Agenda
Day 1
Registration, Continental Breakfast
The Zone Lobby, Kyle FieldPlenary Session 1
Olga Kocharovskaya
Chair of the Program Committee
Texas A&M University
Joe Elabd
Vice Chancellor for Research
The Texas A&M University System
Mikhail Lukin
Harvard University and QuEra Quantum Computing Inc.
Jun Ye
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Matt Reagor
Google Quantum
Coffee Break
The Zone Club, Kyle FieldPlenary Session 2
Chair: Claudia Neuhauser
Vice President and Vice Chancellor for Research
University of Houston
Marlan Scully
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
Vanderlei Bagnato
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li
Texas Quantum Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Xiuling Li
Texas Quantum Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Moderator
K.R. Sreenivasan
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
Panelists
The Honorable Tan Parker
Texas Senate
Dana Anderson
Infleqtion
Nick Bronn
IBM
Nathan Gemelke
QuEra
Sam Stanwyck
NVIDIA
Anubhav Sahu
Hypres
Buffet Lunch
The Zone Club, Kyle FieldTransition to the Texas A&M Hotel
Please follow signs to breakout sessionsBreakout Sessions
Chair
Alexey Belyanin
Texas A&M University
1:30 – 1:45
Ed Yu
University of Texas at Austin
1:45 – 2:00
Hosur Pavan
University of Houston
2:00 – 2:15
Mengke Liu
University of Texas at Dallas
2:15 – 2:30
Byron Freelon
University of Houston
2:30 – 2:45
Dong Hee Son
Texas A&M University
2:45 – 3:00
Katheryn Mayer
University of Texas at San Antonio
3:00 – 3:15
Emilia Morosan
Rice University
3:15 – 3:30
Yun Suk Eo
Texas Tech University
Chair
Sergio Cantu
QuEra
1:30 – 1:45
Gopal Panduragan
University of Houston
1:45 – 2:00
Philip Hemmer
Texas A&M University
2:00 – 2:15
Guido Pagano
Rice University
2:15 – 2:30
Nick Hunter
University of Texas at Austin
2:30 – 2:45
Fan Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas
2:45 – 3:00
Lu Wei
Texas Tech University
3:00 – 3:15
Panos Markopoulos
University of Texas at San Antonio
3:15 – 3:30
Himanshu Thapliyal
Southern Methodist University
Chair
Henry Chimal-Dzul
University of Texas at San Antonio
1:30 – 1:45
M. Suhail Zubairy
Texas A&M University
1:45 – 2:00
Henry Chimal-Dzul
University of Texas at San Antonio
2:00 – 2:15
Hyunchul Nha
University of Texas at El Paso
2:15 – 2:30
Songtao Chen
Rice University
2:30 – 2:45
Duncan MacFarlane
Southern Methodist University
2:45 – 3:00
Bei Zeng
University of Texas at Dallas
3:00 – 3:15
Ziwen Pan
Texas Tech University
3:15 – 3:30
Michael Vasilyev
University of Texas at Arlington
Coffee Break
Texas A&M Hotel FoyerPlenary Session 3
Chair: Kaden Hazzard
Rice University
William Hurley
Strangeworks
Mark Saffman
University of Wisconsin-Madison and Infleqtion
Mukund Vengalattore
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA
Nash Palaniswamy
Quantinuum
Alec Eickbusch
Google Quantum
The poster session in the foyer will showcase more than 60 posters from participating universities and industry partners. Another nine posters are available exclusively on the summit website.
Dinner Speaker
John Junkins
Hagler Institute for Advanced Studies
Texas A&M University
Day 2
Registration, Continental Breakfast
Texas A&M Hotel FoyerPlenary Session 4
Chair: Costas Georghiades
Interim Vice President for Research
Texas A&M University
Coffee Break
Century BallroomPlenary Session 5
Chair: Xiaoqin Elaine Li
University of Texas at Austin
Jun Kono
Rice University
Michael Kolodrubetz
University of Texas at Dallas
Jeff Prevost
University of Texas at San Antonio
Moderator
Rashmi Varma
VAJR Capital
Panelists
The Honorable Greg Bonnen
Texas House of Representatives
Yasalde Jiménez Acosta
D-wave
Yuri Alexeev
NVIDIA
Srinivas Bettadpur
NASA Quantum Pathways Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Gerald Kleyn
HPE Quantum
Marco Pistoia
Industry Relations
IonQ
Lunch
Century BallroomPlenary session 6
Chair: Jeff Prevost
University of Texas at San Antonio
Mitch Thornton
Southern Methodist University
Lin Zhou
Texas Tech University
Moderator
Philip Farah
IonQ
Panelists
Sanjay Basu
Oracle Corp.
Satyavolu Papa Rao
NY CREATES
Grant Salton
Amazon Quantum Solutions
Xin Zhan
HPE, Quantum
Bill Gonzalez
Webhead, Quantum Realm Computing
John Randall
Zyvex
Coffee Break
Century BallroomModerator
Lin Zhou
Texas Tech University
Panelists
Brian La Cour
University of Texas at Austin
Liwen Shih
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Alexei Sokolov
Texas A&M University
Michael Keough
Region 16 Edu Service Center
Sergio H. Cantú
QuEra Computing
Moderator
Olga Kocharovskaya
Texas A&M University
Panelists (members of the Summit’s Program Committee)
K. Hazzard
Rice University
M. Kolodrubetz
University of Texas at Dallas
C. Neuhauser
University of Houston
J. Prevost
University of Texas at San Antonio
M. Thornton
Southern Methodist University
X.E. Xiaoqin
University of Texas at Austin
L. Zhou
Texas Tech University
Philip Farah
IonQ Inc.
