a global citizen who has lived in 15 cities across 11 countries, from the Equator to the Arctic.

Vivek Chidambaram is the Superconducting Hardware Development Manager at the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). He did his PhD at University of Cambridge on superconductor-semiconductor quantum devices, followed by postdoctoral research in the group of Dr Peter Leek at University of Oxford on scaling superconducting qubits. Now he is building a team of superconducting qubit researchers at the NQCC who will set up quantum computing hardware testbeds, understand and address scaling challenges through internal and collaborative research, and contribute to the NQCC’s wider goal of enabling quantum computing capability in the UK.

Dr. Jerry M. Chow is an IBM Fellow and the Director of Quantum Hardware Infrastructure at IBM, responsible for the vision and implementation of IBM’s quantum hardware systems roadmap encompassing technology, characterization, and system integration. His technical expertise is in the area of superconducting qubit quantum computing. Chow graduated magna cum laude with a BA in physics and MS in applied mathematics from Harvard University (2005) and subsequently a PhD in physics from Yale University (2010). He was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for his study at Yale, where he worked on implementing the first quantum processor with superconducting qubits in Prof. Rob Schoelkopf’s group. He joined IBM as a Research Staff Member in 2010. In 2012 he was recognized in the Forbes 30 under 30 Technology list. In 2016 he co-lead the IBM Quantum Experience project, placing a real quantum processor accessible to anyone on the Cloud. In 2021, he was named an APS Fellow in the Division of Quantum Information and was named to the 2022 class of IBM Fellows, the highest technical distinction at IBM.

Stig Elkjær Rasmussen works as a Quantum Engineer at Kvantify, specializing in the field of quantum systems modelling and quantum machine learning algorithms. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Aarhus University, where his academic journey has been marked by rigorous research under the supervision of Nikolaj Zinner. Stig’s Ph.D. work primarily focused on the theoretical aspects of emerging quantum technologies, such as superconducting circuits, multi-qubit gates, quantum machine learning, and quantum algorithms. Beyond his research contributions, Stig has extended his expertise into the practical applications of chemistry and finance on quantum computers, using both simulated and real devices.

Furthermore, Stig serves as an external lecturer at Aarhus University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, where he teaches the Advanced Particle Physics course to graduate students. He is also a co-author of Kvantify’s FAST-VQE publication, a novel algorithm for electronic structure calculations, that achieves chemical precision efficiently on NISQ devices.

Dr. Johan Felix is the Director of the Swedish Quantum Innovation Platform, QSIP. Johan Felix is also Director of Strategic Collaborations at Chalmers Industriteknik. Earlier in his career, he worked in research and development in the field of materials science. He has also been active for many years in the Swedish innovation system and e.g. managed a national strategic innovation programme in green technology in Sweden. Dr. Felix holds a PhD degree from Chalmers University of Technology.

Lawrence Gasman is the founder and President of Inside Quantum Technology. He has authored industry analysis reports on quantum key distribution, quantum computing, quantum networks, and quantum sensors and numerous studies on high-speed interfaces for high-performance computers. He also served on a panel at the Q2B conference in 2017; the first ever business-oriented quantum computing conference. Lawrence has been tracking commercialization of new technologies for 35 years and has written four books in this area. His consulting work has included both major multinationals and high-tech start-ups as clients and he has also carried out due diligence work for investment banks, venture capitalists and leading management consulting firms.

Marcello is one of the co-founders of Iloomina, a start-up focusing on prototyping photonic integrated circuits based on silicon nitride. He works on the design and fabrication of low-loss photonic integrated circuits with applications in telecommunications, sensing, and quantum technology.

Marcello obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from Trento University and his M.Sc. in Material Science from Padova University. He obtained his PhD in Microtechnology and Nanoscience from the Photonics Laboratory at Chalmers University where he focused on the design, fabrication, and testing of multilayer photonic integrated circuits for optical communication.

