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
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
Welcome
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research, Cisco
8:30 AM
Industry Keynote
Vijoy Pandey
Cisco SVP | Head of Outshift by Cisco
8:45 AM
Academic Keynote
Daniel Lidar
Viterbi Professors of Engineering at the University of Southern California
Invited Talks (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
9:20 AM
QuTech
Ronald Hanson
Co-Founder & CEO Delft Networks | Distinguished Professor at QuTech/Delft University of Technology
9:40 AM
Outshift by Cisco , Quantum Labs
Eneet Kaur and Adam Lawrence
Research Scientist, Technical Leader
10:25 AM
Classiq
Nir Minerbi
Co-Founder and CEO
10:45 AM
IBM
Iskandar Sitdikov
Software Architect
11:00 AM
Break
Break
11:30 AM
Dar Gilboa
Research Scientist
11:50 AM
IonQ
Arun Jagannathan
Chief Engineer | Distributed Quantum Computing & Networking
12:10 PM
NVIDIA
Yuri Alexeev
Senior Quantum Algorithm Engineer
12:30 PM
ESnet
Inder Monga
Executive Director
12:50 PM
Panel Discussion
Host: Ramana Kompella
Panel: Nir Minerbi, Iskandar Sitdikov, Dar Gilboa, Arun Jagannathan, Yuri Alexeev, Inder Monga
1:20 PM
Wrap-Up: Next Steps
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research, Cisco
Quantum Network Supporting Classical Applications
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time (PT)
Session Title
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
Welcome
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research, Cisco
8:30 AM
Cisco Keynote
Vijoy Pandey
Cisco SVP | Head of Outshift by Cisco
Session 1: Academic Session
8:45 AM
University of Chicago
Liang Jiang
Professor of Quantum Systems
9:05 AM
Leiden University
Dr. Wolfgang Löffler
Associate Professor | Director of Educations
9:25 AM
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Mohammed Alqedra
Postdoctoral Researcher
9:45 AM
Heriot-Watt University
Alessandro Fedrizzi
Professor of Quantum Technology
Session 2: Industry Session 2: Industry Sessions (Chair Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research, Cisco)
10:05 AM
Outshift by Cisco, Quantum Labs
Eneet Kaur and Peng Zhao
Research Scientist, Technical Leader
10:45 AM
Break
Break
11:15 AM
JP Morgan
Kaushik Chakraborty
Vice President - Applied Research Lead
11:35 AM
Boeing
Makan Mohageg
Applied Quantum Physicist
11:55 AM
Qunnect
Mehdi Namazi
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer
12:15 PM
NIST
TBD
12:35 PM
Industry Panel Discussion & Closing Remarks
Host: Ramana Kompella
Panel: Kaushik Chakraborty, Makan Mohageg, Mehdi Namazi