Feb 14th, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Entrepreneurial Outlook: Quantum 2020
Address
Polsky Exchange
1452 E 53rd St
Chicago, IL 60615
Entrepreneurial Outlook: Quantum 2020
As the New Year begins, join the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the annual Entrepreneurial Outlook series to discuss important emerging trends in select industries. In Quantum 2020, a panel of expert venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in the field of quantum computing and technology will discuss the state of the industry in 2020 and where they see opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation within the field. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with panelists after the session. Breakfast will be provided, and space is limited.
This series is made possible with generous support from Loeb & Loeb and Capital One.
Featured speakers include:
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Dana Anderson, PhD, Chief Technical Officer, ColdQuanta
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Mark Cupta, Partner, Prelude Ventures
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David Dorsey, PhD, Senior Associate, Technology, Osage Venture Partners
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Pranav Gokhale, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
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James Hardiman, MBA '14, Partner, DCVC
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Moderated by Kate Waimey Timmerman, PhD, Executive Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange
This event is presented in partnership with the Chicago Quantum Exchange.
ABOUT THE CHICAGO QUANTUM EXCHANGE
The Chicago Quantum Exchange is an intellectual hub and community of researchers with the common goal of advancing academic and industrial efforts in the science and engineering of quantum information. The hub promotes the exploration of quantum information technologies and the development of new applications. The Chicago Quantum Exchange facilitates interactions between research groups of its member and partner institutions and provides an avenue for developing and fostering collaborations, joint projects, and information exchange.
Headquartered at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, the Chicago Quantum Exchange is a partnership between the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Northwestern University. It brings together more than 100 researchers from across the Midwest, and is home to one of the largest collaborative teams working on quantum science in the world.
The Chicago Quantum Exchange also has seven industry partners — IBM, Boeing, Applied Materials, Inc., ColdQuanta, Inc., HRL Laboratories LLC, Quantum Opus LLC, and Rigetti Computing — that enable industry-academic collaborations and provide opportunities to the next generation of quantum scientists and engineers.