Ulrich Hoff has a background in experimental physics and in particular optical quantum technologies. He obtained his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Denmark (2015) where he subsequently held a position as Senior Adviser in quantum technology. In 2023, he joined the Danish quantum software and algorithms startup company Kvantify as Quantum Engagement Specialist. Ulrich is deeply engaged in the formation of a Danish quantum ecosystem and is a board member of the Danish Quantum Community. In addition, he is a very active and dedicated science communicator and co-author of more than 10 children’s books and graphic novels on various scientific topics.

Master in nanotechnology from Aalborg University and PhD in integrated nonlinear optics from DTU. Asger has been with NKT Photonics since 2016 in various commercial and technical roles and today heads the quantum activities, where laser based systems are being developed for the growing quantum computing, metrology and sensing markets. In addition, Asger is the chairman of the Danish Optical Society, who works for the interests of the Danish optics and photonics community.

In his role as Manager for Quantum Technologies at CSC, The Finnish IT Center for Science, Dr. Johansson oversees CSC’s participation in global initiatives related to quantum technologies, and in general explores and enables the uptake of quantum technologies in R&D communities. He considers quantum-accelerated high-performance computing to be a central part of future supercomputing ecosystems. He spent twenty years in academia, studying and teaching quantum mechanical effects in (bio)chemistry. Dr Johansson holds an associate professorship in physical chemistry at the University of Helsinki, is vice-director of the Finnish Quantum-Computing Infrastructure, and co-founder of the Nordic-Estonian quantum computing infrastructure initiative NordIQuEst.

Bharath is the CEO and Co-Founder of Atlantic Quantum, a startup developing scalable quantum computers. He received his PhD from MIT as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, where his work primarily focused on the development of new architectures for communicating between quantum processors as well as novel gates for the fast control of low-frequency qubits. Bharath received his B.S. in Physics from Rutgers University in 2016 and his M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering and computer science from MIT in 2018 and 2022, respectively.

Antti Kemppinen is senior scientist at the Quantum Computing Hardware Team of VTT, where he leads EU and national projects in particular related to the optical control of electrical quantum technologies, for example, Attojoule Cryogenic Communication acrycomm.eu. His other research interests include electrical refrigeration at cryogenic temperatures and single-photon detectors. Previously he worked for more than 15 years in MIKES, the national metrology institute of Finland, which is now a part of VTT. Due to this background, he has wide experience in the research of quantum metrology, including quantum current and voltage standards, and primary cryogenic thermometry.

Outi Keski-Äijö is currently the Head of Quantum Computing in Business Finland. The funding budget of the program is 15 M€ for 2023-2024. Currently, 30+ companies and five research organizations are participating in Quantum Computing program.

Outi Keski-Äijö has 30 years of experience in ICT, change leadership and innovation management. Previously, she was the Head of AI Business Program in Business Finland in 2018-2021. She has also been responsible for change programs in Nokia Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, Okmetic Ltd and Tekes (Finnish Innovation Agency).

Outi Keski-Äijö has deep understanding of challenges of start-ups and growth companies as she has coached 200+ Finnish SMEs in their innovations, growth and internationalization.

Outi Keski-Äijö has MSc degrees from Lappeenranta University of Technology (now LUT University) and the University of Nottingham.

Peter is full professor in Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is heading the newly established Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) Quantum Computing programme as executive director which comprise of two closely connected organizations: the university based NQCP with headquarter located at NBI, and the NNF owned partner company ‘Quantum Foundry P/S’ that has a focus on developing Quantum processors manufacturing capabilities. Peter came from back to NBI after 6 years at Microsoft where he established the succesful quantum material laboratory at the Microsoft Development Center in Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark, where he is still affiliated as an advisor. He has been innovating and driving the development of novel in-situ fabrication methods for quantum computing devices using ultra-high vacuum tools, and has strong focus on work force development, innovation and quantum technology development in general.

