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17–18 Feb 2025
Dhahran Techno Valley
Asia/Riyadh timezone

Symposium Agenda


 

Monday, Feb. 17th, 2025 (Day 1)

Time Slot

Title

Speaker

08:30 - 09:15

Opening Remarks

09:15 - 09:30

Coffee Break

09:30 - 10:15

Computing with Imprefect Hardware

Prof. Irfan Siddiqi, UC Berkely

10:15 - 10:40

Sustained Coherence Enhancement in Quantum Circuits via Air-Interface Treatment 

Prof. Saleem Rao, KFUPM

10:40 - 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:15

Overcoming Roadblocks: The Future of Quantum Computing with Superconducting Qubits

Dr. Hammam Qassim, Keysight Technologies

11:15 - 11:40

Redefining Materials Science: The Impact of Quantum-Centeric Supercomputing

Dr. Ahmad Al-Qatatsheh, IBM Q

11:40 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:45

The Earliest Arrival of Quantum Advantage

Prof. David Keyes, KAUST 

13:45 - 14:10

Quantum Computing: From a Paradox to Practicable Applications

Mr. Julien Mellaerts, Atos 

14:10 - 14:35

Applications of Quantum Computing

Ms. Rawan Eraqi, Pasqal

14:35 - 16:00

C4IR Workshop

 


 

Tuesday, Feb. 18th, 2025 (Day 2)

Time Slot

Title

Speaker

09:00 - 09:45

Networked Quantum Sensors

Prof. Jacob Dunningham, University of Sussex

09:45 - 10:00

Annoucement 

Mohammed Al-Saiyari, Saudi Quantum Computing Association

10:00 - 10:15

Coffee Break

10:15 - 10:45

Building Saudi Arabia’s Quantum Future: Capacity Development and RDIA’s

Dr. Mohammad AlShareef, RDIA

10:45 - 11:10

Examples of Geophysical Applications on Quantum Annealers

Dr. Hussain AlSalem, Saudi Aramco

11:10 - 11:35

Intro to Barket  

Zia K. Mohammad, AWS

11:35 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:15

Undersanding, Mitigating, and Using Dissipation in Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Prof. Matteo Mariantoni, University of Waterloo

14:15 - 14:40

How Quantinuum is Accelerating Scientific Discovery and Value Creation

Dr. Mark Jackson, Quantinuum

14:40- 15:05

Beyond Point-to-Point Security in Quatum Communication 

Prof. Junaid Ur Rehman, KFUPM

15:05- 15:30

IQM

Dr. Hermanni Heimonen

15:30 - 16:25

Awarding and Closing Remarks