Webinar | Quantum engineering and technology applications
Promises and realities
Quantum computers, qubits, diamonds, red light, temperatures as low as -273 degrees C°... These are just a few of the notions used in quantum physics, a discipline concerned with the behaviour of matter at the microscopic level.
Today, in Québec, many quantum players are rallying around DistriQ, the quantum innovation zone funded by the Québec government since February 2022 to the tune of $435 million.
Bringing together entrepreneurial, industrial and research activities, this zone aims to accelerate quantum innovations. But do real quantum technology applications already exist? And what role will engineering play?
Genium360’s panel of high-calibre guests representing various quantum players in Québec explore the promises and realities of quantum tech in 2024. It focuses on the concrete technological applications of quantum technology, and the role of engineering in the present and future of these applications.
Oriane Morriet, PhDFounder & CEOHumaniteqA 2016 graduate of the École normale supérieure de Paris, Oriane Morriet moved to Québec to pursue a PhD at the Université de Montréal, where she works on virtual reality. In parallel, she works as a freelance techno-cultural journalist. Oriane Morriet has taken part in major events such as MTL Connecte, C2 Montréal and the World Summit AI Americas. She created Humaniteq, a podcast on artificial intelligence combining academic, industrial and artistic knowledge. She is also a film scriptwriter and theatrical playwright, and notably scripted the virtual reality work Under Water. Since 2020, she has also been project leader in artificial intelligence at the Institut de valorisation des données, where she is responsible for international activities.
Chloé ArchambaultPartnerFonds Quantacet FundChloé Archambault holds a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering physics from Polytechnique Montréal, with a specialization in quantum chemistry and nanomaterials. She is a partner at Quantacet, Canada's first venture capital fund investing exclusively in quantum technology startups. Making the leap into business early in her career, she spent the past decade advancing the commercialization of various deep and quantum technologies, first as a technology transfer officer, then with quantum computing startup Anyon Systèmes, before joining Quantacet.
Marie-Eve BoulangerProgram Manager, Digital and Quantum Innovation PlatformPinq2Marie-Eve Boulanger is Program Manager at Pinq2, Québec's digital and quantum innovation platform, where she helps companies accelerate their quantum transition. Its objective is to develop the quantum ecosystem by supporting collaborative projects. Marie-Eve holds a PhD in physics, more precisely in the field of quantum materials, from the Université de Sherbrooke.
Alexandre ChoquetteQuantum Partnerships Canada
IBM Quantum Alexandre Choquette is a quantum computing professional with experience in both academia and industry. At IBM Quantum, he is responsible for driving the adoption of quantum computing in various industries through strategic partnerships and collaborations in Canada and internationally. Alexandre holds a master's degree in quantum computing from the Université de Sherbrooke and, before joining IBM, worked as a research scientist for IBM Quantum Zürich and 1QBit.
David Roy-GuayFounder and CEO
SB QuantumDavid is CEO and founder of SBQuantum, a spin-off from the Quantum Institute in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. After completing his PhD studies on diamond-based quantum magnetometry, he led a team of engineers to prototype the technology outside the optics labs. SBQuantum's move to Creative Destruction Lab has added an algorithmic and data-centric focus, to provide customers with the best magnetic intelligence for geophysical exploration and navigation. A fan of open innovation challenges to link quantum technologies to end-users, David led the SBQuantum team through the final stages of the MagQuest challenge to produce orbital data yielding a world magnetic field map for all navigation instruments.
Christian Sarra-Bournet, PhDExecutive Director
IQ Quantum Institute, Université de SherbrookeChristian Sarra-Bournet has been Executive Director of the IQ Quantum Institute of the Université de Sherbrooke since its creation in 2015. IQ is a research community of over 300 members, bringing together experts in quantum materials, quantum information and quantum engineering. Christian is one of the architects of the From Quantum Science to Quantum Technologies initiative. This ambitious project was one of five selected in Canada for the inaugural Canadian Research Excellence Fund competition. Since then, he has made a significant contribution to the development of research and education in quantum science and technology, notably with the establishment of IBM's first Quantum Innovation Centre in Canada and the world's first French-language bachelor's degree in quantum information science at the Université de Sherbrooke. Christian sits on the boards of DistriQ, Sherbrooke's Quantum Innovation Zone, QVStudio, a quantum startup accelerator, and Prompt, one of Québec's nine RSRI industrial research clusters specializing in new information and digital technologies.
Christian holds a PhD in materials engineering from Université Laval, Canada, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Université de Toulouse, France.
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