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Day 1
March 23, 2026
March 23, 2026
Check-in and Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 9:45
Welcome Remarks and Kickoff
Welcome Remarks and Kickoff
9:45 - 10:45
Keynote: TBD
Keynote: TBD
Laura Schulz, Project Lead for Innovation, Argonne National Laboratory
Break 10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Distinguished Panel: Quantum in Academia
Distinguished Panel: Quantum in Academia
Vir Bulchandani, Assistant Professor, Rice University
Lei Fan, Associate Professor, University of Houston
Panagiotis (Panos) Markopoulos, Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
12:00 - 12:30
XPRIZE Quantum Applications Finalist Talk
XPRIZE Quantum Applications Finalist Talk
Jianqiang Li, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University
Lunch 12:30 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:30
Distinguished Talk: Geometric Visualizations of Quantum States
Distinguished Talk: Geometric Visualizations of Quantum States
Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Associate Professor of Physics, Bard College
2:30 - 3:15
Lightning Talks: Quantum Rising Star Awardees
Lightning Talks: Quantum Rising Star Awardees
Shreejal Bhattarai, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University
Kiran M. Kulkarni, PhD Student, Rice University
Van Tien Nguyen, PhD Student, University of Texas at San Antonio
Amit Samanta, PhD Student, University of Utah
Syed Emad Uddin Shubha, PhD Student, Louisiana State University
3:15 - 3:45
Distinguished Talk: TBD
Distinguished Talk: TBD
Sergio Cantu, Vice President of Quantum Systems, QuEra
Break 3:45 - 4:00
4:00 - 4:30
Distinguished Talk: Quantum-Native Machine Learning: Toward Scalable, Usable Applications
Distinguished Talk: Quantum-Native Machine Learning: Toward Scalable, Usable Applications
Sonika Johri, Founder & CEO, Coherent Computing
4:30 - 5:00
Distinguished Talk: Topology Without Gaps in Quantum Matter
Distinguished Talk: Topology Without Gaps in Quantum Matter
Pavan Hosur, Associate Professor, University of Houston
5:00 - 7:00
Poster Session and Reception
Poster Session and Reception
Day 2
March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026
Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:30
Plenary: Quantum Walk Search Algorithm
Plenary: Quantum Walk Search Algorithm
Thomas Wong, Associate Professor of Physics, Creighton University
10:30 - 11:30
Distinguished Panel: Quantum in Practice
Distinguished Panel: Quantum in Practice
Clena Abuan, Advisor, Digital Science, bp
Sergio Canto, Vice President of Quantum Systems, QuEra
Reynaldo Gomez, Sr. Manager - Strategic Quantum and HER Accounts, NVIDIA
Break 11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:30
Lightening Talks: Rice University Talent
Lightening Talks: Rice University Talent
Casey Fan, Undergraduate Student, Rice University
Gavin Firestone, Undergraduate Student, Rice University
Claire Huo, PhD Student, Rice University
Chia-Ying Lin, PhD Student, Rice University
Giuseppe Spallitta, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University
Wanbing Zhao, PhD Student, Rice University
Lunch 12:30 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:30
Distinguished Talk: Quantum Speedups for Machine Learning Problems
Distinguished Talk: Quantum Speedups for Machine Learning Problems
Chunhao Wang, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
2:30 - 3:00
Distinguished Talk: Quantum Algorithms for Medical Imaging: Motivation, Measurement, and Limits
Distinguished Talk: Quantum Algorithms for Medical Imaging: Motivation, Measurement, and Limits
Rachel Glenn, Medical Physics Fellow Resident, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:00 - 4:00
Workshop: Building Self-awareness as a Leader
Workshop: Building Self-awareness as a Leader
The Doerr Institute
Break 4:00 - 4:15
4:15 - 5:00
Awards and Closing Remarks
Awards and Closing Remarks
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