Cisco Quantum Summit
Tuesday, September 30 & Wednesday, October 1
Cisco Quantum Summit (CQS) is an annual meeting organized by Cisco Quantum Lab, bringing together experts in the industry, academia, and government to discuss progress towards building the quantum internet. This two-day summit will focus on software and compiler platforms for scaling out quantum computing and quantum networks supporting classical applications.
Outshift and Cisco Research bring together the world of scientists and engineers to advance the forefront of emerging technologies with a current focus in AI and quantum. As quantum will be a part of daily life and the future of the internet, we're developing technologies spanning hardware, software, and applications to benefit humanity.
Cisco Quantum Summit 2025
Control Software and Compiler Platforms for Scaling Out Quantum Computing
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Time (PT)
Session Title
Affiliation
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
Welcome
Cisco Quantum Labs
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research
8:30 AM
Industry Keynote
Outshift by Cisco
Vijoy Pandey
Cisco SVP | Head of Outshift by Cisco
8:45 AM
Academic Keynote: The State and Impact of Quantum Computing
University of Southern California
Daniel Lidar
Viterbi Professor of Engineering
Invited Talks (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
9:20 AM
QNodeOS - An Operating System for Executing Applications on Quantum Network Nodes
QuTech
Bart van der Vecht
Quantum Software Engineer
9:40 AM
Network-aware Distributed Quantum Computing Compiler
Cisco Quantum Labs
Eneet Kaur
Research Scientist
Sam Olds
Software Engineer
Adam Lawrence
Data Scientist
10:25 AM
Modern Quantum Software
Classiq
Dr. Yehuda Naveh
Co-Founder & CTO
10:45 AM
Qiskit: Open Software Ecosystem for Quantum Computing
IBM
Iskandar Sitdikov
Software Architect
11:00 AM
Break
11:30 AM
Applications of Distributed Quantum Computers
Google Quantum AI
Dar Gilboa
Research Scientist
11:50 AM
Running a DQC Algorithm on a Trapped-ion Quantum Computer
IonQ
Arun Jagannathan
Chief Engineer | Distributed Quantum Computing & Networking
12:10 PM
Accelerated Quantum Supercomputing
NVIDIA
Yuri Alexeev
Senior Quantum Algorithm Engineer
12:30 PM
From Hardware Pulses to Entangled Links: A Two-Level Control Design
ESnet
Inder Monga
Executive Director
12:50 PM
Panel Discussion
Classiq
Host: Ramana Kompella
Panel: Yehuda Naveh, Iskandar Sitdikov, Dar Gilboa, Arun Jagannathan, Yuri Alexeev, Inder Monga
1:20 PM
Wrap-Up: Next Steps
Cisco Quantum Labs
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research, Cisco
Quantum Network Supporting Classical Applications
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time (PT)
Session Title
Affiliation
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
Welcome
Cisco Quantum Labs
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research
8:30 AM
Cisco Keynote
Cisco Research
Ramana Kompella
Cisco Fellow and Head of Cisco Research
Session 1: Academic Session (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
8:45 AM
Quantum Networking via Vacuum Beam Guides and Their Applications
University of Chicago
Liang Jiang
Professor of Quantum Systems
9:05 AM
Towards experimental demonstration of quantum position verification using single photons
Leiden University
Dr. Wolfgang Löffler
Associate Professor | Director of Educations
9:25 AM
Entanglement-Verified Time Distribution in a Metropolitan Network
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Mohammed Alqedra
Postdoctoral Researcher
9:45 AM
Multi-User Quantum Networking Applications
Heriot-Watt University
Alessandro Fedrizzi
Professor of Quantum Technology
Session 2: Industry Session (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
10:05 AM
Entanglement Distribution Network in Support of Classical Applications
Cisco Quantum Labs
Eneet Kaur
Research Scientist
Suresh Yekasiri
Engineering Lead
Amir Minoofar
Technical Leader
10:45 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Quantum Networks and Its Applications in Finance
JP Morgan
Kaushik Chakraborty
Vice President - Applied Research Lead
11:35 AM
Quantum Networking in Space: 2026 - 2030
Boeing
Makan Mohageg
Applied Quantum Physicist
11:55 AM
Towards Deployment of Large-scale Entanglement Networks
Qunnect
Mehdi Namazi
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer
12:15 PM
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nicholas Peters
Section Head & Distinguished Research and Development Staff
12:35 PM
Industry Panel Discussion & Closing Remarks
Host: Ramana Kompella
Panel: Kaushik Chakraborty, Makan Mohageg, Mehdi Namazi, Nicholas Peters