Dr. Valtteri Lahtinen is the Chief Scientific Officer at Quanscient. In academia, he has held appointments in Tampere and at Aalto University. Over the years, he has been a visiting researcher at the University of Montreal, Boston University, and the University of Bologna. His research interests and output span from quantum computing to computational electromagnetics and applied mathematics. At Quanscient, he is building a simulation platform of tomorrow powered by cloud and quantum computing.

Laure Le Bars is Research Project Director at SAP. She coordinates a Quantum Computing initiative at SAP. She is member of the Governing Board and President of the European Quantum Industry Consortium, since February 2021 (QuIC). She works on several projects like Big Data Value Association (BDVA/DAIRO Board of Directors and Vice-President www.bdva.eu ), Smart Data Innovation Lab (deputy coordinator www.sdil.de), EIT Digital (SAP project coordinator; principal of staff, office of the CEO 2010-2013) or Academy Cube. She was also involved in the French-German cooperation on Digital Economy.

Before that, she was SAP Labs Canada Managing Director since its inception in 1997 until 2008. In parallel, she conducted an analysis for a lab in Central & East Europe in 2004, established the lab in Budapest and was the Managing Director of SAP Labs Hungary until 2007. She joined SAP as a development consultant in Canada and in the US in 1995 and was responsible for establishing the Montreal Labs. She won in 2007 the Stevie Award for Women in Business in category “Best executive–non-services-under 2500 employees”.

She was on the Industrial Advisory Board of SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge www.swebok.org), a joint initiative of IEEE Computer Society and UQAM to achieve international consensus on the body of knowledge in software engineering.

She holds degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique pour l’Industrie et l’Entreprise (France). Her thesis dealt with Operation Research for Artificial Intelligence at GERAD in Montréal, Canada.

Dr. Janne Lehtinen is chief science officer of SemiQon. Before co-founding SemiQon, he was a research team leader at VTT, leading a team called Quantum sensors, which had 17 researchers. He did his Ph.D. 2014 in University of Jyväskylä about quantum fluctuations in superconducting nanowires. He is expert in both semiconducting and superconducting quantum devices with more than 10 years of experience from advanced fabrication and cryogenic measurements. He has been in leading roles in several national, European and commercial research projects. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and has several patents and patent filings.

Netanel Lindner is a professor of theoretical physics at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the CTO and co-founder of Qedma. He received his Ph.D. from the Technion and was a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. In 2013 he joined the faculty of the Physics Department at the Technion. Netanel made pioneering contributions in a wide range of fields, including photonic and topological quantum computing and non-equilibrium topological quantum matter. He received several important awards including the Clore Fellowship, Rothschild Fellowship, the Krill prize by the Wolf foundation and the ERC starter grant. In 2020, Netanel co-founded Qedma, a startup company developing software solutions for the problem of errors in quantum computers.

As CBO at Deep Tech Lab — Quantum, Cathal Mahon is responsible for leading the Business Development team. Cathal is a technology expert with extensive experience as an investment manager for venture capital funds specializing in high-tech start-ups – including quantum – and, prior to this, from a variety of managerial and R&D positions in the telecommunications industry. Since 2016, he has been exclusively focused on developing the commercial potential of quantum technologies.

Sabrina is a Professor of Quantum Information, Computing and Logic at the University of Helsinki. She is CEO and co-founder of Algorithmiq Ltd, a startup focusing on quantum algorithms for Life Sciences. She has been working on Quantum Technology for over 20 years, focusing on noise in quantum devices, complex quantum systems and quantum simulations. Sabrina has coordinated several international and interdisciplinary projects and is recognized as one of the leading experts in Quantum Technologies.

