Over the last few weeks we have seen tremendous growth at OneQuantum. New chapters in Germany, The Philippines, Vietnam and India. Pioneering events with "Africa Strides" (for World Quantum Day), 3 Women in Quantum symposiums (in person!!!) and a conference in Libya. We launched the 2nd cohort of our WIQ mentoring program with over 300 mentees. And we are working with various emerging and established governments on their national quantum strategy. A renewed online community portal that we just launched to our own presidents and that we will open up to the global ecosystem shortly as the "quantum town square".
Most important, though, since Roop took over as CEO of OneQuantum a spirit of kindness and collaboration has transcended our organization. As our industry is becoming 'harder' this is our biggest accomplishment.
The state of Quantum Tech is in flux. Money is pouring in, jobs are being created, technical innovation keeps surprising us and corporate announcements outdo each other on a weekly basis. At the same time, this is not the friendly quantum family it was a year or two ago, where, while we often might disagree, at the end of the day we'd always end up around the same table to enjoy the fruits of our labor.
Public markets and stakeholders, revenues in the tens of millions and corporate professionals are slowly but surely changing the tone of quantum tech.
This is a necessary shift as we mature commercially and my hope is that Roop, our presidents and OneQuantum will succeed in being the quantum tech force for humanity reminding us constantly of the good that we can do.
André König
Chairman and President of OneQuantum | LinkedIn
Events
Keep up-to-date with events and summits from our global network as well as other events we’re participating in.
May 10-12, 2022 – Inside Quantum Technology San Diego
12 May – Women in Quantum: Fireside Chat with Nadia Carlsten, Head of Product, AWS, Center for Quantum Computing, and led by Denise Ruffner, President, Women in Quantum and Chief Business Officer, Atom Computing.
May 17-19, 2022 – The Economist Impact: Commercialising Quantum
OneQuantum are excited to participate at this prestigious event organised by The Economist in London. UK. There’s still time to register for in-person or virtual tickets!
18 May – André König, President of OneQuantum will be moderating a panel on “Exploring the appetite for collaboration on quantum for the greater good—early outcomes and the opportunity at stake”
18 May – John Barnes, President of OneQuantum UK will be on a panel discussing “How do you build a quantum workforce? What is a good way to ascertain what knowledge level and number of experts is required?”
June 15-16, 2022 – The Quantum Computing Summit: Discover the quantum advantage
OneQuantum are proud to partner with The Quantum Computing Summit. The first event will be in London with John Barnes of OneQuantum UK invited as speaker. OneQuantum will also be hosting a special roundtable at the event to discuss the quantum workforce. Stay tuned for more details!
News
Some exciting developments across the global quantum technologies ecosystem!
Sandbox AQ And EY Announce Strategic Alliance Plans To Bring Quantum Technology Solutions To Enterprise Businesses
Sandbox AQ, an enterprise SaaS company delivering the compound effects of AI and quantum tech (AQ), and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US), one of the world’s largest professional services firms, announce plans to enter into a strategic alliance, bringing quantum AI solutions to EY clients.
Chinese team breaks distance record for quantum secure direct communication
Researchers at Tsinghua University, China, have set a new distance record of 102.2 km for quantum secure direct communication (QSDC)!
IQM’s Quantum Fabrication Facility Gets $36.7M Boost from the EIB
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €35 million ($36.7M USD) loan to IQM Quantum Computers to accelerate the development and commercialization of its quantum processors built at Europe’s first quantum-dedicated fabrication facilities in Espoo, Finland.
BT and Toshiba launch first commercial trial of quantum secured communication services
BT and Toshiba, along with EY launches the trial of a world first commercial quantum-secured metro network in the UK.
Quantum Future: Developing the Next Generation of Quantum Algorithms and Materials
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are using simulations to study qubits and their interactions with the environment to test quantum circuits.
A Quantum of Sensing — Atomic Scale Bolsters New Sensor Boom
Sensor revolution for medicine, tech, and engineering are possible through advances in Physics!
India, Finland to establish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing
This bilateral collaboration between the two countries is an attempt to stimulate innovative research and development projects that address a specific need or challenge, demonstrate high industrial relevance and commercial potential, and aim to deliver benefit to both nations.
Keysight to accelerate quantum technologies R&D in Singapore
Keysight Technologies and Singapore’s Quantum Engineering Programme (QEP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in accelerating research, development, and education in quantum technologies.
Fermilab engineers develop new control electronics for quantum computers that improve performance, cut costs
A new system of control and readout electronics, known as Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit, or QICK, developed by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has proved to drastically improve quantum computer performance while cutting the cost of control equipment.
Could quantum computing bring down Bitcoin and end the age of crypto?
Today’s cryptocurrency market is valued at approximately $3trn and Bitcoin reached an all-time high of more than $65,000 per coin in 2021, making crypto the best-performing asset class of the past ten years, according to Gemini’s Global State of Crypto report for 2022. However, Bitcoin’s bumpy journey into mainstream investor portfolios coincides with major advances in quantum computing.