Cisco Quantum Summit
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 virtual summit will focus on “Decoding the Quantum Network Software Stack: The Blueprint for Scalable Quantum Infrastructure".
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Cisco Quantum Summit
Architecting the Quantum Network: From Entanglement to Ecosystem
October 6, 2026
Time (PT)
Session Title
Affiliation
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes
8:30-8:45
Welcome
Cisco Quantum Labs
Vijoy Pandey
Session 1: The Operator View
8:45-9:00
Quantum Networks Industrialization
British Telecom
Andrew Lord
Sr. Manager Optical and Quantum Networks Research
9:05-9:20
Deutsche Telekom
Matheus Sena
R&D Architect
9.20-9.30
Break
Session 2: One Network, Many Builders
9.30-10-00
Cisco
10.05-10.20
Qunnect
Mehdi Namazi
CSO
10.25-10.40
JPMorgan Chase
10.45-11.00
Boeing
Makan Mohageg
Quantum Networking Lead
11:05-11:20
LBNL/ESnet
Inder Monga
Division Director of Scientific Networking & Executive Director of ESnet
11:25-12:00
Panel Discussion
Host: Sabitha
Panel: BT, DT, Cisco, Qunnect, JPMC, Boeing, ESnet
12:00-12:30
Break
Session 3: Standards and Research
12:35-12:55
NIST
Amar Abane
Senior Quantum Networking Researcher
1:00-1:20
Control and Management of Quantum Networks via Blended Classical Optical Signaling
Northwestern University
Prem Kumar
Professor and Chair, ECE
1:25-1:45 pm
Quantum-enhanced timing, and applications thereof
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Paul G Kwiat
Professor
1:50-2:10 pm
Simon Fraser University
Thomas Jennewein
Professor
2:15-2:20 pm
Closing Remarks
Cisco
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research
Quantum Computing Compiler: Bringing Network Awareness
October 7, 2026
Time (PT)
Session Title
Affiliation
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes
8:30-8:45 am
Welcome
Cisco
Session 1: Compiling Across Architectures
8:45-9:15
Keynote
IBM
9:20-9:50
Keynote
Cisco
9:55-10:15
Designing neutral atom quantum processors
Atom Computing
Daniel Crow
Director of Quantum Error Correction
10:20-10:40
Advancing the Frontier of Quantum Computing with Logical Qubits
Infleqtion
Pranav Gokhale
CTO & Co-founder
10:40-10:50
Break
10:50-11:10
IonQ
11:15-11:35
Quera
Nathan Gemelke
CEO & Co-founder
11:40-12:00
TBD
TBD
12:05-12:40
Panel Discussion
Host: Eneet
Panel: Cisco, IBM, Atom Computing, Infleqtion, IonQ, Quera
12:40-1:10
Break
Session 2: Research
1:10-1:30
Toward Scalable Quantum Computing
NC State University
Frank Mueller
Professor
1:35-1:55
University of Technology Sydney
Simon Devitt
Director, Center for Quantum Software and Information
2:00-2:05
Closing Remarks
Cisco
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research