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WACQT Industry Workshop

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Connect with leading experts in quantum technology, gain access to the latest research and developments, understand quantum technology applications, engage with top academic talent, and participate in collaborative projects. This event brings together companies, researchers, and other interested parties for networking and knowledge sharing.

The 2024 edition had close to 90 participants, mainly from industry, and some from academia and public bodies. Various examples of activities in WACQT were given.

The event is fully book.

Overview

Program - WACQT Industry Workshop 2025

09.00Registration and coffee (mingel, company exbition, lab visits)
10.00Welcome adress, Göran Johansson, Chalmers
10.05WACQT update, Göran Johansson, Chalmers
10.25Invited talk: Quantum technology Ecosystem in Sweden & Linkages abroad, Lena Gustavsson, WACQT
10.40Invited talk: Vinnova: Strategy perspective, national policy, Laurent Saunier
11.05BREAK (mingel, company exbition, labvisits)
11.35QuIC, Dr. Thierry Botter, Executive Director QuIC
11.50Showcase of WACQT industry collaboration, Beatriz Grafulla, Ericsson
12.00Quantum use cases, Elmar Mitterreiter, IBM
12.20LUNCH (mingel, company exbition, labvisits)
 PARALLELL SESSIONS
 SESSION A: Quantum innovation and business (SMEs) 
(Room Kollektorn)
13.30

Presentations from WACQT spin-offs/ Enabling technology
Atlantic Quantum
Conscience
Deep Light Vision
Intermodulation Products
Quantum Enabling Technologies - QET Sweden
Qucertify 
SCALINQ
Sweden Quantum
WACQT-IP

14.30Vinnova - Funding and calls, Jeanette Dypbukt, Ulf Öhlander
14.45DIANA
15.00BREAK (mingel, company exbition, lab visits)
15.30Wallenberg Launch Pad (WALP), Pontus de Laval
15.40Navigare
15.50Industrifonden, Mattias Bertolino 
16:00Q&A
 SESSION B: Quantum education, and Networking (large companies)
(room Fasrummet 8th floor)
13.30Industrial needs, Mikael Rönnholm, Volvo
13.40Industrial needs, Peter Sutton, Jeppesen
13.50WACQT Graduate School, Peter Samuelsson
14.00Educational activities in National Quantum Communication Infrastructure in Sweden (NQCIS)
14.10WACQT Quantum Technology Testbed - presentation, Mårten Skogh
14.20Q&A
14.30WACQT Quantum Technology Testbed - hands-on, Pontus Vikstål
Solving Flight Scheduling Optimization using QAOA
15.00BREAK (mingel, company exbition, lab visits)
15.30Danish Quantum Community, Sofie Fuglsang
15.45The Finnish Quantum Institute, Juho Pirinen
16.00Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform (QSIP), Camilla Johansson, Johan Felix
 PLENARY SESSION (Room Kollektorn)
16.20WACQT industry offer/ research arenas, Cristina Andersson, Göran Johansson
16.35Panel discussion:IBM (Voica Radescu), IonQ (Lorenzo Roversi), Atlantic Quantum (Jonas Bylander), Pasqal (Krisztian Benyo)                                  Moderator: Göran Johansson (Chalmers, Director of WACQT)
17.05Last remarks
17.10Mingle, company exibition, lab visits 
17.40Dinner