Professor, D. Sc. (Tech), Tommi Mikkonen, is a professor of software engineering at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He received his D. Sc. (Tech.) in software engineering 1999 on using formal methods in software engineering. He has been a pioneer in three technological breakthroughs in the field of software engineering, including mobile software, web engineering, and liquid, multi-device software. Recently, his interest in software engineering has shifted to quantum programming. In addition to his academic career, Mikkonen has worked on experimental software at Sun Microsystems Research, CA, USA (2006-08), as well as technically led experimental IoT device and software development projects at Mozilla, CA, USA (2016-17). He has been nominated the Open World Hero 2017, and a top 100 Finnish ICT influencer years 2017-2020. Since 2021, he has been a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Ashley has worked in the field of quantum computing for 20 years, specialising in quantum algorithms and quantum computational complexity, and has published over 50 papers on this topic. He holds a PhD in quantum computing from the University of Bristol and is Professor of Quantum Computation there. Ashley was awarded a Whitehead Prize in 2017 by the London Mathematical Society and was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2018. He has served on the Steering Committee of the international conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP), was a Founding Editor of the journal Quantum, and was a cofounder of the Quantum Computing Theory in Practice conference series. Ashley cofounded Phasecraft with Toby Cubitt and John Morton to develop breakthrough quantum algorithms to get the most out of near-term quantum computers.

Möttönen is a world-leading researcher in quantum information and a professor of quantum technology at Aalto University and VTT. He has published more than 120 scientific articles, including four articles in the top journals Nature and Science. His work has been cited more than 6,000 times. He graduated with a doctorate in technology in 2005 from the Department of Applied Physics at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Mikko Möttönen has distinguished himself in research in both theoretical and experimental quantum physics. Breakthroughs in research have enabled the commercialization of quantum computing and devices, such as spinout of IQM from his research laboratory. Mikko Möttönen is one of the four founders of IQM Quantum Computers (www.meetiqm.com).

Recently, Möttönen obtained the Nokia Recognition award, the Väisälä Science Prize, the Innovation Professor Award, and an Honorary Doctorate.

Ulf works as program manager for transformative technologies within the Future areas at Vinnova, the Swedish Agency for Innovation.

Ulf has diverse work experience from 18 years at Vinnova from areas such as competence centers, cutting-edge ICT, innovation with young people from suburban environments, challenge-driven innovation, startups, mediators for large and small companies and strategic innovation programs.

Ulfs current innovation areas include quantum technologies, immersive technologies, synthetic biology and pseudomorph AI.

Previous to Vinnova Ulfs work experiences include different roles in sales, marketing, and innovation development in three startups, Wavium AB, Photonyx AB and Proximion AB.

Before this Ulf worked as product manager, developer and research engineer and Inventor at Ericsson AB and before this as a research project leader at Institute of Microelectronics (Electrum).

Ulf further holds a PhD in Physics at KTH Physics II, 1990 and a M Sc Degree in Electrical Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 1986.

At the age of 55 years old Ulf started and completed his first (and only) Kalmar Ironman Full distance Race.

Alexandru Paler is an assistant professor leading the quantum algorithms and software research group at Aalto University. His research interests are QECC compilers, optimization methods and decoder implementations. He co-authored one of the first papers related to NISQ compilation for IBM computers (best paper award from IEEE TCAD) and co-developed methods on how to use surface codes on restricted architectures. His research  and development of decoders and compilers were instrumental in running some of the early demonstrations of quantum error correction and resource estimates of large scale computations. He co-founded the Quantum Resource Estimation Workshop (QRE) series, and is PI on DARPA, QuantERA and national projects.

Kalle Palomäki is Executive Director at Modulight Corporation. He leads Modulight’s Quantum Technology Business Unit. The Business unit is responsible for manufacturing semiconductor diode lasers from epi wafer to packaged chips and systems to meet the needs to Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications. In addition to the diode lasers, the team is developing fiber lasers, solid state lasers, and VECSEL technologies for Quantum Computing.

Mr. Palomäki has over 25 years of experience from high tech companies working in international business, leadership and strategy execution. His career spans over several leading technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Adobe, and Synopsys. He has worked in various technology fields, ranging from semiconductor and laser technologies to software, and information security.

