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At Q-Expo, top industry experts and thought leaders take the stage during our Plenary Sessions to dive into the most pressing topics in the field. These sessions are designed to provide a high-level overview of real-world quantum applications, offering unique insights into the rapidly evolving quantum economy.
Join us as we explore the future impact of quantum technologies and gain a deeper understanding of how these innovations are shaping the global landscape.
Ainara Basurko
Minister of Economic Promotion of the Government of Bizkaia
Aleida Alcaide Garcia
Director General of Artificial Intelligence at SEDIA
Alma Maria Ortuno Gomez
Innovation Expert at Telefonica
Andre König
CEO, Quantum Global Intelligence
Andrea Folgueiras
Global CTIO, Telefonica
Andres Barreneche
Economist / Policy Analyst, OECD
Antonio Manzalini
TIM
Araceli Venegas-Gomez
Araceli Venegas-Gomez, Founder and CEO of QURECA
Arig Kamalmaz Zahir
AI Engineer, Hospital del Mar Barcelona
Carlos Kuchkovsky
CEO & Co-Founder, QCentroid
Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, QED-C
Christian Schmitz
Managing Director, evolutionQ
Conor Bradley
CTO, Delft Networks
Constantijn van Oranje
Special Envoy, Techleap
Daniel Opalka
Head of Unit Research & Innovation, Euro HPC JU
Dr. Brad Dongho Kim
CQO of Megazone Cloud, Vice Chairperson of KQIA
Dr. Darío Gil
Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy
Eneko Osaba
Principal Researcher, Tecnalia
Escolastico Sanchez Martinez
Head of Quantum, BBVA
Estela Vilches
Head of R&D & Digital Innovation, Moeve
Eva Martin Fierro
Head of Innovation, Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech
Fanny Bouton
Quantum, AI & Open Innovation Lead, OVHcloud
Fokko de Vries
Head of Quantum at Qblox, Quantum Internet Alliance
Henderson Hsieh
Quanta TW
Hiro Mori
Chair, Global Consortium Alliances Working Group, Q-STAR
Irene Lopez de Vallejo
Head of Business Development, TECNALIA
Jaime Gomez Garcia
Global Head of Santander, Quantum Threat Program
James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General Strategy and Policy for Cyber and Digital Transformation, NATO
Javier Aizpurua
Scientific Director of Basque Quantum
Jing Yan HAW
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore
Jonathan Legh-Smith
Executive Director, UK Quantum
Julian Rabbie
Sr. Strategy Advisor Quantum Technology, TNO
Karra-Lee Gerrits
Consul & Trade Commissioner, Consulate of Canada in Barcelona
Kilian Gross
Director in DG Connect for the Directorate C Enabling and Emerging Technologies, DG Connect
Kyriaki Minoglou
Head of the Optics, Robotics and Life Sciences Division, TEC-MM; European Space Agency -ESA/ESTEC
Luis Malumbres Martinez
Director Innovation, Iberdrola
Mael Flament
CTO, Qunnect
Margaux Miller
Day Host
Mayra van Houts
Head of Strategy, Quantum Delta NL
Mira Wolf-Bauwens
Head of Initiatives Development, GESDA
Nerea Martiartu
CEO, Lantik
Olivier Tonneau
Partner Quantonation
Remon Berrevoets
Co-Founder and Director of Research Development at Q*Bird
Ricardo Enriquez Miranda
Head of Quantum, Repsol Group
Robin Verbruggen
COO, Resonance (The Quantum Insider)
Roman Orus
CoFounder & CSO, Multiverse Computing
Saikat Guha
Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks, United States
Samuele Grandi
CEO, ARQ
Sara Ibanez
CSO, Qubiz.Team
Sella Brosh
CEO, Nvision
Sofia Vallecorsa
Coordinator, CERN Quantum Technology Initiative
Stefania Pavel
QIA Innovation Manager
Stephanie Wehner
Director, European Quantum Internet Alliance
Tanya Suarez
Tanya Suarez, CEO BluSpecs
Thierry Botter
Executive Director, QuIC European Quantum Industry Consortium
Thierry Debuisschert
Senior Expert, Thales Research & Technology
Thomas Strohm
Chief Expert for Quantum Technologies, Bosch Research
Tom Darras
CEO, Welinq
Tomek Schulz
COO & Co-Founder, kiutra
Vanesa Diaz
Spanish Quantum Alliance Representative, CEO Luxquanta
Xiao-Hui Bao
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Yasser Omar
PQI President
Location
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Event Venue:
Bilbao, Spain
Address:
Palacio Euskalduna, Abandoibarra Etorb., 4, Bilbao, Spain
