Coral, a senior engineer at Nu Quantum, works on systems architecture, focusing on understanding how quantum systems can be controlled from the perspective of computer architecture. Her previous contributions include initiating the DeltaFlow project at Riverlane and developing bespoke rack-scale FPGA processors at the University of Cambridge. Currently, she is involved in the co-development of distributed control systems and distributed error correction.

Daryus Chandra is a senior quantum error correction researcher on Photonic Inc.'s fault tolerance team. Prior to joining Photonic Inc., he held postdoctoral positions with the Next Generation Wireless Research Group at the University of Southampton, UK, and the Quantum Internet Research Group at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. His research centers on developing and implementing classical and quantum error correction to enhance the reliability of quantum systems.

Luca Della Chiesa is a Distinguished Engineer within the architectural team of Cisco's Infrastructure and Security Group. With over 25 years of experience in optical and transport technologies, he continues to drive innovation in networking and datacenter products.

Roland's career spans over three decades of technology and innovation leadership, in large-scale executive capacities as well as in startup leadership roles. He started his career developing new to the world packet networking and distributed systems technologies at 3Com and Interphase. He then played pivotal roles driving revenue growth at Cisco during the foundational internet buildout years. Roland subsequently led Cisco's cloud innovations as the General Manager of its Data Center Business Group, then its overall technology strategy as Chief Technology Officer. He also served as President and CEO of Arch Rock. He recently served as Chief Business Officer at PsiQuantum.

Dr Maria Violaris is a quantum physicist, content creator and award-winning science communicator. She works on quantum computing research and content at Oxford spin-out OQC, focused on quantum error correction. She also runs a Quantum Foundations Podcast and quantum-themed YouTube channel; has a PhD in quantum foundations from the University of Oxford; and created the Quantum Paradoxes content series at IBM Quantum.

Dr Archana Sharma is a principal staff scientist at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, having been active in the field since 1989 in the field of high energy physics. Dr Sharma earned a PhD in particle physics from Delhi University and a second doctorate from the University of Geneva, focused on in instrumentation for high energy physics, and an MBA from the International University in Geneva in 2001. She has worked at the CMS experiment at CERN since 2001, where she also serves as senior adviser on relations with international organisations at CERN.

Utz is an Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) and architect for integrating IBM Quantum, HPC and Cloud technologies. He has worked on the Cloud architecture of IBM’s quantum services previously, and helped clients integrate quantum in their IT landscape. Prior his work for IBM Quantum, Utz has been part of the IBM services organization, working in Cloud projects for clients. Utz also held various roles in IBM Systems around Linux kernel development and the architecture of Linux on various platforms.

Dr Natalia Herrera Valencia is a quantum photonics researcher at Heriot-Watt University, where her PhD work earned the 2023 award for the most outstanding contribution to research. She has nine years of experience in the field and is the entrepreneurial lead of Intertangle, a spinout project driving the commercialisation of multimodal entanglement technology.

Rob is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of QphoX, where he leads the development of essential hardware designed to scale quantum computers. This includes cutting-edge optical-frequency qubit control and readout systems and optical quantum interconnects that promise to revolutionize how quantum information is transmitted and processed. Rob completed a Ph.D. in quantum optics from the University of Cambridge and subsequently held a Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship at TU Delft, where he engaged in groundbreaking microwave-to-optical transduction experiments that lay the foundation to spin-out QphoX.

Brandon is a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University whose work focuses on designing and developing next-generation interconnects for quantum computers. With nearly a decade of technical expertise in atomic physics, quantum optics, and nanophotonics, he is driven to translate breakthrough academic research into practical building blocks for scalable quantum computers.

Claire is an accomplished experimental physicist with a strong background in quantum optics, spin-photon interfaces and quantum networks, having previously led her own research group as a Dorothy Hodgkin Royal Society Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Notably, Claire demonstrated the fastest two-node quantum network (2017) and a world-first collective quantum memory (2019 & 2024), using optically active semiconductor quantum dots. Claire subsequently worked at Microsoft Research Cambridge, in their hardware group ‘Optics for the Cloud’. Now, she leads the technical team at Nu Quantum towards creating the 'Entanglement Fabric' that will enable quantum computers to scale.

Hermann co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover. He has founded and invested in many technology companies including Acorn, ARM, Solexa which was bought by Ilumina, CSR, Graphcore and Photonic.

Carmen is the Founder and Chief Executive of Nu Quantum, the leading quantum entanglement company, which recently raised a £8.5M pre-Series A from leading VCs including Amadeus Capital, IQ Capital, and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF). She is an award-winning quantum physicist and inventor, author of several high-impact research papers and a book based on her doctoral research. Prior to founding Nu Quantum, Carmen earned her PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge and undergraduate at Imperial College London. She also serves on the Technical Advisory Board of the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre and is Cofounder and Director of UKQuantum, the UK’s quantum industry group.

Dr. Nathan Gemelke is the co-founder and CTS of QuEra Computing, with deep expertise in experimental atomic physics and quantum computing using neutral atoms. He holds a PhD from Stanford University and has over 20 years of academic research experience, including a faculty role at Penn State. His work focuses on laser-cooled atomic gases and quantum information science, and he often advises government bodies on national quantum strategies.

Ailsa completed her PhD at Imperial College London. She then joined OQC as a quantum engineer, and has been involved in building OQC quantum computers in Spain and Japan. Her interests are in improving the calibration and characterization of the quantum hardware, and working with the control electronics and R&D teams to deliver system improvements.

Josh Savory is the Director of Offering Management at Quantinuum, where he leads the strategy and launch of the company’s quantum hardware and cloud platform products. Before moving into quantum computing, he worked in data science in the automotive industry and conducted high-precision metrology research on trapped ions at NIST and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Josh holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from Michigan State University.

Stephan is a 27-year semiconductor veteran and a Senior Principal Engineer at Infineon and since 2018 responsible for developing the Infineon Ion Trap activities into a meaningful business of the future. He is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the EU Quantum Flagship, a mechanical engineer by training as well as a Finance MBA. With Infineon Ion QPUs he is accelerating his customers and partners towards quantum usefulness leveraging Infineon's world leading manufacturing processes.

Akihisa Goban is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Nanofiber Quantum Technologies (NanoQT), where he leads the development of quantum interconnect technologies using nanofiber cavities and neutral-atom arrays. He earned his PhD from Jeff Kimble's group at Caltech and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in Jun Ye’s group at JILA, Universityof Colorado Boulder.

Austin S. Lin supports quantum standards at Google and serves as Head of the United States National Committee to the IEC/ISO Joint Technical Committee on Quantum Technologies Standards. He previously worked at Google Data Centers where he developed and led the supply chain and manufacturing quality programs for Google's vendor base in power generation, batteries, thermals and cooling systems.

Tom is the CTO for NTT DATA in the UK cluster and heads their R&D and New Ventures activities across the region. With over 20 years of consulting and programme delivery experience on the interface between business, customer experience and technology, Tom has twice been a founding member of a digital business division within multinational organisations, scaling them to radically change the way it delivered services. Tom has worked with B2B clients in a wide range of industries from telecommunications and media to financial services and the public sector across Europe, APAC and North America.

Mark Thompson is Co-Founder and Chief Technologist of PsiQuantum, and has over 20 years’ experience in photonic and quantum technologies. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a master's degree in physics from the University of Sheffield. He has held positions at Corning, Bookham Technology, and Toshiba, and faculty positions at Cambridge University and Bristol University. He also has been awarded prestigious UK and European fellowships and prizes, and has more than 100 publications and patents.