Mr. Palomäki earned a Master of Business Administration degree with Honors in General Management and Finance from the Helsinki School of Economics and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science with Distinction from Tampere University of Technology.

Jussi-Pekka Penttinen is the Co-Founder, CEO and CTO of Vexlum Oy, a deep-tech laser company located in Tampere Finland. Vexlum was founded in 2017, and before that Jussi-Pekka was part of the research team developing Vexlum’s core VECSEL technology in the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at Tampere University. Jussi-Pekka has a Master of Science (Technology) degree in photonics, electronics, and industrial management, 14 years of work experience with semiconductor lasers, and 12 years of engagement with customers and collaborators in the Quantum Technology segment. In 2023, Jussi-Pekka was selected in The Photonics 100 list, among the photonics industry’s most innovative people. Jussi-Pekka was also selected as 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year in Tampere.

Marco Polini graduated in Physics in 1999 from the University of Pisa (Italy) and received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2003 from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa). After his PhD, he worked at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), the Italian National Research Council (CNR), the Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa (Italy), the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Manchester (UK), and ICFO – the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (Spain). He is currently a Full Professor of Condensed Matter
Physics at the University of Pisa. Marco has co-authored more than 220
publications in peer-reviewed international journals, collecting more than 29.000 citations for an Hirsch index of 73 (Google Scholar). In 2021 he co-founded“Planckian”, a deep tech Start Up working on the development of the first quantum battery.

Pekka Pursula currently works at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland as a Research Team Leader.

He has more than 10 years of experience in developing short range wireless sensor systems and subsystems for industrial applications, including both research and project management responsibilities.

His interest spans from sensor physics and wireless communication to millimeter wave system integration with focus on combining technologies to a system that works well in a given application.

Jussi is an avid supporter of the Nordic deep tech ecosystem and has worked for the industry for more than a decade. He focuses on early stage opportunities in the domains of industrial technologies, quantum computing and consumer health. Prior to joining Voima Ventures in the beginning of 2020 he worked for Tesi where he led investments e.g. in Oura Health and ICEYE at their early rounds.

After gaining his MSc Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in 2006, and his PhD in Engineering Physics from Aalto University in 2012, Anssi joined Bluefors as a Cryoengineer and Scientist. His experience in a wide range of scientific and technical operations roles has led to his current position as Chief Technical Operations Officer, where he is responsible for Bluefors’ Services, including customer care and aftersales. He also sits on the patent council and is involved in steering our product and product quality-related projects as principal scientist.

David Shaw has worked extensively across a wide range of sectors including Technology, Healthcare, Energy and Financial Services. He has held a number of senior executive roles in public and private companies. David studied Physics at Oxford, and has a PhD in Physics from UCL. He is a member of the Institute of Physics. David founded Fact Based Insight to provide insight and advisory services across the quantum technology sector. Now combined with the Quantum Computing Report and Interference Advisors, that journey continues as Global Quantum Intelligence.

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Giovanna is a Senior Researcher at Chalmers University of Technology, where she leads the experimental team working on the realisation of large-scale superconducting quantum processors, and a co-founder of ScalinQ, a company focussing on commercialisation of cryogenic hardware for quantum computing. Giovanna attained her PhD at Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) on superconducting devices. After a postdoc at RHUL, she worked at University of Oxford as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Dr Peter Leek, focussing on scaling up of superconducting qubits. In 2018, Giovanna joined the quantum computing group at Chalmers as a permanent researcher. She is now leading the group toward the realisation of a 100-qubit quantum processor and demonstration of quantum advantage.

Dr. Juha Vartiainen is the Global Affairs Officer and Co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers. Earlier in his career, he worked in research and development in the field of medical equipment and space engineering. He has also been coordinating Finland’s contributions to the international standardisation of the ICT domain in ISO/IEC. Dr. Vartiainen holds a Doctor of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.