Plenary Sessions

All the times in the program are Japan Standard Time(GMT+9)

21 Oct(Mon.)

Session / Presentation

Chairperson# / Presenter

Affiliation

Abstract PDF

10:00-10:20

PL-01. Opening

Minoru Yoshida#

RIKEN

10:00

Welcome

Yoshinobu Baba

General Chair, Quantum Innovation 2024 Organizing Committee

10:10

Welcome

Koichi Hamano

Vice-Minister, Secretary General, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

10:15

Congratulatory speech

Yoshimasa Hayashi

Parliamentary Association for Quantum Technology Promotion, Chairperson

10:20-11:40

PL-02. Government Policy on Quantum Science and Technology

Minoru Yoshida#

RIKEN

10:20

Japan’s Promotion Measures for the Development of Quantum Industries

Daisuke Kawakami

Deputy Secretary General for Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office

PL-02-01

10:28

Australia's National Quantum Strategy

Nicola Powell

Manager, Investment, Engagement and International Section, Quantum Branch, Science Division, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia

PL-02-02

10:37

Canada’s Quantum Ecosystem and the National Quantum Strategy (NQS)

Michael Rosenblatt

Director of the Federal Science and Technology Policy Directorate and National Quantum Strategy (NQS) Secretariat in Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

PL-02-03

10:46

Denmark’s Quantum Strategy

Louise Henneberg

Senior Advisor / Team Leader, International Quantum Hub, Department for Techplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

PL-02-04

10:55

EU Quantum Strategy

Oscar Diez

Head of Sector Quantum Computing, European Commission

PL-02-05

11:04

German National Quantum Technology Program

Oliver Pieper

German Embassy Tokyo

PL-02-06

11:13

Quantum Delta NL: Building the Netherlands Quantum Ecosystem

Jesse Robbers

Director Industry & Digital Infrastructure Quantum Delta NL

PL-02-07

11:22

UK's Quantum Strategy

Tom Newby

Deputy Director / Head of Office for Quantum, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Government

PL-02-08

11:31

Updates on U.S. National Quantum Strategy

John Speaks

Regional Technology Officer
Economic and Scientific Affairs
U.S. Embassy Tokyo

PL-02-09

11:40-13:10

Lunch

13:10-14:30

PL-03. Keynote

Yasunobu Nakamura#

RIKEN

13:10

QuEra’s path to fault-tolerant quantum computing

Sergio Cantu

QuEra

PL-03-02

13:50

Quantum physics in the macroscopic domain

Vlatko Vedral

Oxford U

PL-03-01

14:30-15:45

PL-04. Global Quantum Ecosystem

Shunsuke Okada#

Q-STAR

14:30

Q-STAR’s initiatives for building a quantum ecosystem

Taro Shimada

Q-STAR

PL-04-01

14:45

Latest update from QIC

Lisa Lambert

QIC

PL-04-02

15:00

Latest update from QuIC

Thierry Botter

QuIC

PL-04-03

15:15

QED-C Overview: Looking back and looking ahead

Celia Merzbacher

QED-C

PL-04-04

15:30

Developing the global quantum ecosystem

Jonathan Legh-Smith

UKQuantum

PL-04-05

15:45-16:10

Break

16:10-16:50

PL-05. Quantum × AI

Keisuke Fujii#

Osaka U

Stefano Carrazza

TII / U Milan

Naoki Yamamoto

Keio U

François Le Gall

Nagoya U

Enrico Rinaldi

Quantinuum

16:50-17:30

PL-06. Standardization ~ De facto and De jure for Industrialization ~

Masahide Sasaki#

NICT

Emile Hoskinson

D-Wave

Sergio Cantu

QuEra

Hao Qin

NUS

Masahiro Horibe 

AIST

18:30-20:30

Reception