8:00am - 9:00am

Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00am - 9:15am

Welcome Note & Conference Agenda - Jey Veerasamy

9:15am - 9:30am

Chief Guest Speaker Note - Massoud Amin

9:30am - 9:45am

The State of Quantum Technology 2025 - Rashmi Varma

9:45am - 10:30am

Keynote Address: Challenges and possibilities in near-term quantum computing - Michael Kolodrubetz

10:45am - 11:15am

Keynote Address: Quantum Generative AI - Sophie Choe

11:30am - 12:15pm

Panel Discussion: Securing the Future: Quantum Cybersecurity in the age of Quantum Computing - Moderator - Mike Thompson; Panelists - Mitch Thornton, Raghunandan Mathur, Shaibal Chakrabarty, Yvo Desmedt

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch Break (Lunch will be served for all attendees with RSVP)

1:45pm - 2:15pm

Keynote Address: Quantum Informatics Research and Workforce Development at Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dallas - Mitch Thornton

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Quantum in Telecommunications - 6G Network Slicing and Quantum Enhanced Machine Learning - Muslim Elkotob, Rashmi Varma & Shrusti Ghela

3:15pm - 3:45pm

Keynote Address: Funding Quantum in State of Texas and USA - Drew Scheberle

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Panel Discussion: Building the Quantum Workforce - Skills, Education and Curriculum Development - Moderator - Rashmi Varma, Panelists - Bill Cockerill, Perminder Singh, Sophie Choe

4:45pm - 5:15pm

Closing Keynote Address: Scaling Quantum Technology in Industry - Practical Challenges and Solutions - Perminder Singh

5:30pm - 5:45pm

Chief Guest Closing Remarks - David Kiddoo

5:45pm - 6:00pm

Final Remarks - Jey Veerasamy