A forum on building datacenter-scale quantum computers and accelerating the timeline to fault-tolerance.

The QDA will host its Inaugural Forum in London on the 26th June, 2025, an in-person workshop that tackles head-on the path to delivering a commercial quantum computing service at datacenter-scale, exploring topics of scaling, interoperability, benchmarking, and maturing the industry.

QDA Inaugural Forum

 
26 June 2025
 
Control Room A, Battersea Power Station
 
London, UK
Time
Section Title
Speakers
08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Coffee
Session One
Scene-setting: finding inspiration from classical compute and other fields
How have monumental scientific and technological feats been realised in the past? Which of these lessons apply in the journey to utility scale quantum computers?
09:00 - 09:10
Opening remarks
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, CEO at Nu Quantum
09:10 - 09:40
Opening Keynote: Learnings from classical computing
Hermann Hauser, Founder at Amadeus Capital Partners & ARM Co-Founder
09:45 - 10:05
Invited talk: Applications of FTQC
Speaker TBC
10:05 - 10:25
Invited talk: building paradigm-shifting scientific endeavours
CERN speaker (TBC)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Session Two
Volume: building robust quantum processors at scale
What approaches, opportunities and challenges underpin volume manufacturing, testing and characterisation of quantum processors? Which supply chains are key?
11:00-11:40
Flash talks
Nate Gemelke, Chief Technology Strategist at QuEra
Simon Phillips, CTO at OQC
Josh Savory, Director of Offering Management at Quantinuum
Stephan Schaecher, Senior Principal Engineer Trapped Ion QC at Infineon
11:45-12:25
Panel discussion
With above speakers moderated by Austin Lin, Quantum Standards at Google
12:30-13:15
Lunch break
Session Three
Scaling out: interconnecting quantum processors
What are the leading approaches to distributing high-quality quantum entanglement between processors? How do we enable scalable solutions for building modular architectures?
13:15-14:00
Flash talks
Claire Le Gall, VP Technology at Nu Quantum
Akihisa Goban, CTO at NanoQT
Simon Groeblacher, CEO at QphoX
Additional speaker, IBM
14:00-14:40
Panel discussion
With above speakers
Session Four
The Datacenter: delivering a commercial quantum computing service
How do quantum error correction approaches need to evolve to bring the best performance out of hardware? What role will datacenters play in enabling the integration of quantum computing machines into our digital infrastructure?
14:40-15:20
Flash talks: Distributed Quantum Error Correction
Josiah Sinclair, Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Coral Westoby, QEC Lead at Nu Quantum
Daryus Chandra, Senior Researcher, Photonic Inc
14:40-15:20
Panel discussion
With above speakers moderated by
Maria Violaris, Developer Advocate at OQC and host of the Quantum Foundations Podcast
14:40-15:20
Coffee break
16:10-16:50
Panel discussion: Operating at datacenter-scale, perspectives from DC&HPC
Moderated by Roland Acra, ex-CTO at Cisco, ex-CBO at PsiQuantum
Tom Winstanley, CTO at NTT DATA UK
Luca Della Chiesa, Distinguished Engineer at Cisco
2x additional panelists TBC
16:50-17:10
Invited talk: vision of a quantum datacentre
Mark Thompson, CTO at PsiQuantum
17:10-17:20
Closing remarks and QDA governance
Ed Wood, VP Product at Nu Quantum
17:20-18:30
Reception - Drinks and Nibbles
Our Speakers
Simon Phillips
CTO
,
OQC
Josh Savory
Director of Offering Management
,
Quantinuum
Stephan Schaecher
Senior Principal Engineer Trapped Ion QC
,
Infineon
Akihisa Goban
CTO
,
NanoQT
Josiah Sinclair
Postdoctoral Fellow
,
MIT
Coral Westoby
QEC Lead
,
Nu Quantum
Daryus Chandra
Senior Researcher
,
Photonic Inc
Luca Della Chiesa
Distinguished Engineer
,
Cisco
Roland Acra
ex-CTO at Cisco
,
ex-CBO at PsiQuantum
Simon Gröblacher
CEO
,
Qphox
Maria Violaris
Developer Advocate
,
OQC
Claire Le Gall
VP Technology
,
Nu Quantum
Hermann Hauser
Co-founder
,
Amadeus Capital, ARM
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
CEO
,
Nu Quantum
Nate Gemelke
Co-founder & Chief Technology Strategist
,
QuEra
Austin Lin
Quantum Standards
,
Google
Tom Winstanley
CTO
,
NTT DATA UK
Mark Thompson
CTO
,
PsiQuantum