E-meet and Greet Quantum Technologists: Panel Discussion

Topic: E-meet and Greet Quantum Technologists: Panel Discussion Speakers: Dr. Araceli Venegas-Gomez, Founder and CEO of QURECA Ltd. Dr. Terrill Frantz is a professor at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Dr Faisal Khan is a mathematician and serves as a Technology Advisor to Quantum Computing Inc. Moderator: Mr. Paul Dowling is founder and CEO of Mindstream AI, a specialist consultancy focused on AI and other emerging technologies. Topic and Abstract of Dr. Araceli Venegas-Gomez: Topic: “Supporting the quantum workforce through a common language” Topic of Dr. Terrill Frantz: Topic: ‘Pivoting from classical to quantum computing – a story of one man’s journey’ Other Topics and Abstract: TBD Here are their bios: Dr. Araceli Venegas-Gomez, Founder and CEO of QURECA Ltd. Dr. Araceli Venegas-Gomez spent several years working for Airbus in Germany and France as an aerospace engineer, before falling in love with quantum mechanics. She then decided to follow her passion for physics, and moved to Scotland to pursue a PhD in quantum simulation at the University of Strathclyde. Following discussions with the different quantum stakeholders she had over the last years, Araceli identified the need to bridge the gap between businesses and academia, as well as to raise the quantum awareness to the general public. Continuing her work on outreach advocating quantum technologies, she was named the ‘quantum ambassador’, after winning the Optical Society Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting fellowship in 2019. Araceli founded her own company called QURECA (Quantum Resources and Careers) to create a link between the different stakeholders in the quantum community through a common language, and to generate global opportunities with quantum technologies. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Terrill Frantz is a professor at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He holds a PhD from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, an EdD in Organization Change from Pepperdine University, an MBA from New York University, and a Business Administration degree from Drexel University. He has been programming classical computers for 46 years, but has recently redirected his attention to quantum computing, for the obvious reason – it is very cool! ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Dr Khan is a mathematician working in the area of quantum information geometry to develop robust methods for mitigating noise in all aspects of quantum computer architectures. He is an Associate Editor of the SpringerNature journal Quantum Information Processing, and serves as a Technology Advisor to Quantum Computing Inc. and Dark Start Quantum Labs. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Paul is founder and CEO of Mindstream AI, a specialist consultancy focused on AI and other emerging technologies. He is also involved in designing and running the data-centric health startup accelerator, KQ Labs, for The Francis Crick Institute and similar programmes involving AI. This has lead to taking a driving role in developing the London Kings Cross Knowledge Quarter deep tech ecosystem that includes organisations such as Google Deepmind, The Alan Turing Institute and Open Data Institute.